ARCADIA: TrAnsformative climate ResilienCe by nAture-baseD solutions in the continental bio-geographical region

ARCADIA project had the following general objectives:

• Co-design regional strategies to accelerate transformative adaptation, building upon and mainstreaming innovative, actionable NBS with demonstrated feasibility, effectiveness and social value;
• Assist and empower communities, public administrations and businesses;
• Stimulate collaborative knowledge building and transfer, developing capacities and capabilities;
• Promote coherence and exploit synergies, value and production chains, and public and private spheres of business innovation;
• Advance EU research and innovation agenda on NBS and EU Mission Adaptation. 

CMCC role  CMCC will lead WP6 - Cross-regional support & synthesis. This WP aims at stimulating progresses and at fostering synergies across the model and the regions; it also aims at assisting in implementing co-innovation labs and at being a catalyst for large-scale, cross-border demonstration of climate resilience and connected blue-green infrastructures.  CMCC will also palay a key role in WP8 - Design and performance of nature-based solutions and infrastructures, and WP9 - Governance, policy and finance.

Activities

ARCADIA project is structured in 12 work packages (WP): 

1. Model region Emilia Romagna 
2. Model region Low Austria 
3. Model regions Zagreb and Krapina-Zagorje
4. Model region Skane 
5. Model region Funen 
6. Cross-regional support & synthesis
7. Values, attitudes and incentives for transformational change
8. Design and performance of nature-based solutions and infrastructures 
9. Governance, policy and finance
10. Mirroring the transformative processes in the fellow regions 
11. Dissemination, exploitation and communication 
12. Coordination and management

Project results, including deliverables and journal articles, are available on Zenodo  Expected results ARCADIA project general objectives are translated into specific objective and tangible results: SO1. Co-design regional strategies to accelerate transformative adaptation, building upon and mainstreaming innovative, actionable nature-based solutions with demonstrated feasibility, effectiveness and social value       - Five model regions and three fellow (replicating) regions will develop and adopt shared motivational visions for nature regeneration as a part of their climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation strategies and plans, within their jurisdictions, and across the key community systems most vulnerable to climate change;      - Fifteen demonstrators, co-developed with societal partners within the regional co-innovation labs, will analyse in depth the performance, acceptability and business readiness of most impactful, transformative nature-based solutions, and prepare their implementation, transfer, and large-scale deployment. SO2. Assist and empower communities, public administrations and businesses – by building & improving access to shared knowledge, analytical tools, and best available guidance – to build capabilities to cope with climate risks      - Comprehensive catalogues of knowledge syntheses and operational tools to assess suitability and performance, design behavioural incentives, foster business sustainability, and monitor and evaluate progress made       - A suite of climate adaptation and resilience services and knowledge hubs forming a lasting legacy in the model and replicating regions  SO3. Stimulate collaborative knowledge building and transfer, developing capacities and capabilities – within, across and beyond the model and replicating regions       - Step-by-step guidance and coaching assistance to design and manage transformational resilience-building processes and pathways, scaling up innovations for greater impacts, and building resilience capabilities       - Three festivals of transformative nature-based solutions and green infrastructures, 15 inclusive innovation labsand experience centres, peer exchange program, and a series of datathons and citizen engagement events. SO4. Promote coherence and capability building across adaptation policy domains, value and production chains, and public and private spheres of business innovation       - Catalogues of promising practices and experiences across communities and regions, shared community and consensus driven principles, values and standards boosting nature-based solutions       - Design and prototype regional common data spaces for climate adaptation, including data infrastructures and governance frameworks to facilitate data and knowledge pooling and sharing  SO5. Advance EU research & innovation agenda on nature-based solutions and the EU Horizon Europe Missions, particularly the EU Mission Adaptation to climate change. - Contribute to mobilising European communities and regions for the EU Mission Adaptation to climate change

Partners 

CMCC, Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui cambiamenti climatici (CMCC), Italy Deda next (DEDA), Italy Stichting Vu (VU), The Netherlands Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU), Sweden Gecosistema (GECOS), Italy Stichting Wageningen research (WR), The Netherlands Climate-KIC holding (CKIC), The Netherlands Regione Emilia Romagna (TER), Italy Agenzia Regionale per la prevenzione, l’ambiente e l’energia dell’Emilia Romagna (ARPAE), Italy Consorzio di bonifica di secondo grado per il canale emiliano romagnolo Canale Giandotti (CER), Italy Ente parco nazionale dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano (PTE), Italy Romagna Acque – società delle fonti spa (RASDF), Italy Amt der Niederosterreichischen Landesregierung (LNOE), Austria Niederosterreichische Agrarbezirkbehorde (ABB), Austria Geosphere Austria (GSA), Austria Niederosterreichische Energie-Undumweltagentur (NEU), Austria Natur im Gartnen (NIG), Austria Ecoplus Niederosterreichs Wirtschaftagentur (ECOPLUS), Austria Regionalna energetsko-klimatska Agencija Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske (REGEA), Croatia Sveuciliste u Zagrebu Agronomski Fakultet (UNIZG), Croatia Grad Zagreb (ZAGREB), Croatia GDI Drustvo s ogranicenom odgovornoscu za proizvodnju, Trgovinu i usluge (GDI), Croatia Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija (KZZ), Croatia Sustainable business hub Scandinavia (SBHUB), Sweden  Malmo Stad (MALMO), Sweden Helsingborgs Kommun (HELSINKBORD), Sweden  Lunds Kommun (LUND), Sweden Vandcenter SYD (VCS), Denmark Odensee Kommunw (OM), Denmark Syddansk Universitet (SDU), Denmark Odensee Fjord Samarbejdet (OFD), Denmark Agraren Universitet – Plovdiv (AUO), Bulgaria Agentiua pentru dezvoltare regionala centru (ADRC), Romania Znanstveno-Raziskovalno srediuce Bistra Ptuj (BISTRA), Slovenia  Alma Mater studiorum – Università di Bologna (UNIBO), Italy Autorità di Bacino distrettuale del fiume Po (AdB-PO), Italy Ente Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi (PFC), Italy Javna ustanova za upravljanje zasticenim dijelovima prirode Krapinsko-zagorske zupanije (JUKZZ), Croatia Ministarstvo Gospodarstva I Odrzivog Razvoja (MinGOR), Croatia Region Skane (SKANE LAN), Sweden