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TransformAr is an EU-funded project aimed to develop and demonstrate solutions and pathways to achieve rapid and far-reaching transformational adaptation (TA) across the EU. The project will combine cross-sectoral and multi-scale innovation packages, as the combination of solutions and pathways, to support regions and communities in their societal transformation towards climate change resilience.

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Project Funding

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)

Project period

Oct 2021 – Sep 2025

Project goals

The TranformAr project aims to develop and demonstrate products and services to launch and accelerate large-scale and disruptive adaptive process for transformational adaptation in vulnerable regions and communities across Europe. 

The 6 TransformAr lighthouse demonstrators face a common challenge: water-related risks and impacts of climate change. Based on existing successful initiatives, the project will develop, test and demonstrate solutions and pathways, integrated in Innovation Packages, in 6 territories. Transformational pathways, including an integrated risk assessment approach are co-developed by means of 9 Transformational Adaptive Blocks. A set of 22 tested actionable adaptive solutions are tested and demonstrated, ranging from nature-based solutions, innovative technologies, financing, insurance and governance models, awareness and behavioral change solutions.

Massive resilience increase and acceleration of transformation adaptation will be fostered by clustering various investors, testing bankable solutions, and defining viable (non-)commercial exploitation strategy for the TransformAr solutions, products and services.

Partners

UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN (UANTWERPEN), Belgium

FONDAZIONE CENTRO EUROMEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI (FONDAZIONE CMCC), Italy

ACTERRA (ACTERRA), France

E3-MODELLING AE (E3-MODELLING AE), Greece

POTSDAM INSTITUT FUER KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG (PIK), Germany

VERHAERT NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES NV (Verhaert), Belgium

FUNDACION EMPRESA UNIVERSIDAD GALLEGA (FEUGA), Spain

NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS" (NCSRD), Greece

CESKA ZEMEDELSKA UNIVERZITA V PRAZE (CZU), Czech Republic

LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT (LUT University), Finland

NORGES TEKNISKNATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET (NTNU), Norway

UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO (UVIGO), Spain

EPSILON MALTA LIMITED (EPSILON MALTA), Malta

AGENCE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE LAMAITRISE DE L'ENERGIE (ADEME), France

WESTCOUNTRY RIVERS TRUST LBG (WRT), United Kingdom

MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND COST FOUNDATION (MEDSEA), Italy

CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DEL MAR - FUNDACION CETMAR (CETMAR), Spain

LAPPEENRANNAN KAUPUNKI (LAPPEENRANTA), Finland

DIMOS EGALEO (CITY OF EGALEO), Greece

WATER EUROPE (WE) Belgium

EUROQUALITY SARL (EUROQUALITY), France

GJOVIK KOMMUNE (Gjövik kommune), Norway