Adapting Mediterranean to climate change (LIFE MEDACC)

Description:

The project aims to test innovative solutions to adapt agro-forest and urban systems to climate change in the Mediterranean basin. A focus will be dedicated to the design and implementation of adaptive strategies and policies at national and regional level and the project will contribute to the implementation of the Catalan Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation (ESCACC 2013-2020).

The three main sectors where pilot adaptation actions will be implemented are agriculture, forestry and water management and the participation of local stakeholders is crucial for the assessment of the developed adaptation actions. The project focused on three specific watersheds in Catalonia (Muga, Ter and Segre), chosen to represent the Mediterranean diversity at a local scale. 

Expected results will contribute to quantify how adaptation measures can reduce the vulnerability of natural systems and human activities to climate change. In addition, the project will assess the environmental and economic costs related to the application or not application of adaptation measures.

Project information

Lead

Oficina Catalana del Canvi Climatic, Barcelona

Partners

IRTA (Government of Catalonia, Department of Agriculture); Pyrenean Ecology Institute (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)); CREAF.

 

Source of funding

LIFE12 ENV/ES/000536