Demostration sites
Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur (France)
Egaleo (Greece)
Granollers (Spain)
Tuscany (Italy)
Ischia (Italy)
Replication sites
Burgas (Bulgaria)
Sitia, Crete (Greece)
Larnaka (Cyprus)
Helsinki (Finland)

The Med-IREN project aims to climate-proof critical infrastructure in Mediterranean regions against escalating climate risks, including heatwaves, droughts, extreme rainfall, flooding, coastal erosion, and wildfires. By integrating nature-based solutions (NBS) into infrastructure design and management, the project seeks to ensure uninterrupted service provision and enhance climate resilience across key sectors such as energy, transport, water, telecommunications, social and health services, and governance.

Climate change exacerbates natural hazards such as droughts, flooding, extreme rainfalls, and coastal erosion. These hazards can threaten the future business continuity of infrastructure services, such as energy or water provision. To ensure the resilience and adaptive capacity of such critical infrastructure, transformative, systemic, and place-based solutions are needed. The introduction of nature-based solutions into traditional infrastructure offers a cost-effective way to increase the resilience of key sectors.

The project aims to demonstrate and replicate innovative, systemic approaches for adapting critical infrastructure to climate challenges, with a strong focus on implementing nature-based solutions. In addition, a digital twin will be developed and prototyped to support the co-creation, assessment, and planning of these solutions, enabling more effective adaptation strategies.

Med-IREN focuses on five Mediterranean regions spanning Spain, France, Italy, and Greece. Over its four-year duration, the project will emphasize widespread implementation and knowledge-sharing to encourage the replication of effective strategies throughout the Mediterranean basin.

Financial Tools for Nature-Based Solutions
GIB is leading the development of tools for financial assessments that evaluate how nature-based solutions (NbS) can be integrated into critical infrastructure projects. This includes conducting socio-economic appraisals to understand the broader impact and potential of NbS in various contexts.

Regional Implementation Pathways Development
GIB is supporting regions in crafting individual regional implementation pathways that will guide the adoption and scaling of NbS.

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Forum Virium Helsinki Oy
Land Italia Srl
Revolve Planet
Sviluppo Tecnologie E Ricerca Per L’edilizia Sismica
Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt Oy
Entente Pour La Forêt Méditerranéenne
Universidade Do Minho
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Liverpool John Moores University
Consorci Besos Tordera
Artelia
Rina Consulting Spa
Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezioit
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Obshtina Burgas
Larnaka Municipality
Comune Di Casamicciola Terme
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Engineering – Ingegneria Informatica Spa It Partner
Regione Toscana
Dimos Egaleo
Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze
ICLEI European Secretariat Gmbh
Dimos Sitias
Latitudo 40 Srl
Agenzia Ansa – Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata – Societa Cooperativa
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