TrAnsformative climate ResilienCe by nAture-baseD solutions in the contInentAl bio-geographical region

Funding programme
Horizon Europe
RIDB_2020
Acronym
ARCADIA
Description
It is demonstrated that Nature Based Solutions (NBS) efficiently and effectively contribute to climate adaptation. However NBS need to be adapted locally and to be coherently chosen in order to assure sustainability and “no side effects”. To achieve this, ARCADIA will mobilise 8 European regions and communities – from Italy, Croatia, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia - to accelerate NBS adoption and assist them in accessing up-to-date, evidence-based actionable knowledge, guidance, knowledge-intense tools and services, mutual learning and networking opportunities. The project will foster enabling conditions to accelerate regeneration using NBS, by analysing individual and socially determined perceptions of risks and solutions, and experimentally designing incentives and behavioural nudges fostering social acceptance and community actions.In ARCADIA, the definition of regional ambitions and of methodologies and approaches co-developed at consortium level, will be followed by the implementation of 15 co-innovation labs with the engagement of the interested communities and societal partners; the learning across policy areas will be exploited to up-scale and deploy at large scale the solutions in the regions, developing robust policy and economic tools (regulations, funding schemes, business models, investment tools). Strategic objectives of the proposal are:1. Co-design regional strategies to accelerate transformative adaptation, building upon and mainstreaming innovative, actionable NBS with demonstrated feasibility, effectiveness and social value2. Assist and empower communities, public administrations and businesses3. Stimulate collaborative knowledge building and transfer, developing capacities and capabilities4. Promote coherence and exploit synergies, value and production chains, and public and private spheres of business innovation5. Advance EU research & innovation agenda on NBS and EU Mission Adaptation.
Lead Country
Italy
Start end date
-
Time frame
2024-2028
NBS type
Type 2
Societal challenges
Climate Resilience
Knowledge and Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Transformation
Approach
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Environment
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