Abstract
(Englisch)
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The Med-IREN project aims to provide actionable demonstration on how to climate proof the Mediterranean critical infrastructures,
across critical sectors, by introducing NBS both in terms of improving climate risk management and sustaining their business continuity
to extreme climate change. The project will be showcased in five lighthouse regions across the Mediterranean, each corresponding to a
present day challenge, that are aligned with regional policies and can constitute the EU as a global leader in the field. Med-IREN will
cover different and diverse types of CI (energy, transport, water, ICT, social) , priority climate hazards within the Mediterranean, which
is a climate hot-spot, and NBS interventions. In parallel, the interventions and solutions will be replicated into four more regions across
the EU, covering the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Boreal regions. Med-IREN will also provide evidence how key enabling conditions,
such as participatory governance and citizen engagement, novel forms of financing, innovative urban/landscape planning and capacity
building will support regional systemic transformation nd provide the upscaling and replication mechanism within Mediterranean regions
and beyond. A high-end digital decision making support toolset will be developed, integrating data from multiple sources, both insitu
and E.O., applying state-of-the-science models, as well as providing unprecedented visualization and sensemaking capabilities for
understanding and quantifying resilience through-out the infrastructure and NBS life-cycle. Med-IREN will rely on the integration of
the research output of more than 15 European and National projects, that focused on the (climate) resilience of infrastructures, regional
adaptation and implementation of NBS. Med-IREN is conceived as a powerful showcase of the EU twin green & digital transition and
an immediate success story of the EU Green Deal.
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