Case studies

Sectors
Climate change impacts
Adaptation options implemented
2024

The COOLTORISE project, funded by the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 programme, is the first to address energy poverty in summer, a growing problem due to extreme weather events resulting from cl

2019

The aim of the Plan is to prevent and mitigate the negative impacts of excessive heat on public health, particularly among the most vulnerable groups — older adults, children, people with chronic illnesses, and socially disadvantaged populations.

2019

Adapta BIOFILIA is a local climate change adaptation project developed by the Provincial Council of Badajoz, focusing particularly on plant biodiversity and the role that municipal green areas can play in enhancing the adaptive capacity of municipalities across the province in

2019

The estuarine and marsh area of A Xunqueira do Areal represents a zone of high ecological value, as it lies at the confluence of three distinct environmental systems — beach-dune, marsh, and marine environment

2019

Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) provide a wide range of ecosystem goods and services, including soil protection, water regulation, climate regulation, desertification prevention, maintenance of essential ecolog

2019

The mouth of the Oka estuary was once home to coastal dune systems that disappeared in the 1990s due to both anthropogenic factors (such as sand extraction and trampling of vegetation) and natural processes (i

2019

Montado-Adapt is a project aimed at promoting the adaptation of dehesas, or montados—extensive, semi-natural systems of scattered woodland formations dominated by Quercus species and maintained thr