PYRENEES4CLIMA: A New Project to Provide More Reliable Climate Information for the Pyrenees
- 1Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Area of Climatology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (marc.prohom@gencat.cat)
- 2Météo-France, DCSC, Toulouse, France
- 3Climatology and Climate Services Laboratory, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
- 4Climate Change Foundation of Gipuzkoa, Donostia, Basque Country, Spain
- 5Pyrenees Climate Change Observatory, Working Community of the Pyrenees, Jaca, Spain
Mountains, custodians of unique biodiversity, are undergoing remarkable transformations at an unprecedented pace due to anthropogenic climate change. The Pyrenees are deeply affected by this phenomenon, threatening ecosystem services, ranging from water sources and natural habitats to forest resources.
Thanks to cross-border cooperation, 46 entities from Spain, France, and Andorra have joined together in a new LIFE – SIP PYRENEES4CLIMA project with the objective of strengthening resilience in the Pyrenees through the implementation of measures to adapt to climate change. This 7.5-year project (October 2023- April 2031), with a total budget of almost €20 million, marks the starting point for the implementation of the Pyrenean Climate Change Strategy (EPiCC), the first European cross-border climate change strategy. It will accelerate climate policies in the region and reinforce governance based on territorial climate cooperation.
The project is based on five fundamental pillars: (1) Understanding climate impacts, (2) Improving the resilience of natural spaces, (3) Adapting the mountain economy, (4) Safeguarding the population and territory from natural-climate risks and resource deterioration, and (5) Promoting an innovative system of climate governance involving citizens, socio-economic sectors, the scientific community, and political decision-makers.
Working Group 1 (Climate) is composed of five beneficiary partners and four associated partners, led by the Meteorological Service of Catalonia and Météo France. The main objective of this group is to provide high-quality and reliable information and data to reduce the inherent uncertainty of the spatial and temporal variability of climate (and climate change), both observed and projected, in the Pyrenees. To achieve this objective, several tasks have been planned and described in depth:
- Update and expand the availability of observed climate data in the Pyrenees.
- Generation of high-resolution climate projections in the Pyrenees for atmospheric and snow variables.
- Development of climate change indices for sector-specific applications based on both observations and climate projections for the Pyrenees.
- Development of a climate services platform providing real-time information on climate risks: droughts and heatwaves.
How to cite: Prohom, M., Cunillera, J., Soubeyroux, J.-M., Vicente-Serrano, S., Esteban-Alonso, X., Garcia-Balaguer, E., and Terrádez, J.: PYRENEES4CLIMA: A New Project to Provide More Reliable Climate Information for the Pyrenees, EMS Annual Meeting 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 1–6 Sep 2024, EMS2024-242, https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2024-242, 2024.
