Co-creation of strategic action for climate change adaptation of territories and local economies (LIFE eCOadapt50)

Description:

The LIFE eCOadapt50 project aims to increase the resilience of the economic sectors most vulnerable to climate change in 19 territories in Catalonia and in four economic activities: tourism, fishing, forestry and agriculture/livestock. With its implementation through training and awareness-raising among all the agents involved, it aims to contribute to the proposals of the European Green Deal and to promote the creation of a Western Mediterranean Network for adaptation to climate change.

Expected results of the project:

• Increased resilience of the economic sectors most vulnerable to climate change in 19 territories of Catalonia;
• Climate change adaptation pilot actions in four sectors (agriculture, forestry, fishery and tourism);
• Establishment and operation of 19 local governance bodies (LL4CC) for the promotion and long-term monitoring of the CCA plans;
• Integration of CCA approaches into public and private policies and plans;
• Implementation of a system for the management of climate emergencies that will allow stakeholders to anticipate damage;
• CCA embedded into the cultural and political background of citizens;
• Local stakeholders trained in each territory, to implement a permanent CCA process;
• Development and implementation of CCA best practices in agricultural crops, livestock, the marine sector and forests, tourism, and water retention infrastructures;
• Creation of 55 equivalent jobs per year related to CCA;
• Adequacy of farm owners’ insurances in line with CCA actions;
• Establishment of a trust framework between financial agents (private banking, especially ethical banking) and investors in CCA, to facilitate credit agreements.
• Integration of CCA in local entities’ institutional activity by: i) creating stable bodies with support/backing of a supra-municipal or even supra-regional entity that will assume leadership and coordination,  ii) incorporating CCA criteria in tax ordinances.
• 25% of municipalities in the project’s territory sign the “Agreement for the Adaptation to Climate Change”.
• Creation of a CCA brand for establishments, entities and (private) organisations, which gives prestige for carrying out CCA actions.
• Extension of the approach to other EU territories through the creation of a common and replicable CCA model.
• Creation of the western Mediterranean Network for adaptation to climate change.

Project information

Lead

DIPUTACION PROVINCIAL DE BARCELONA, Spain

Partners

UNIO GENERAL DE TREBALLADORS DE CATALUNYA, Spain

ASSOCIACIO LEADER DE PONENT, Spain

DIPUTACION DE GERONA, Spain

CAMBRA OFICIAL DE COMERC INDUSTRIA I NAVEGACIO DE BARCELONA, Spain

UNIO DE PAGESOS DE CATALUNYA, Spain

Confraria de Pescadors de Palamós, Spain

DIPUTACIO DE TARRAGONA, Spain

CONSORCI DE POLITIQUES AMBIENTALS DE LES TERRES DE L EBRE, Spain

ASSOCIACIO INICIATIVES RURALS DE CATALUNYA, Spain

ASSOCIACIO PER AL DESENVOLUPAMENT RURAL INTEGRAL DE LA ZONA NORD-ORIENTAL DE CATALUNYA(ADRI NORD-ORIENTALDE CATALUNYA), Spain

INSTITUT DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES, Spain

OBSERVATORIO DEL EBRO FUNDACION, Spain

DIPUTACIO DE LLEIDA, Spain

CONFEDERACION SINDICAL DE LA COMISION OBRERA NACIONAL DE CATALUNA, Spain

DIPUTACION PROVINCIAL DE BARCELONA, Spain

Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural, Spain

FEDERACIO CATALANA D'ASSOCIACIONS DE PROPIETARIS FORESTALS, Spain

ARC CORREDORIA D'ASSEGURANCES SCCL, Spain

ASSOCIACIO GRUP D'ACCIO LOCAL PESQUER COSTA BRAVA GALP COSTA BRAVA, Spain

ASSOCIACIO PER LA GESTIO DEL PROGRAMA LEADER RIPOLLES GES BISAURA, Spain

CONSORCI CENTRE DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA, Spain

COMARCA DE L'ALT PENEDES, Spain

CONSORCI LEADER PIRINEU OCCIDENTAL, Spain

CONSORCI LEADER DE DESENVOLUPAMENTRURAL DEL CAMP, Spain

Federació Nacional Catalana de Confraries de Pescadors, Spain

CONSORCI PER AL DESENVOLUPAMENT DELA CATALUNYA CENTRAL, Spain