Mission Genova – sustainable solutions

The Mayor and the Municipal Council of Genova fully share the objectives and approach of the EU Mission Restore our Oceans and Waters. In order to best contribute to it, the city's development plan of the years to come (also known as “Genova Città Faro” – “Genova Lighthouse City Strategy”) was aligned with the Mission implementation plan resulting in a series of project and initiatives and in a Strategic Mission Deployment Agenda called “Mission Genova”.
Mission Genova encompasses several actions as follows:
a) develop solutions to protect, restore and depollute marine and freshwater ecosystems (this action)
b) promote sharing of knowledge and good practices on sustainable and carbon-neutral blue economy in accordance with the Action Plan “Genova 2050” and its future updates
c) involve citizens, students and private stakeholders
d) promote, jointly with the Municipality of Mazara del Vallo, the “Coalition of Mayors for the Mission” aiming at establishing synergies with interested Municipalities with whom acting together leaving “no one behind”.
As mentioned, the present action aims at developing solutions to contribute achieving Mission Ocean’s objectives in the Ligurian Seas and in the Genova metropolitan area. Accordingly, the Genova Lighthouse Strategy and the action Plan Genova 2050 foresees several actions:
a) to improve the drainage systems of several water streams
b) full waste (rain and grey) water recycling thanks to a zero emission de-salinisation plant with 90 million m3/year capacity treating the already sanitised waste water (45 million m3) mixed with sea water and able to satisfy twice the Genova’s fresh water demand
c) to implement the co-called C-City action for a Circular economy strategy and integrated projects
d) decarbonised urban and coastal transport
e) digital twin assisted rain data collection/storage and use for improved rainy water management
f) easy access to beaches for disabled and/or elderly people
g) Genova Blue District innovation actions implementing sustainable solutions in the Blue economy field.

From a practical viewpoint, all the above actions will be tuned with Mission Ocean’s implementation plan sharing methodologies, means and objectives so as to scale them up from local level to Mediterranean basin level actions.
Mission Genova, through SDG4MED which is partner of the MedLight CSA, is and will be aligned with the Mediterranean Lighthouse Project.