Climate and natural risks in the SUDOE mountains

Mountains are the most affected territories by natural risks and it is foreseen that those risks will increase due to climate change &ndash risks which do not know administrative boarders and require a transnational coordination.

To respond to this challenge, MONTCLIMA provides a transnational strategic framework to prevent and manage natural risks in the Southwestern Mountains. It develops 4 pilot projects:

– Innovation and culture of wine to prevent soils erosion

– Adaptative forests’ management to prevent forest fires and improve the resilience to dryness

– Improvement of the protector role of forests and

– Follow-up of the river basins’ dynamics to reduce the risks of torrent flooding.

Among others, some of the main tools will be a mapping with information on vulnerable areas, the history of catastrophes in mountain areas and a collection of good practices