The project HORIZON CARDIMED ‘Climate adaptation and resilience demonstrated in the Mediterranean region’, which will be carried out between 2023 and 2028, establishes a conceptual and methodological framework to develop climate resilience in the Mediterranean biogeographical region, combining the individual efforts of regions and communities from different countries and continents. This is achieved through the deployment of digital infrastructure to harmonize data collection and evaluation processes, provide open data to all stakeholders in the nature-based solutions (NbS) value chain, and integrate critical functions for climate resilience.
These actions are implemented in 9 demonstration sites, 10 regions, 20 case studies, and 28 municipalities, encompassing 47 NbS directly linked to 83 interventions addressing climate change challenges and resource circularity. The CARDIMED Resilience Alliance will be created, acting as a vehicle for network expansion by extending existing sites and adding new ones.
MINUARTIA’s work is part of the NbS monitoring carried out by the project, in collaboration with experts from CREAF, CETAQUA, and Imperial College London. Specifically, wildlife indicators are being developed for the different case studies, adapting them to the characteristics and objectives of each implemented demonstration. The project adopts a WEFE (Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem) approach, and the indicators will be used for systemic modeling of the response to NbS.
