What we do
INCORE-MED tests and adapts participatory methods such as Democracy LAB (DLAB) and Scenario Workshop with Adaptation Pathways (SWAP) in 4 local pilot sites (Algarve, Catalonia, Sardinia and Kaštela), engaging citizens, NGOs, regional authorities, and researchers to tackle various issues, including coastal erosion, marine ecosystem depletion, wetland stewardship and coastal management integrating nature-based solution to address sea level rise, fluvial floods and stormwater flooding.
The outcomes are embedded into institutional strategies and scaled across the Euro-MED region through learning platforms, policy processes, and multilateral agreements.
OBJECTIVES
- Improve capacities to facilitate inclusive participation and manage conflicts and controversies surrounding climate adaptation planning and governance in coastal and marine regions.
- Transfer and adopt tools for technical democracy and co-design climate adaptation pathways.
- Strengthen public participation, enhance legitimacy and promote inclusive democratic practices in the prevention of climate risk.
METHODOLOGY
SWAP helps local actors co-design pathways for climate adaptation by blending community visions with expert climate modelling, using scenario-building and multi-criteria analysis.
DLAB creates dialogue and deliberation spaces where citizens and authorities co-develop new rules and formats for public engagement in coastal climate adaptation processes.
SOLUTIONS
Development of participatory cartographies and climate risk perception maps.
Strategies for climate adaptation and inclusive coastal planning.
Transferable Toolbox for participatory coastal and maritime planning.
