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

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.