A Coastal Climate Adaptation Day will take place on Tuesday as part of the EU Region Week
Brussels, 20 November 2025. The European project LIFE COSTAdapta will hold its second in-person consortium meeting on Monday, 24 November, at the headquarters of the Island Energy Council of Gran Canaria (CIEGC). The session will bring together all partner organisations to review technical progress and coordinate the next steps in the development of innovative solutions for coastal climate adaptation.
The meeting will open with a welcome speech by Alexis Lozano, Director of Energy and Climate at CIEGC. This will be followed by an intervention from Sara Barceló, representative of ELMEN and monitor appointed by the LIFE Programme, who will present an expert assessment of the project’s status from the perspective of the European supervisory body.
Throughout the day, partners will present updates on each component of the project. Patricia Caro, from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), will report on overall coordination and management. Rakel Ramos Pereda, from Raley Estudios Costeros, and Cecilia Ribalaygua, from the University of Cantabria, will explain the preparatory actions related to coastal behaviour analysis. Development activities will be presented by Iñaki Pérez (ULPGC) and Leire Fernández Prieto (Raley Estudios Costeros).
Implementation progress will be outlined by Nuria Pérez, from INGECID, while validation and monitoring tasks will again be presented by Patricia Caro. Communication, replication and sustainability activities will be presented by Yolanda Durán and Adrián Noheda from the Finnova Foundation.
The consortium also announces the celebration of the 1st Coastal Climate Adaptation Day for Island Regions, which will take place on Tuesday, 25 November, within the official programme of the European Week of Regions and Cities (EU Region Week). The event will gather experts, public authorities, research institutions and organisations working on coastal adaptation challenges.
Registrations remain open, although they are close to closing. Interested participants may still register via the following link:
LIFE COSTAdapta has a total budget of 3,337,563 euros, of which 2,002,538 euros are financed by the European Union through the LIFE Programme. The project runs for 84 months and is coordinated by the Island Energy Council of Gran Canaria, together with ULPGC, the University of Cantabria, INGECID, Raley Estudios Costeros, ECOncrete AQUA, the Canary Foundation for Recycling and Sustainable Development and the Finnova Foundation.
More information: https://costadapta.energiagrancanaria.com
