Adaptation to climate change poses important challenges in the field of knowledge, both in terms of its physical bases and its social components. Research on the costs, impacts, risks and adaptation to climate change, carried out by public and private actors, has made significant progress in Spain in recent decades.
The LIFE MEDACC project aims to develop innovative solutions for adapting our agroforestry and urban systems to the impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean area. A number of adaptation measures have been piloted in the areas of agriculture, forest management and water management. The results of the project contribute to quantifying how adaptation can reduce the vulnerability of natural systems and human activities to climate change, and what are the economic and environmental costs associated with the application or lack of these adaptation measures.