LIFE Nadapta. Integrated strategy for climate change adaptation in Navarre

The main objective of the Life NAdapta project is to increase resilience against climate change in Navarre by supporting the implementation of all the actions in the KLINA climate change routemap. This will be achieved by means of 53 measures across six strategic areas:  water: demand management and implementation of a floods and droughts action plan.  forests: define new forest growth models in zones which are most vulnerable to climate change so as to conserve their ecological value and improve forest productivity. agriculture: implementation of innovative techniques for soil adaptation to climate change, irrigation water usage and pastures which are managed in such a way as to ensure quality in agriculture and animal health.  health: define new adaptation measures linked to climate-related disease (e.g. measures which address increasingly more frequent and intense extreme heat waves or which prevent the establishment of invasive vectors which transmit emerging viral diseases, such as the Asian tiger mosquito.  infrastructure and land use planning: define urban and housing adaptation measures in line with achieving a new urban and rural energy model built upon energy efficiency and climate change adaptation. monitoring: definition of climate change indicators for establishing control and warning systems which facilitate rapid decision-making. It consists in climate change monitoring:definition of climate change indicators relative to water, forestry, agriculture and the human environment which feed into control and warning systems (System of Territorial Development Indicators, SIOTN) to enable rapid decision-making.- water: development of new early warning systems for flooding and other environmental emergencies, preparation of green infrastructure projects for restoring and regenerating fluvial areas in the form of flood control channels or basins, new modelling tools and water demand management plans.- forests: assessment of vulnerable forest zones and preparation of management plans, selection of forest reproductive material which is adapted to future changes, development of new analysis and planning tools for forest management which is adapted to climate change and its various scenarios.- agriculture: development of optimisation plans and management strategies for adapting agriculture to the climate using organic material, rotation and land management, adaptive management to the correct use of water in irrigation, roll-out of rapid warning systems for infestations and emerging diseases in plants and animals, development of correct management of pastures and silvopastoralism to tackle forest fires.- infrastructure and land use planning: new measures for managing and adapting the built environment to climate change; analysis of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure which is threatened by climate change; pilot projects in the urban and rural environment including housing, public amenities and areas of economic activity; adaptive landscape management.