Event – Triple-C

Final meeting in Brussels

triplec19_admin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:44:14 +0000

On April 19, 2023, the final meeting of the Triple-C project took place in Brussels, where the main achievements of the project in relation to the prevention and management of risks associated with climate change were presented.

Papers offered

Presentation of the Triple-C project

Jean-François Berthoumieu | Manager | Climatological Association of the Middle and South-West Garonne (ACMG)

Arguments in favor of integrated watershed management

Laurence Couldrick | Managing Director | West Country Rivers Trust (WRT)

The Triple C Platform: capitalization of results in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation

Diego Intrigliolo | Researcher | Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)

Surveys on the ground to connect local stakeholders and better communicate adaptation to climate risks

Julia James | Communications Manager | Climatological Association of the Middle and South-West Garonne (ACMG)

Carbon Connects – The importance of peatlands and their restoration

Martin Breen| Shannon University of Technology (TUS) | Speaker

Triple C: multi-sector review of best practices and solutions at EU level

Nicolas Fedou | Project Manager Climate | Dordogne Chamber of Agriculture

Synergies between nature and health for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Ronaldo E.C. Mr Gabriel | Associate Professor | University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

Adaptation of civil protection institutions to climate change

Miguel Almeida | University of Coimbra| Researcher

Towards an Atlantic Macroregion

Marta Marin | Delegate of the Basque Country for the European Union

Atlantic Area Program 2021-2027: balance and prospects

Ismael Morán García | Deputy Director | Joint Secretariat of the Atlantic Area Interreg Program

Management and cooperation

Jose Quevedo | Deputy Director | DEX Group

PART ONE

SECOND PART

Final meeting of the Triple C project

triplec19_admin — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:41:29 +0000

The final meeting of Triple C, an initiative to compile the most successful European projects in the prevention and management of risks associated with climate change, will take place on 19 April 2023.

Preliminary programme

11.00 Welcome words

Jean-Philippe Granger | President | Dordogne Chamber of Agriculture

11.10 Introduction to the Triple-C project

Jean-François Berthoumieu | Director | Climatological Association of the Middle Garonne and Southwest (ACMG)

11.40 The case for Integrated Catchment Management

Laurence Couldrick | CEO | Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT)

12.00 The Triple-C Platform: capitalising results in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation

Diego Intrigliolo | Researcher | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

12.20 Field surveys to connect local actors and communicate better adaptation to climate hazards

Julia James | Communication manager| Climatological Association of the Middle Garonne and Southwest (ACMG)

12.40 Carbon Connects – The importance of Peatlands and Peatland Restoration

Martin Breen| Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) | Lecturer

13.00 Lunch break (served in place)

14.30 Triple-C: multisectoral review of EU-level best practices and solutions

Nicolas Fedou | Climate project manager | Dordogne Chamber of Agriculture

14.50 Synergies between nature and health for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Ronaldo E.C. D. Gabriel | Associate Professor | Universidad de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

15.05 Adaptation of institutions within civil protection to climate change

Miguel Almeida | University of Coimbra| Researcher

15.20 Towards an Atlantic Macrorregion

Marta Marín | Delegate of the Basque Country for the European Union

15.30 Atlantic Area Programme 2021-2027: assessment and outlook

Ismael Morán García | Deputy Director | Joint Secretariat of the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme

15.50 Questions and answers

16.10 Management and cooperation

Jose Quevedo | Deputy Director | Grupo DEX

16.20 Closure words

Éric Frétillère| Vice-President of French Irrigation Association | Dordogne Regional Counselor

Thematic seminar: prevention of forest fires caused by climate change

triplec19_admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:30:18 +0000

Last Monday 13th February, our colleagues from UC and UTAD organised a thematic seminar in Coimbra with the focus on forest fires.

The event, which was attended by 158 people, also had an important repercussion in the media with at least 15 articles published in newspapers and magazines.

Here you can watch the full recording of the seminar.

Triple C meeting in Arkaute

triplec19_admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:41:14 +0000

On December 1, organized by Neiker at its headquarters in Arkaute (Araba), the regional event for technical audiences “Successful actions in climate-related risk management” took place. Responsible for various projects in adaptation to climate change from Spain, France, Portugal, Ireland and England participated in the aforementioned event, making us participants in the actions they are carrying out within the framework of a series of national and international projects.

The presentations made by each of the speakers within the framework of the aforementioned conference are made available to the public below:

Jean-François Berthoumieu | Climatological Association of the Moyenne Garonne (FR)

Triple-C project (Interreg Atlantic Area)

“Capitalizing on risk projects linked to the Climate Change”

Iñigo Urritikoetxea | Ihobe, Public Society for Environmental Management of the Basque Government

URBAN KLIMA 2050 project (LIFE programme)

“Implementation of the Climate Change Strategy of the Basque Country – KLIMA 2050”

Ana Aizpurúa | Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (ES)

Risk-AquaSoil (Interreg Atlantic Area)

“Atlantic Risk Management Plan in water and soil”

Jean-François Berthoumieu | Climatological Association of the Moyenne Garonne (FR)

ClimAlert (Interreg SUDOE)

“Transnational service of climate risks’ early alert”

Darren Barry | Technological University of the Shannon (IE)

Remarkable Climate Leaders (Horizon 2020)

“New leadership capacity through a Climate Leadership Program designed with and for climate leaders”

Laurence Couldrick | West Country Rivers Trust (WRT)

CPES (Interreg France (Channel) England)

“Channel Payments for Ecosystem Services”

Miguel Almeida | University of Coimbra (PT)

Resilient Forest (LIFE)

“Forest management approach that improves forests resilience to wildfires, water scarcity, environmental degradation and other effects induced by climate change”

If you want to consult any of the presentations, please contact us.

Triple-C present at the conference “continue to produce despite frost

triplec19_admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:51:05 +0000

On 17 October, as part of the Triple-C project, ACMG organised a day on climate change (and more specifically on the risk of frost), its impacts and solutions.
The day was held in partnership with GIS Fruits, which brings together numerous actors in fruit production, INRAE and the Quae publishing house. The event took place in the heart of the Moyenne-Garonne, at the Rex cinema in Tonneins (47), and was attended by stakeholders from numerous departments.
Around 100 people attended. The objective of inviting a varied audience, technical as well as scientific and political, was achieved: decision-makers, as well as numerous leaders of agricultural cooperatives, farm managers, farmers, researchers, agricultural technicians, representatives of research centres, agricultural consultants, representatives of chambers of agriculture, etc. were present.
The afternoon programme was based on lectures on the risks and solutions to climate change, as well as numerous testimonies. During the conference, the Triple C project platform was presented.

2 round tables allowed to gather:

Key field experiences for successful adaptation.
Visions for the future of fruit production.

Sixth fact-finding mission

triplec19_admin — Tue, 03 May 2022 12:05:11 +0000

The sixth fact-finding mission of the Triple-C project was organised by the Technological University of the Shannon: Midwest (TUS) on 22-23 March in Thurles.

Due to the improvement that is being reflected in relation to COVID19, and consequently in the relaxation of health regulations, the meeting could be held in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

In addition to the Triple-C project consortium partners, a number of speakers were invited to enrich the meeting by sharing their experiences and expertise in relation to “Sustainability in a Changing Climate”, the central objective of the meeting.

The workshop, led by Darren Barry from TUS, started with a welcome by Padraic O’Reilly, Development maanger at TUS, to all participants in the meeting.

Diego Diaz (DEX Group) then gave a presentation on the objectives and guidelines of the Triple-C project. After his presentation, and as reflected in the agenda of the meeting, a series of presentations related to the objective of the meeting were made, allowing to share the results obtained in other projects.

In addition, each talk was followed by a lively debate between the different speakers and the members of the Triple-C project.

MEETING agenda

Programme 22 March 2022

Venue: Conference Centre. Technological University of the Shannon: Midwest (TUS), Nenagh Rd, Gortataggart, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Time	Topic
9:00	Padraic O’Reilly Welcome Address
9:15	Diego Diaz TripleC: Capitalising On Risk Projects Linked to Climate Change
9:45	Stephen Murphy Heat Pumps and their role in European Sustainability
10:15	Gloria Callinan Green Skills for the Decarbonisation of the Construction Sector
10:45	Coffe Break
11:00	Dr Brendan O’Keeffe The role of participatory planning in underpinning sustainable communities – insights from rural Ireland
11:30	Dr John Morrissey Just energy transitions: A framework to address sustainability, vulnerability and resilience?
12:00	Dr Darren Barry REMARKABLE: Climate Leaders Delivering Climate Neutrality
12:30	Cierre
12:45	Lunch

At 12:30 the meeting was brought to a close, and after a short lunch, the whole group headed off by bus to the TUS scheduled visit: Cabragh Wetlands & Rock of Cashel.

The Cabragh Wetlands Trust is an Irish environmental treasure that remains relatively free from human interference. It is home to the green-listed grey heron and feeding ground for the dwindling population of native bumblebees. Within its boundaries grow species of flora such as bronze fennel, wavy bittercress, shepherds’ purse, golden saxifrage, common mouse-ear, marsh strawberry and a huge variety of wild orchids. Various species of wildlife can also be seen, including numerous varieties of dragon fly, the rare hummingbird moth, Froghopper’s cuckoo, stick ear and a wide variety of sedges, grasses and reeds. The group enjoyed a frankly interesting tour guided by a local “druid”.

Rock of Cashel: or safety reasons, due to a week of high winds in the area, TUS decided to change the scheduled visit and head for Cahir Castle. However, from the bus we were able to enjoy the iconic scenery provided by the Rock of Cashel, arguably Ireland’s most impressive collection of medieval buildings.After a short drive, the project partnership enjoyed a very interesting visit to Cahir Castle, one of the largest castles in Ireland.

Programme 23 March 2022

Throughout the 23rd, as reflected in the agenda, a working meeting was held with the exclusive participation of the members of the project, with the aim of presenting and analysing the progress made in each of the Working Groups.

Time	Topic
8:45	WP1 – Management PR6 (2nd half 2021): status and deadlines. • Next Project Coordination Meeting (virtual). • Atlantic Area 3rd Call for Extension: update on the status of the Call.
	WP2 – Communication • NEIKER to share the progress on communication activities. • Communication materials regarding the Transnational Research Mission organised by TUS.
	WP3 – Capitalization • WP3 – Diagnosis Report
	WP4 – Knowledge transfer and exploitation plan • Transnational research mission: feedback on the research mission conducted the previous day. • Regional events for technical audiences • Partners to share their progress towards the organization of the regional events • Participation in other events and congresses
12:00	WP5 – Policy mainstreaming • Meetings and encounters with relevant policy bodies and representatives • Technical reports addressing fires (UC), soil erosion and desertification (CSIC), water quality and quantity (WRT) and ocean risks (TUS). • Partners to share their progress • Final conference

TripleC research mision on 2021 Rivers Trust Conference

triplec19_admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:27:03 +0000

Water is the life source of our planet and therefore it must be at the heart of policies and projects mitigating the effects of climate change, and building a society that is better prepared for its consequences. We know that the impacts of the climate crisis will be felt first and most dramatically through the effects on water resources. Changing rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures will result in more floods, more droughts and greater vulnerability to pollution.

For this reason, on March 16 and 17, we will analyze climate change, one of the most urgent problems of our time, at the Rivers Trust Conference 2021, which will be held online this year.

More information and registration

WEBINAR: Networking Workshop / Research Mission – “Agricultural Soil Quality & Water Management”

triplec19_admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:41:46 +0000

Organized by the Dordogne Chamber of Agriculture, partner of the TRIPLE-C Project, cofinanced by the INTERREG Atlantic Area Programme. Triple-C project is focused on the analysis, evaluation and capitalization of successful EU projects on the prevention and management of risks deriving from climate change, aiming at disseminating and transferring the best practices and results identified into policy making.

“Soil is the very basis for the food we grow as well as for the production of feed, textiles, wood and other materials. It provides us with clean water, hosts biodiversity, recycles nutrients, regulates climate and is part of our landscapes and cultural heritage. Soil is important for our well-being and the balance of ecosystems in our planet.” [CAP specific objective: Efficient soil management. European Commission]

The goal of this online networking workshop “Agricultural Soil Quality & Water Management” is to share best practices of projects identified at the European level that can serve as models for different countries in order to face the challenges of the soil management & water management.

The five projects to be presented within the session are dedicated to improving soil or water management, or increasing knowledge about them. Both are key components of healthy ecosystems and in the economy of local communities.

In this sense, the workshop will allow the capitalization of the main results of these projects, the exchange of good practices and experiences, the identification of barriers and possible solutions and, finally, the emission of recommendations based on the information obtained. It is also intended to ensure maximum visibility of the products, methodologies, activities and results of projects at European level.

An initial presentation on TRIPLE-C will be provided by Laurence Couldrick from the Westcountry Rivers Trust, as representative of the TRIPLE-C project.

For any questions you may have about the conference, please contact us at diego@grupodex.com

We are very much looking forward to E-meeting you on October 14th

Please register using the following link before October 12th.

Programme 14th October 2020 (Time zone: Central European Time (CET))

10.00 DEX General introduction, objectives and functioning of the research misión

10.05 CDA24 Representative Welcome words

10.15 Laurence Couldrick | Westcountry Rivers Trust (UK) Triple – C project / Interreg Atlantic Area

10.35 Anabel Sánchez – Annelies Broekman | Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) (ES) BEWATER / FP7 “Making society an active participant in water adaptation to global change”

11.00 Coffee break 11.05 José Darrozes | Laboratory Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, National Centre for Scientific Research (FR) SOIL-TAKE-CARE / Interreg SUDOE “Creation of innovative devices and methodologies for the rapid and cheap diagnosis of contamination by metals and hydrocarbons”

11.30 Prof. Dave Cooper | University of Chichester (UK) CPES / Interreg France (Channel) England “The Channel Payments for Ecosystem Services project”

11.55 Raúl Zornoza | University of Cartagena (ES) DIVERFARMING / Horizon 2020 “Crop diversification and low-input farming cross Europe: from practitioners’ engagement and ecosystems services to increased revenues and value chain organisation

12.20 Santiago Beguería| Spanish National Research Council (ES) PIRAGUA / Interreg Spain-France-Andorra (POCTEFA) “Assessment and forecasting of water resources in the Pyrenees within the context of climate change”

12.45 Nathalie Coulaud-Vidal | Dordogne Chamber of Agriculture (FR) Closure

Third research mission

triplec19_admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:22:46 +0000

The third Research Mission of Triple-C project was hosted by NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development on 26^th June in Arkaute (Basque Country, Spain). Due to the situation caused by the pandemic, the meeting was held virtually open to speakers and attendees from various European countries.

The goals of this online networking workshop “Agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry to face climate change” were to share best practices of projects identified at the European level that can serve as models for different countries in order to face the challenges of the agricultural and forestry sectors due to climate change.

The workshop, conducted by Jonas Coppen of DEX, started with the welcome of Carlos Garbisu, Chief Scientific Officer of Neiker, with a setting in context of what the risks associated with climate change may entail for agriculture and forestry, but also of the opportunities that these sectors represent to face climate change risks.

An initial presentation on climate change and TRIPLE-C goals actual situation was provided by Jean François Berthoumieu from the Association Climatologique de la Moyenne Garonne (A.C.M.G) as coordinator of the INTERREG TRIPLE-C project.

The six projects presented in the network aim to develop knowledge that is useful for the different sectors in which they work. But above all, their objective was to implement management practices that were tested in pilot cases and in which stakeholders have participated to achieve innovative solutions at the local level. In addition, a specific presentation was made on Regional climate change scenarios informing impacts and adaptation, so that the attendants could have a clearer vision of future prospects in relation to models of climate change.

In this sense, the workshop has allowed sharing results from the projects, in particular, good practices and experiences, identifying barriers and possible solutions and the formulation of recommendations at the European level. In addition, there was a live debate between speakers and attendees using the chat enabled in the Teams platform, and there was a notable interest among the different participants to establish future relationships to carry out work in this area.

MEETING

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

Programme June 26^th 2020 (Time zone: Central European Time (CET))

9:45	Logging in to the Conference room
10.00	Welcome words Carlos Garbisu – Chief Scientific Officer at NEIKER
10.10	Jean-François Berthoumieu \| Association Climatologique de la Moyenne-Garonne et du Sud-Ouest (ACMG) Triple – C project / Atlantic Area programme “Capitalising Climate Change projects in Risk management for a better AA resilience”
10.25	Vanessa Sánchez Ortega \| Fundación Global Nature LIFE AgriAdapt project / LIFE programme “Sustainable adaptation of typical EU farming systems to climate change”
10.45	Enno Uhl \| Technical University of Munich (TUM) CLIMATE-FIT FORESTS / FP7 People, Marie Curie IRSES “Solutions for adapted forest management strategies under the threat of climate change”
11.05	José Manuel Gutiérrez Llorente \| Institute of Physics of Cantabria “Regional climate change scenarios informing impacts and adaptation”
11.25	Break
11.40	Borut Vrščaj\| Agricultural Institute of Slovenia Links4Soils / Interreg Alpine Space “Linking Alpine Soil Knowledge to Sustainable Ecosystem Management”
12.00	Jean-Paul Pellissier \| Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier NOVAGRIMED / MED programme “Agricultural innovations in the Mediterranean area”
12.20	Alejandro Pérez Pastor \| Polytechnic University of Cartagena IRRIMAN LIFE+ / LIFE programme “Implementation of efficient irrigation management for a sustainable agriculture”
12:40	Vicente Rodríguez Estévez \| University of Córdoba LIFE LiveAdapt / LIFE programme “Adaptation to Climate Change of Extensive Livestock Production Models in Europe”
13:00	Closure

KEYNOTES

2nd Meeting 2019 – October 1 and 2

triple C — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:54:18 +0000

Day: October 1 and 2

Place: Coimbra – Portugal

The 2^nd coordination meeting of the Project TRIPLE-C was hosted by University of Coimbra, last 1^st and 2^nd October. The organization was made in collaboration with its research centers: MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre), a group related with sea research, and ADAI (Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics) a group related with forest fire research.

The first day started with a visit to the Laboratory for Forest Fire Studies (LEIF), from ADAI, located in Lousã, about 30km from Coimbra, where the most laboratory work and training actions are developed. The partners had the opportunity to look at the forest fire research and learn more about the activities developed by ADAI: fire behaviour, wildland urban interface, fire safety and other studies.

After the visit, the partners went to Laboratory of Industrial Aerodynamics in Coimbra, where the meeting was held. The steering committee had discussed the progress of the project, addressed the implementation of activities and had the opportunity to discuss and plan the methodology of coming activities in the project work plan. (photos below)

On the second day, partners attended the seminar in the Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, open to general public. The Seminar “Capitalization of European Research Projects in the Area of Climate Change” was held in the context of the Interreg Project “Triple-C – Capitalising Climate Change Projects in Risk Management for a better Atlantic Area Resilience”. The seminar started with a presentation of TRIPLE-C project and had the participation of several representatives of Portuguese public and private entities that are potential end users of the results of the research projects that were presented (c.f. program and photos below).

The TRIPLE-C Project (website address), which has support by the Interreg – Atlantic Area, was conceived as a capitalization initiative focused on analysing, evaluating and exploiting the best EU projects in risk management in the context of climate change. It aims to disseminate and transfer the best practices and results identified in this domain, with the goal of integrating policy formulation.

SEMINAR PROGRAM

09h30 – 10h00		Welcome
10h00 – 10h30		TRIPLE-C Project presentation
10h30 – 11h00		Coffee-Break
Presentations	11h00 – 11h20	BINGO: Bringing innovation to ongoing water management By Ana Estela Barbosa – National (Portuguese) Civil Engineering Laboratory
	11h20 – 11h40	AdaptForChange: Improve the success of reforestation in semi-areas: adaptation to climate change scenarios By Cristina Branquinho – Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
	11h40 – 12h00	MOTIVE: Models for adaptive forest management By José Borges – Higher Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon
	12h00– 12h20	WUIView: Wildland‐Urban Interface Virtual Essays Workbench By Elsa Pastor – Polytechnic University of Catalonia
12h20 – 14h00		Lunch
Presentations	14h00 – 14h20	REINFFORCE: Resource Infrastructure for monitoring and adapting European Atlantic Forests under Changing climate By António Correia – Higher Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon
	14h20 – 14h40	FORRISK: A network for innovation in silvicultures and integrated systems for forest risk management By António Correia – Higher Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon
	14h40 – 15h00	PLURIFOR: Transnational risk management plans for rural forest areas sensitive to biotic and abiotic risks By António Correia – Higher Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon
	15h00 – 15h20	ANCORIM – Atlantic Network for Coastal Risk Management By António Campar de Almeida – University of Coimbra
	15h20 – 15h35	SpitFire: Spanish-Portuguese Meteorological information system for trans-boundary operations in forest fires By Miguel Almeida – Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics
	15h35 – 15h50	ArcFUEL: Mediterranean fuel maps geodatabase for wildland & forest fire safety By Luís Ribeiro – Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics
	15h50 – 16h05	Adaptaclima: Adaptation to the effects derived from climate change By Ronaldo Gabriel – University of Trás os Montes and Alto Douro
16h05 – 16h50		Debate
16h50 – 17h00		Closure

Photos of first day, 1^st October (visit do LEIF and internal meeting)

Visit to Laboratory for Forest Fire Studies (Lousã)
Visit to Laboratory for Forest Fire Studies (Lousã)
Internal meeting at Laboratory of Industrial Aerodynamics (Coimbra)
Internal meeting at Laboratory of Industrial Aerodynamics (Coimbra)

Photos of second day, 2^nd October (Seminar)

Seminar at Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
Seminar at Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
Seminar at Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
Seminar at Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
Seminar at Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
Seminar at Auditorium of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra