Supporting transformative climate change adaptation in mountainous regions.

MountResilience is dedicated to strengthening the resilience of European regions and communities situated in mountainous areas. Its primary goal is to enhance their ability to adapt to climate change and facilitate a transition toward a climate-resilient society.

The project is strategically focused on the development, testing, and scaling up of flexible climate change adaptation strategies and nature-based solutions in six demonstrator regions and four replicator regions. This comprehensive approach takes policy considerations, societal requirements, and citizen behaviours into account. It aims to address the diverse impacts of climate change in mountainous regions.

Mountains play a big role in our lives:

Mountains cover 35% of the land area of Europe and 30% of the EU. They are home to approximately 13% of the EU´s population and 18% of farms and 43% of Natura 2000 areas are in mountains. They play an indispensable role in our everyday lives by providing vital resources to a significant proportion of the global population.

Mountains are the guardians of vital resources and biodiversity:

Mountains are the origin of 60-80% of the world´s freshwater, important habitats for biodiversity and they are suppliers of a wide array of essential renewable energy sources, raw materials and agricultural goods, such as wood, pastures for livestock, dairy products, meat, fruits, olive oil, mineral water, medicinal plants, and much more.

Mountains are sustainable tourism hubs and cultural catalysts:

Mountains are key tourism destinations worldwide, attracting visitors every year for health, sports, gastronomy, and culture-related tourism. Sustainable tourism represents a major source of income for mountain communities, acting as a catalyst to revitalise local traditions and food value chains.

The six demonstrator regions are Gabrovo in Bulgaria, Tyrol in Austria, Lapland in Finland, Valais in Switzerland, Piemonte in Italy and Rau Sadului in Romania. Replicators are Catalonia in Spain, Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy, Primorje-Gorski Kotar in Croatia, and the Subcarpathian region in Poland. The project is coordinated by the UNIMONT team at University of Milan. ZSI coordinates WP1. This includes the development of a conceptual framework for transformative climate change adaptation to scientifically ground all project activities and a monitoring and evaluation scheme lasting throughout the project’s duration to support the regional demonstrators.

Mitarbeiter/innen:

• Dr. Camilla Chlebna (Projektleitung)
• Jesse Luttik
• Magª. Andrea Christiane Mayr
• DI Stefan Philipp

Bereich: Forschungspolitik & Entwicklung

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Tags: climate change adaptation, regional development