Imagine using plants, wetlands, and natural landscapes as a protective shield for power plants and roads instead of just building bigger concrete walls. This effort creates a digital toolkit to help managers predict where climate disasters will hit and how nature can stop the damage. It's like giving city planners a high-tech weather map and a natural toolkit to keep the lights on and water flowing during extreme storms.
Critical infrastructure in the Mediterranean is highly vulnerable to extreme climate hazards, leading to costly service interruptions and asset damage. Current concrete-heavy solutions are often insufficient or unsustainable for long-term climate adaptation.
A high-end digital decision making support toolset that integrates in-situ and Earth Observation data to quantify infrastructure resilience.
If you are a utility operator dealing with power outages caused by extreme heat or floods — this project developed a digital decision support toolset that helps you integrate nature-based protections to ensure business continuity.
If you are an infrastructure manager dealing with road erosion or rail buckling from climate stress — this project developed a system to apply nature-based interventions across 5 lighthouse regions to reduce disaster risk.
If you are a water provider dealing with saltwater intrusion or drought — this project developed a way to use natural landscapes to protect water infrastructure and quantify the resilience of these assets.
Based on available project data, there is no specific pricing or cost information provided for the toolset.
The project is being showcased in 5 lighthouse regions across the Mediterranean and replicated in 4 additional regions across the EU, including Black Sea and Boreal areas.
Based on available project data, the specific licensing terms for the digital decision making support toolset are not mentioned.
The project aligns with regional policies and the EU Green Deal to support systemic transformation and climate risk management.
The project period runs from 2024-10-01 to 2028-09-30.
The consortium is highly diversified with 32 partners from 12 countries, showing a strong cross-border reach. With 6 industry partners and 5 SMEs (a 19% industry ratio), there is a moderate level of commercial involvement, though the project remains heavily weighted toward research (7) and other institutional entities (14).
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