CARDIMED

CARDIMED will introduce a framework to build Climate Resilience in the Mediterranean biogeographical region, efficiently unifying individual efforts of regions and communities across different countries and continents. This will be achieved by deploying the digital infrastructure to harmonise the data collection and evaluation processes, providing open data to all the actors involved in the Nature-based Solutions (NBS) value chain and integrating crucial functions for Climate Resilience.

Among these functions, smart digital tools for citizen participation and capacity building will supplement an ambitious multi-stakeholder engagement strategy, focused on knowledge translation and impact pathways. Furthermore, holistic modelling tools introducing the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus approach will provide comprehensive knowledge on the complex NBS interfaces, that will decisively contribute to addressing socio-ecological challenges, along with issues of valuation and low-investment rate in NBS.

These actions will be implemented across 9 demonstration sites, composed of 10 regions, 20 locations and 28 communities and comprising 47 NBS that directly relate to over 80 interventions and supporting units that tackle climate change and circularity challenges. The consolidation of the demonstrating regions and communities will establish the CARDIMED Regional Alliance, that will function as the vehicle for expanding the network via upscaling the existing sites and adding new ones. The project includes 5 transferability cases, as well as an additional 10 that will be defined during the implementation. Through these actions, the CARDIMED alliance will achieve at least 28 regions and 70 communities by 2030, will create 8000 jobs especially in the NBS sector, and will leverage over 450M€ in climate investment.

Partners

ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION; INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS; UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT; BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON; BIOAZUL, SL; CORE KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS AMKE; CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACION PRIVADA; ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH); ALCHEMIA-NOVA RESEARCH & INNOVATION GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH; LIBRA AI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA; ALEA Srl; ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE LA CONSTRUCCION REGION DE MURCIA; Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos; Hydraspis OE; Region of North Aegean; PERIFEREIA NOTIOU AIGAIOU; ELVALHALCOR ELLINIKI VIOMIHANIA HALKOU KAI ALOUMINIOU ANONYMOS ETAIREIA; INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON; PERIFEREIA STEREAS ELLADAS; GKONELAS K. - PATELIS M. O.E.; UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE; ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA; REGIONE AUTONOMA DELLA SARDEGNA*RAS; IRIDRA SRL; UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA; COMUNE DI CATANIA; Regione Siciliana - Dipartimento Regionale Tecnico; SVI.MED CENTRO EUROMEDITERRANEO PERLO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE ONLUS ASSOCIAZIONE; UNITE TECHNIQUE DU SEMIDE GEIE; UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE; EMPAN Laure Moreau; CONSEIL REGIONAL PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR; FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS; FUNDACIO UNIVERSITARIA BALMES; Gobierno de Aragón; UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA; CIMAC - COMUNIDADE INTERMUNICIPAL DO ALENTEJO CENTRAL; EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED; T.L. GARDENS OF THE FUTURE; LEFKOSIA MUNICIPALITY; IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Izdoga Company; IZMIR BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESI; DOGA DERNEGI; IZMIR SU VE KANAL IDARESI GENEL MUDURLUGU; ENERGY AND WATER AGENCY; Kärntner Betriebsansiedlungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H.; SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE ORNITOLOGIA SEO; AYUNTAMIENTO DE MURCIA; IRENA - ISTARSKA REGIONALNA ENERGETSKA AGENCIJA
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