MED-IREN

Med-IREN Consortium Meets in Pisa: Advancing Nature-Based Solutions Across the Mediterranean

Med-IREN Consortium Meets in Pisa: Advancing Nature-Based Solutions Across the Mediterranean The third Med-IREN Consortium Meeting took place at Scuola Superiore Santโ€™Anna in Pisa, Italy, bringing together project partners to discuss progress, share regional challenges, and exchange innovative Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for sustainable development. Led by Thanasis Sfetsos, Project Coordinator Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ! ๐ŸŒŠ

Sitia, located in Eastern Crete, is a climate hotspot known for its rare flora and fauna as well as its unique geological landscapes. Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO Global Geopark of Sitia. Throughout the rest of the week, the 5th Summer School on Geosites & Sustainability will Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

Thanasis Sfetsos explains how the innovative, circular project Med-IREN is building climate resilience in the Mediterranean.

Thanasis Sfetsos from the National Centre for Scientific Research โ€œDEMOKRITOSโ€ outlines how the EU-funded Med-IREN project, launched in 2024, is helping Mediterranean regions adapt to climate change by embracing circular economy principles and Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The Mediterranean is highly vulnerable to climate impacts such as droughts, floods, wildfires, and Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

Two Key Awareness Actions of the European Project Med-IREN Successfully Completed!

The Municipality of Aigaleo continues its dynamic initiatives for climate resilience by participating in the European project Med-IREN (Mediterranean Critical Infrastructure Resilience Engineering with Nature-based Solutions). As part of this effort, two informative actions were successfully carried out to raise awareness among students and educators about climate change and nature-based Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

MED-IREN

Discover how nature meets innovation for climate resilience with our latest project, ????????????-????????????????. ???? Climate change amplifies natural hazardsโ€”droughts, flooding, wildfires, and coastal erosionโ€”posing risks to infrastructure services like energy and water. Transformative, nature-based solutions (NbS) offer a cost-effective and resilient way to safeguard critical sectors. ????The Med-IREN project aims Read more…

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Nature as an ally. Med regions together against climate risks

EU-funded Med-Iren project promotes innovative solutions BRUSSELS – Seven Mediterranean territories, from Italy to France, from Spain to Greece and Cyprus, are joining forces to make critical infrastructure more resilient to climate change using nature as an ally. The European project Med-Iren (Mediterranean Critical Infrastructure Resilience Engineering with Nature-Based Solutions) Read more…

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The MED-IREN KoM was successfully completed yesterday in Athens

The ????????????-???????????????? ???????????? was successfully completed yesterday in Athens Adopting a systems thinking approach, the consortium partners carried out a workshop on hashtag#climate hashtag#adaptation and had fruitful discussions about: ???????? Stakeholder mapping & engagement???? Co-design of the demo and replicating regions across the Mediterranean region and beyond???? Progress indicators to Read more…

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