Sites and solutions
Testing and knowledge building
IMPETUS has demonstration sites in 7 of Europe’s 11 biogeographical regions, as defined by the European Environment Agency. In these sites, our project teams are:
- testing various relevant technologies and nature-based solutions that will mitigate the local impacts of climate change;
- engaging with local communities, policy-makers and businesses in co-creation of knowledge, policies and innovative approaches relevant to their situation;
- encouraging ‘ownership’ of adaptation measures by local stakeholders so they sustain activities after IMPETUS project ends;
- gathering knowledge about scientific, technical, social and policy developments in local ‘Resilience Knowledge Booster’ (RKB) hubs;
- knowledge sharing at local and regional level through events, learning materials, promotional activities etc. centred around the RKBs.
IMPETUS results will be further disseminated and amplified by:
- coordinating with related projects;
- interconnecting the RKBs with other active communities and organisations to share lessons learned more widely across Europe.
Continental
Situation: The metropolitan Berlin-Brandenburg region in the north-eastern German lowlands has a relatively high surface area of rivers and lakes,
Coastal
Prognosis Current climate impact trends will exacerbate existing problems regarding water supply, biodiversity loss, flooding and salination. Situation The 600km
Cas d’estudi costaner
PRONÒSTIC Segons les tendències actuals, l’impacte del canvi climàtic agreujarà els problemes existent pel que fa al subministrament d’aigua, la
Caso de estudio costero
PRONOSTICO Según las tendencias actuales, el impacto del cambio climático agravará los problemas existentes en lo que se refiere al
Mediterranean
Situation: The region of Attica in Greece has around 3.7 million inhabitants in a 3,8 thousand km2 area that includes
Atlantic
Prognosis Current climate trends will exacerbate flooding risks – from rising sea levels and more frequent extreme weather – and
Arctic
Situation: Beyond the Arctic circle, in the northernmost mainland region of Norway, the IMPETUS Arctic demonstration site in Troms and
Boreal
Situation: Zemgale region covers almost 17% of Latvia, located in the country’s centre. Ground water provides drinking water resources for
Mountains
Situation: The Valle dei Laghi area is in the Province of Trento in the Italian Alps. A mosaic of mountain
Pan-European Solutions
IMPETUS is also developing several “Pan-European” tools that can be used in any European territory to support climate resilience:
- The Hot-spot Identification and Prioritization Service – HIPS * is a service for identifying and prioritizing European NUTS-level regions that are exposed to climate risks, and are vulnerable or have low adaptation capacity. Users can explore various datasets and combine them to perform climate hot-spot analysis.
*Please note that the service is still in beta phase. A more complete version will be provided in due course.