Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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VDI-TZ, Rebel Deutschland GmbH, CLIMATICON GmbH
North Rhine-Westphalia is determined to counter the tangible and future consequences of climate change. That is why the federal state adopted a climate adaptation strategy a few years ago and updated it again in 2024. The measures in the strategy are designed to make the state's cities, communities and businesses more resilient to the effects of climate change such as heat waves, storms and heavy rainfall.
One of these measures is the Resilience Expo, a trade exhibition for the climate adaptation industry. Prognos, together with VDI-TZ, Rebel Deutschland GmbH and CLIMATICON GmbH, is supporting the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of the Environment in planning and implementing this event over the next three years.
The first Expo will take place at the Zeughaus in Neuss on 23 June 2025. Around 100 participants from the fields of politics, business, science and society are expected to attend the kick-off event.
Many companies are already actively strengthening climate resilience with innovations such as extreme weather warning systems and green roofs. These solutions will be presented at Resilience Expo, the first exhibition of the climate adaptation industry in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Expo is intended to become the leading trade fair for climate adaptation and its technologies and services, and to provide impetus as a structural development element in the Rhenish mining area. The aim is to strengthen and promote the networking of the climate adaptation industry in North Rhine-Westphalia, but also to present international solutions that can be applied locally. This should improve the range of climate-resilience-enhancing products and services and open up further potential for companies.
Our tasks include identifying and activating stakeholders, publicising the trade fair nationwide, developing an event concept with various key topics and providing scientific support for the climate adaptation industry in NRW. Using the Envigos model, we are mapping the part of the economy that is already dealing with adaptation to the consequences of climate change, enabling us to make regional and international statements about the most important sub-sectors and technologies in the adaptation economy.
Further information on the Resilience Expo (website)
Further information on the climate adaptation strategy of North Rhine-Westphalia (website)
Project team: Frauke Dornberg, Niklas Gaus, Magdalena Hau, Oliver Lühr, Milena Miechielsen, Lukas Sander
Last update: 14.04.2025
Die Resilience Expo ist die weltweit erste Ausstellung rund um Produkte, Technologien und Dienstleistungen für Lösungen zur Klimaanpassung. Prognos unterstützt, zusammen mit Partnern, das Umweltministerium in NRW bei der Planung und Durchführung der Veranstaltung.
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