Project summary
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Demonstrated In the MEDiterranean region
Improving climate action organisation in the Mediterranean region
After extensive efforts by the EU and other organisations, several nature-based solutions and startups have been diligently working to integrate greener solutions, reduce emissions and pollution and more. However, the lack of communication and organisation among these actors can result in confusion, errors and even a shortage of investment in promising solutions. The EU-funded CARDIMED project aims to establish a framework and network for enhancing climate resilience in the Mediterranean biogeographical region, bringing together disparate efforts and solutions. It will establish an extensive digital infrastructure for enhanced data collection, evaluation and access, and the implementation of holistic modelling tools such as water-energy-food-ecosystems to enhance organisation and efficiency.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
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 83 interventions and supporting units that tackle climate change and circularity challenges. The consolidation of the demonstrating regions and communities will establish the CARDIMED Resilience 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 Resilience 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 450 M€ in climate investment.
The role of alchemia-nova
The main role of alchemia-nova is the replication and transfer of NBS to the central European region, with a strong project partner BABEG in Carinthia and several other promising regions to adapt these seminal technologies.
Furthermore, alchemia-nova is part of demo site 1 “Non-conventional water loops on Aegean Islands“ and responsible for the agroforestry intervention there.
Project coordinator
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece
Partners:
Utrecht University Heidelberglaan, Utrecht, Netherlands
BIOAZUL, Málaga, Spain
CORE Innovation Centre, Athens, Greece
CETAQUA, Water Technology Center, Barcelona, Spain
AQUATEC, Barcelona, Spain
ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH)
Germany
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION ECOLOGICA Y APLICACIONES FORESTALES
Spain
ALCHEMIA-NOVA RESEARCH & INNOVATION GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH
Austria
LIBRA AI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA
Greece
ALEA SRL
Italy
ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE LA CONSTRUCCION REGION DE MURCIA
Spain
MESOGEIAKO INSTITOUTO GIA TI FYSI KAI TON ANTHROPO – ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA
Greece
YDRASPIS O.E.
Greece
PERIFEREIA VOREIOU AIGAIOU
Greece
ELVALHALCOR ELLINIKI VIOMIHANIA HALKOU KAI ALOUMINIOU ANONYMOS ETAIREIA
Greece
INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON
Spain
PERIFEREIA STEREAS ELLADAS
Greece
GKONELAS K. – PATELIS M. O.E.
Greece
UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE
Italy
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Italy
IRIDRA SRL
Italy
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA
Italy
COMUNE DI CATANIA
Italy
Regione Sicilia
Italy
SVI.MED. – CENTRO EUROMEDITERRANEO PER LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE – ETS
Italy
UNITE TECHNIQUE DU SEMIDE GEIE
France
UNIVERSITE D’AIX MARSEILLE
France
MOREAU LAURE
France
CONSEIL REGIONAL PROVENCE ALPES COTE D’AZUR
France
FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS
Spain
FUNDACIO UNIVERSITARIA BALMES
Spain
DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDIO AMBIENTE Y TURISMO – GOBIERNO DE ARAGON
Spain
UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA
Portugal
CIMAC – COMUNIDADE INTERMUNICIPAL DO ALENTEJO CENTRAL
Portugal
EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Cyprus
T.L. GARDENS OF THE FUTURE
Cyprus
LEFKOSIA MUNICIPALITY
Cyprus
IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Türkiye
IZDOGA IZMIR BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESI CEVRE KORUNMASI IYILESTIRILMESI MUSAVIRLIK VE PROJE HIZMETLERI TICARET VE SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI
Türkiye
IZMIR BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESI
Türkiye
DOGA DERNEGI
Türkiye
IZMIR SU VE KANAL IDARESI GENEL MUDURLUGU
Türkiye
ENERGY AND WATER AGENCY
Malta
KÄRNTNER BETRIEBSANSIEDLUNGS- UND BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.
Austria
SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE ORNITOLOGIA SEO
Spain
AYUNTAMIENTO DE MURCIA
Spain
EMPRESA MUNICIPAL DE AGUAS Y SANEAMIENTO DE MURCIA SA
Spain
IRENA – ISTARSKA REGIONALNA ENERGETSKA AGENCIJA ZA ENERGETSKE DJELATNOSTI DOO
Croatia
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON
United Kingdom
Project status
Start date: 09/202310/2022, duration: 54 months
Project website: https://www.cardimed-project.eu/
Call: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-06 – Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions on climate resilience, mainstreaming nature based solutions in the systemic transformation
Type of Action: HORIZON-IA – HORIZON Innovation Actions
Grant Agreement Number: 101112731
Overall costs: € 20 806 271,44
EU contribution: € 19 307 911,25
