What we do
INCORE-MED tests and adapts participatory methods such as Democracy Lab (DLab) and Scenario Workshop and 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, torrential floods and stormwater flooding. The outcomes are embedded into institutional strategies and scaled across the Euro-Mediterranean region through learning platforms, policy processes, and multilateral agreements.
Objectives
- Improve capacities to enhance facilitation of participatory planning for climate adaptation in coastal and maritime regions.
- Transfer and adopt participatory tools for co-designing adaptation pathways and democratic innovations.
- Strengthen public participation and promote inclusive democratic practices to prevent climate risk and biodiversity loss.
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.
Main Outputs
- Participatory cartographies and climate risk perception maps.
- Coastal & Maritime strategies with climate adaptation pathways, based on Scenario Workshop and Adaptation Pathways (SWAP).
- Local strategies to integrate Democratic Innovations, Democracy Labs (DLAB) outcomes, in Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and Nature Protected Area (PA).
- INCORE-MED toolkit on guidelines about participatory planning for climate adaptation and nature conservation in coastal and marine spaces.
