Final event of the LIFE-IP NAdapta-CC project

8 years shaping the future: join us for the closing event of LIFE-IP NAdapta-CC

Be part of the conclusion of one of the most ambitious climate change adaptation strategies in Navarre. Discover real projects, the challenges overcome and the lessons for the future. 

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Programme

9:15 am Registration. Guest reception

9:30 am Institutional opening and message from Paloma Aba Garrote, Director of the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)

9:50 Project results presented by their main actors: Local Environment and Water

Local climate action – Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

  • Idoia Aritzala, Mayor of Etxauri.
  • Aitor García Galar, Local Sustainability Technician at Nasuvinsa.

Local self-protection plans against floods

  • Ignacio Domínguez Martínez, Mayor of Funes.
  • Luis Sanz Azcárate, Technical Director of Orekan.
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)
  • Etor Larraya, Representative of the Villava-Atarrabia Town Council.
  • Maite Zarranz, Technician at Navarra de Infraestructuras Locales, S.A. (NILSA).

River space restoration projects as a strategy for conservation and for reducing the impact of flooding 

  • Carlos Alcuaz Monente, Mayor of Caparroso
  • Arantxa Ursúa Andrés, Head of the Water Quality and Hydraulic Works Section of the Government of Navarre .

Discussion and audience Q&A 

10:50 am Project results presented by their main actors: Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry

Optimising the adaptability of agro-systems to climate change through soil, organic matter and crop management strategies
  • Luis Miguel Arregui, Farmer from the Valdorba Cooperative.
  • Rodrigo Antón Sobejano, Assistant Professor at the Public University of Navarre (UPNA).

Alert system for emerging plant pests and diseases: INTIA warning station

  • Pedro González, President of the Trujal Mendia of Arróniz.
  • Carmen Goñi Górriz, Technician at the Navarre Institute of Agri-Food Technologies and Infrastructures (INTIA).

Managed forests, adapted forests: the role of Navarre’s forest owners in meeting the climate challenge

  • Juan Miguel Villarroel Garcia, Manager of Foresna.
  • Salomé Hernando Chicote, Head of the Forest Planning Section of the Government of Navarre. 

Discussion and audience Q&A

11:40 am Coffee break 

12:10 pm Project results presented by their main actors: Health, Infrastructure and Territory

Vector surveillance: the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus).

  • Aitor Elexpuru Egaña, Mayor of Bera.
  • Teresa Ferrer Gimeno, Head of the Environmental Health Section of the ISPLN 

Monitoring of pollen composition and variation in pollination periods

  • Sara Garrido Fernández, Head of the Allergy Service at the University Hospital of Navarre.
  • Estrella Miqueleiz Autor, Technician at the ISPLN. 

The process of establishing a valley-scale energy community 

  • Jon Irigoyen, Representative of the Sakana Energy Community.
  • Yael Lorea Iriguibel, Head of Energy Transition at Nasuvinsa. 

Revitalización del parque residencial existente en barrios vulnerables.

  • Zeus Pérez, Councillor for Urban Planning of the Tudela Town Council. 
  • Raquel Zulaica Oroz, Head of the Rehabilitation Promotion Area at Nasuvinsa.  

Discussion and audience Q&A

13:20 pm How is climate change adaptation addressed in other regions? Talk and discussion

  • Francisco Heras Hernández, Deputy Director-General for Climate Change Adaptation, Spanish Office for Climate Change, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
  • Mª Mar Alonso Martín, Director of Climate Action, Ihobe, Public Environmental Management Company of the Basque Government.
  • Raúl García Brink, Councillor for Environment, Climate, Energy and Knowledge, Cabildo of Gran Canaria.
  • Fernando Señas Bea, Head of the Climate Change Office of Navarre.

Discussion and audience Q&A

14:20 pm Institutional closing

14:30 pm Reception