Systemic implementation of the CC action in the Basque Country for increased urban resilience as full territory enabler (LIFE-IP URBAN KLIMA 2050)

Description:

The LIFE-IP URBAN KLIMA 2050 project aims to contribute to the full implementation of the regional KLIMA 2050 Strategy in Basque Country in Spain.

The project will support finalization of the current Action Plan (2015-2020) and the definition of the next Action Plans under the KLIMA 2050 Strategy. The integration of the KLIMA 2050 Strategy into territorial and sectoral planning activities will be promoted and climate change policy mainstreamed into sectoral policies such as health, water and energy. A series of actions in urban/peri-urban, river basin, and coastal pilot areas will be implemented. The actions aim to explore the synergies between urban and rural measures, such as nature-based solutions and sustainable mobility, while taking advantage of the river basin approach to ensure the continuity of solutions. Climate change governance at all administrative scales will be improved and the impacts of the project will be multiplied by raising awareness, organizing training, and disseminating the results.

Among the expected results of the project are:

• Establishment of guidelines for planning
• Implementation of an environmental monitoring system and a tool to monitor the incorporation of integrated health and climate change adaptation considerations into municipal urban planning
• Local intervention pilots
• Commitment and empowerment of communities
• Empowerment of administration as a driver for change
• Creation of structures for climate change governance

Project information

Lead

Sociedad Publica de Gestion Ambiental IHOBE, Spain

Partners

NEIKER – Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario S.A., Spain

Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Bermeo, Spain

 Ayuntamiento de Zarautz, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Bilbao, Spain

Ente Vasco de la Energía, Spain

Fundación de Cambio Climático de Gipuzkoa, Spain

Fundación AZTI, Spain

Diputación Foral de Araba, Spain

Diputacion Foral de Bizkai, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Donostia / San Sebastián-Spain Agencia Vasca del Agua, Spain

Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, Spain

Gobierno Vasco, Spain

Centro de Estudios Ambientales (CEA), Spain

Universidad de Navarra, Spain

Diputación Foral de Bizkaia, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Gernika, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Bakio, Spain

BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain

Source of funding

LIFE programme