Special report - Adaptation to climate change in Portugal

• Main Authors: Bruno Pinto, Penim Loureiro, Quico Nogueira, Luis Filipe Lopes
• Other Authors: Filipe Duarte Santos, Gil Penha-Lopes
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Climate Change; Comics; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4714698

The book ispart of the ClimAdaPT.Local project (http://climadapt-local.pt/en/), financed by EEA Grants and the Portuguese Carbon Fund. This project intends to start in Portugal the elaboration of Municipal Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change and their integration into municipal planning. It involves 26 municipalities in the mainland, Azores and Madeira, and the training of 52 municipal technicians. It is expected that these and other national municipalities can exchange experiences and work in a network, thus making adaptation to climate change easier and more effective at national level. The ClimAdaPT.Local project is integrated into the AdaPT program, run by the Portuguese Environment Agency, IP (APA IP) while managing the Portuguese Carbon Fund (FPC), totaling EUR 1.5 million co-financed 85% by the EEA Grants and 15% by the FPC. The project benefits from support of 1,270 million euros from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants program, and 224,000 euros through the FPC.