Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CARDIMED (Climate Adaptation and Resilience Demonstrated In the MEDiterranean region)
Período documentado: 2023-09-01 hasta 2025-02-28
CARDIMED introduces 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 is 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 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 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 are implemented across 9 demonstration sites, composed of 10 regions, 20 locations and 28 communities and comprising more than 34 types of NbS that directly relate to more than 80 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.
CARDIMED’s strategic objectives are:
SO1. To deliver a comprehensive digital framework, capable of providing region-wide assessment of the NBS impacts to CR, while supporting stakeholder engagement through intuitive tools and interfaces
SO2. To deliver a holistic suite of modelling tools for assessing and providing decision support with regards to CR, particularly focusing on NbS applicability for mitigating climate risks.
SO3. To introduce a strategy needed to scale up community resilience, actively engaging stakeholders and cocreating with local communities knowledge impact and knowledge translation pathways.
SO4. To showcase the validity and potential of NBS as key tools towards building regional CR.
SO5. To consolidate the project’s results and establish a growing network for the build-up of CR in the MED region, improving acceptance to NbS and CR solutions in general, establishing links with relevant initiatives and ensure the financial sustainability of the network.
CARDIMED’s strategic objectives are:
SO1. To deliver a comprehensive digital framework, capable of providing region-wide assessment of the NBS impacts to CR, while supporting stakeholder engagement through intuitive tools and interfaces
SO2. To deliver a holistic suite of modelling tools for assessing and providing decision support with regards to CR, particularly focusing on NbS applicability for mitigating climate risks.
SO3. To introduce a strategy needed to scale up community resilience, actively engaging stakeholders and cocreating with local communities knowledge impact and knowledge translation pathways.
SO4. To showcase the validity and potential of NBS as key tools towards building regional CR.
SO5. To consolidate the project’s results and establish a growing network for the build-up of CR in the MED region, improving acceptance to NbS and CR solutions in general, establishing links with relevant initiatives and ensure the financial sustainability of the network.
During the reporting period 1, a series of activities have been performed towards the achievement of CARDIMED's objectives. The key activities can be summarized to the following:
A catalogue of CARDIMED NbS has been developed, along with NbS analytical factsheets for all 18 sub-DEMOs. DEMOs Action Plans have been established providing a detailed framework for consolidating requirements and plans regarding implementation, operation and maintenance, monitoring and stakeholder and community engagement for all CARDIMED demonstrators. The value chains and the stakeholder groups for all demonstrators have been defined. A comprehensive data collection strategy to support the evaluation of the deployed NbS in CARDIMED DEMOs has been well set-up. Digital tools specifications have been specified in detail and alpha versions have been developed. A structured WEFE nexus framework to systematically evaluate the role of NbS across all DEMOs has been elaborated. A solid theoretical framework has been developed to design and maximize the impact of social engagement activities, along with the conceptual and theoretical frameworks and principles that guide the exploration of knowledge pathways for the planning, implementation and governance of NbS for climate resilience in the MED withing CARDIMED. A policy memos document has been developed as a result of interviews with all DEMOs outlining the barriers for NbS mainstreaming and recommendations to tackle them. The needs and the replication and transferability potential of the transferability cases have been defined. The framework of the replication methodology has been established, along with the NbS upscaling potential.
A catalogue of CARDIMED NbS has been developed, along with NbS analytical factsheets for all 18 sub-DEMOs. DEMOs Action Plans have been established providing a detailed framework for consolidating requirements and plans regarding implementation, operation and maintenance, monitoring and stakeholder and community engagement for all CARDIMED demonstrators. The value chains and the stakeholder groups for all demonstrators have been defined. A comprehensive data collection strategy to support the evaluation of the deployed NbS in CARDIMED DEMOs has been well set-up. Digital tools specifications have been specified in detail and alpha versions have been developed. A structured WEFE nexus framework to systematically evaluate the role of NbS across all DEMOs has been elaborated. A solid theoretical framework has been developed to design and maximize the impact of social engagement activities, along with the conceptual and theoretical frameworks and principles that guide the exploration of knowledge pathways for the planning, implementation and governance of NbS for climate resilience in the MED withing CARDIMED. A policy memos document has been developed as a result of interviews with all DEMOs outlining the barriers for NbS mainstreaming and recommendations to tackle them. The needs and the replication and transferability potential of the transferability cases have been defined. The framework of the replication methodology has been established, along with the NbS upscaling potential.
CARDIMED’s main results can be briefly summarised to the following:
i) The CARDIMED Digital Framework. Digital infrastructure for data harmonisation and collection on regional scale, managed through scalable orchestration of heterogeneous data and dispatching to numerous modules for Scenario-based upscaling, climate-risk aware NbS transferability & design module.
ii) Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Strategy (MSES). Overall strategy for effective and meaningful engagement of citizens, communities and all TG stakeholders through the Knowledge Conversion Methodology, Open Science (OS), Open Innovation (OI), Citizen Science (CS), and capacity building strategies and MED Community of Practice establishment.
iii) WEFE Nexus Modelling Framework. Framework for the holistic evaluation of food and ecosystems, water, energy and associated tools and models.
iv) NbS Demonstrator Portfolio. A network of 9 clusters of Demonstrators (DEMOs) consisted by 18 sub-DEMOs that form a critical mass for replication, transferability, and upscaling. CARDIMED implements, tests, and demonstrates Nature-based and Circular Solutions fostering digital, social, and systemic transformation. More than 34 NbS types and 80 interventions installed across 20 locations, involving 28 communities in 10 regions and a dynamic catalogue of NbS.
v) CARDIMED Resilience Alliance. Framework for operation of the regional network, replication roadmaps, planning instruments, roadmap for NbS uptake in infrastructure and consolidated financing and policy plans.
i) The CARDIMED Digital Framework. Digital infrastructure for data harmonisation and collection on regional scale, managed through scalable orchestration of heterogeneous data and dispatching to numerous modules for Scenario-based upscaling, climate-risk aware NbS transferability & design module.
ii) Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Strategy (MSES). Overall strategy for effective and meaningful engagement of citizens, communities and all TG stakeholders through the Knowledge Conversion Methodology, Open Science (OS), Open Innovation (OI), Citizen Science (CS), and capacity building strategies and MED Community of Practice establishment.
iii) WEFE Nexus Modelling Framework. Framework for the holistic evaluation of food and ecosystems, water, energy and associated tools and models.
iv) NbS Demonstrator Portfolio. A network of 9 clusters of Demonstrators (DEMOs) consisted by 18 sub-DEMOs that form a critical mass for replication, transferability, and upscaling. CARDIMED implements, tests, and demonstrates Nature-based and Circular Solutions fostering digital, social, and systemic transformation. More than 34 NbS types and 80 interventions installed across 20 locations, involving 28 communities in 10 regions and a dynamic catalogue of NbS.
v) CARDIMED Resilience Alliance. Framework for operation of the regional network, replication roadmaps, planning instruments, roadmap for NbS uptake in infrastructure and consolidated financing and policy plans.