Projects

R4C
Regions4Climate
Type: HORIZON Innovation Action
Duration: 60 months (01/01/2023 - 31/12/2027)
Status: Ongoing
Coordinator: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, Finland
Consortium:

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY – Finland
FORUM VIRIUM HELSINKI OY – Finland
DEMOS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OY – Finland
UUDENMAAN LIITTO – Finland
REVOLVE WATER – Belgium
RISK-SPEYS-TRANSFER – Bulgaria
OBSHTINA BURGAS- Bulgaria
NATURSTYRELSEN – Denmark
VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE – Denmark
REGION HOVEDSTADEN – Denmark
REGION SJAELLAND – Denmark
KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET – Denmark
ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH) – Germany
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS” – Greece
ENGINEERING – INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA – Italy
SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INOVACAO CONSULTADORIA EMPRESARIAL E FOMENTO DA INOVACAO SA – Portugal
UNIVERSIDADE DOS ACORES – Portugal
FUNDACION AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA – Spain
ZABALA INNOVATION CONSULTING, S.A. – Spain
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION – Spain
FUNDACION CARTIF – Spain
CONSEJERÍA DE AGRICULTURA, GANADERÍA Y DESARROLLO RURAL DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN – Spain
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO – Finland
SIHTASUTUS STOCKHOLMI KESKKONNAINSTITUUDI TALLINNA KESKUS – Estonia
SUEZ EAU FRANCE – France
DIMOS SITIAS – Greece
RINA CONSULTING SPA – Italy
SOCIEDAD PUBLICA DE GESTION AMBIENTAL IHOBE SA – Italy
CONSEJERIA DE DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO, SOSTENIBILIDAD Y MEDIO AMBIENTE. EUSKO JAURLARITZA-GOBIERNO VASCO – Spain
COMMUNAUTÉ D’AGGLOMÉRATION PAYS BASQUE – France
UNIVERSITE DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L’ADOUR – France
FUNDO REGIONAL DA CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA – Portugal
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA – Italy
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE – Italy
IRIS DI BACCI MAURIZIO S.A.S. – STRATEGIE PER L’AMBIENTE (iris) – Italy
NEMO Nature and Environment Management Operators S.r.l – Italy
REGIONE TOSCANA – Italy
EESTI KESKKONNAUURINGUTE KESKUS – Estonia
SIHTASUTUS PARNUMAA ARENDUSKESKUS – Estonia
PÄRNU LINN/ CITY OF PARNU – Estonia
ENERGEIAKO GRAFEIO KYPRION POLITON – Cyprus
DIKTYO THEMATIKON KENTRON TROODOUS (DITHEKET) LTD- Cyprus
REGION STOCKHOLM – Sweden
ALLMANNA FORVALTNINGEN – Finland

Aim of the Project:

The Regions4Climate project (R4C) intends to make a significant contribution towards the transition to European climate resilience. R4C will provide innovative tools, linking new knowledge, technologies and processes for informed decision-making, supporting European regions and communities exposed to significant impacts of climate change.

The R4C has the following main objectives:

  • Develop an operational structure, involving a wide range of local and regional stakeholders, providing tools to create, test, optimize and replicate innovative and scalable solutions. These economically viable solutions adapted to each region, will ensure greater regional resilience to the impacts of climate change;
  • Scale and replicate these solutions through collaboration and “twinning” between front-runners and less experienced regions, regarding similar risks and climate impacts.

R4C will contribute overall to a climate-resilient society, adapted to the predicted impacts of climate change by 2050, based on large-scale technological and social innovations, providing enhanced adaptive capacity and minimized vulnerability to these same impacts, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Climate Law.

FRCT Involvement:
FRCT’s Project responsibilities/tasks:
The FRCT is one of the partners in the implementation of Regions4Climate in the Azores region.

Impact on SCTA:
In the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the R4C will contribute to (i) reinforce and promote the principles of the Regional Public Policy on Climate Matters; (ii) identify and define priority areas to be developed, through the innovation of a climate-resilient regional society; (iii) improve literacy related particularly to climate risks; and (iv) generate technology-based innovation to mitigate climate impacts.

Other Regional Institutions involved:
In the Azores, this consortium includes the University of the Azores, with governance and technological innovation know-how.
The Regional Directorate for the Environment and Climate Change (DRAAC) as a competent authority.

Regional Stakeholders Involved:
Coastal communities and parties concerned.

Financial Overview
Consortium Budget
Partners Contribuition EU Contribuition Total
1 988 447,50€24 522 103,00€26 510 550,50€
FRCT Budget
FRCT CONTRIBUITION EU Contribuition Total
0€271 750,00€271 750,00€