Specific programme: Cooperation Programme Interreg V-A España-Francia-Andorra (Interreg POCTEFA)
UPV/EHU Partner Status: Beneficiary
UPV/EHU PI: Iñaki Antigüeded
Project start:  01/01/2018
Project end:   31/12/2021

UPV/EHU Budget: 207.379,00 € (Financing 65% through ERDF funds and 35% through self-financing)

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Brief description: Backed by a mountain range that extends from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean (the Pyrenees) the territory of the EFA program is particularly vulnerable to climate change. This cross-border territory feeds the run-offs and refill zones of the main watershed basins and aquifers in the region, built as the main source of water resources of the territory POCTEFA. PIRAGUA deals with the characterization of the hydrological cycle in the Pyrenees to improve the adaptability of the territories to the challenges imposed by climate change and to support investment aimed at adapting to climate change in the management of water resources. PIRAGUA is aligned with the strategy of cross-border cooperation of the Pyrennean Observatory of climate change (OPCC), and will develop actions focused on:

1. improving the knowledge and development of regional databases;
2. establishing and monitoring of key indicators;
3. development of future scenarios for water resources;
4. development of pilot experiences in the fields of reservoir management, forestry and others;
5. estimation of the costs associated with climate change;
6. elaboration of recommendations on sectoral adaptations; and
7. transfer of the results to the agents involved in the management of water resources within the territories of the POCTEFA program

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