The director general of Circular Economy, Energy Transition and Climate Change, Diego Viu, participates in the Congress activities organised by his department.
It is a project that aims to promote adaptation to climate change in the coastal area
The Life Adapt Cala Millor project, coordinated by the Department of Enterprise, Employment and Energy through the Directorate General for the Circular Economy, Energy Transition and Climate Change, was one of the five outstanding initiatives presented at the technical session ‘Adapting the coast to climate change’ at the National Environmental Congress (CONAMA 2024), the most important event on sustainability in Spain, which is being held from 2 to 5 December at IFEMA Madrid.
Life Adapt Cala Millor is a governance project, co-funded by the European Union’s LIFE Programme, which aims to promote adaptation to climate change in the beach system and the urban area of the bay of Cala Millor. Its main objective is to strengthen the resilience of infrastructures, ecosystem services and the socio-economy to the impacts of climate change in the long term.
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The Life Adapt Cala Millor project, coordinated by the Government, is presented as an outstanding initiative at the National Environmental Congress (CONAMA 2024)
The general director of Circular Economy, Energy Transition and Climate Change, Diego Viu, has participated in the activities organised by his department with the aim of presenting Life Adap Cala Millor at CONAMA 2024.
Thus, on Wednesday, the workshop ‘How will the urban beach of Cala Millor be affected by climate change? This event, organised by the Directorate General for the Circular Economy, Energy Transition and Climate Change and the Balearic Islands Coastal Observation and Forecasting System (ICTS SOCIB), analysed the natural, socio-economic and urban systems of the beach under different climate scenarios.
This initiative, aimed at the members of the working group set up within the framework of the project, was aimed at assessing the risks and exposure to climate change in Cala Millor in different time horizons, as well as providing tools to support informed decision-making by public administrations. It also sought to foster cross-sectoral collaboration and explore nature-based solutions to strengthen the resilience of urban beaches.
The workshop included an interactive discussion space that allowed members of the working group to raise questions and explore the most effective adaptation strategies.
The workshop included an interactive discussion space that allowed the members of the working group to raise questions and deepen their understanding of the most effective adaptation strategies.
Another activity in which the Life Adapt Cala Millor project had a relevant presentation was the session on the challenges of climate change in coastal areas, such as erosion, sea level rise and storms. At this conference, held on Tuesday, the focus was on the implementation of nature-based solutions.
Speakers representing Life Adapt Cala Millor included Joana Maria Garau, head of the Climate Change and Atmosphere Service of the Balearic Islands Government, and Inés Batle, from the Cala Millor Bay Hotel Association.
Garau explained the actions carried out so far, as well as the challenges faced by the project. He also explained the need to promote multilevel governance instruments and cooperation between administrations to promote and speed up the implementation of adaptation measures.
For his part, Batle provided the hotel sector’s perspective during the debate ‘Where are we going? Challenges we face in adapting to climate change on the coast’, where he highlighted the challenges facing the tourism sector in the face of climate change and the need to implement effective adaptation policies and initiatives.
These events were part of the more than 15 congress activities dedicated to climate change, the central theme of this year’s edition.
CONAVA 2024, which brings together more than 6,000 participants, has placed special emphasis on the urgent need to promote adaptation measures to protect the most vulnerable populations and territories, conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as mitigate the economic impacts of climate change.
The participation of the LIFE Adapt Cala Millor project in CONAMA 2024 reaffirms its commitment to the development of coastal adaptation strategies that can be replicated in other island and coastal contexts affected by climate change.
About Life Adapt Cala Millor
The initiative aims to provide a local long-term climate change adaptation project on the urban beach of Cala Millor. This ambitious initiative, scheduled for 2023-2027, focuses on new science-based methodologies, as well as participatory and governance schemes, to improve the understanding of the physical processes on an urban beach and anticipate possible changes in its morphology due to global climate change scenarios.
This project is coordinated by the Balearic Islands Government’s Department of Enterprise, Employment and Energy, through the Directorate General for the Circular Economy, Energy Transition and Climate Change. It has the participation of LANDLAB, landscape laboratory SLP; the ICTS SOCIB; the Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB); the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB); the Conama Foundation; the Consorci de Turisme de Son Servera i Sant Llorenç des Cardassar; the Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of the University of Cantabria (IHCantabria); the Hotel Association of the Badia de Cala Millor, and the University of Cantabria.