• Today is World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development to highlight the role of professionals who, with their ingenuity and skills, build the future.

• LIFE COSTAdapta advocates for engineering that contributes to sustainable development and adaptation to climate change.

Brussels, 4 March 2024. Today, Monday 4 March, the World Day of Engineering for Sustainable Development is celebrated to highlight the role of professionals who apply science and technology to solve global problems. This ephemeris is promoted by UNESCO with the purpose of presenting projects at the level of engineering and technology to achieve the goals set out in the Sustainable Development Plan proposed by the nations.

The aim is to ensure that future generations of engineers and scientists are able to devise solutions to local and global challenges in areas such as: food, water, energy, environment, sustainable cities, resilience to natural disasters, improvements in economic growth and even encourage gender equality within their professional field.

LIFE COSTAdapta has a fundamental role in the contribution of new measures for adaptation to climate change. In this sense, the main objective of the European project is to address the adaptation of the coast of Gran Canaria to sea level rise. To this end, it will design and test an innovative and progressive tidal pool-reef system. This prototype will help to minimise the effects of strong waves and rising sea levels, providing protection for the coast and favouring the proliferation of marine biodiversity.

The project, with a duration of 7 years and a total budget of 3,409,864 EUR (2,045,818 EUR subsidised by the European Union through the LIFE Programme), is coordinated by the Gran Canaria Island Energy Council (CIEGC) of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, with the support of its seven partners.