Nature Based Solutions to mitigate the devastating impacts from extreme weather and climate change (XTREME)

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Nature Based Solutions to mitigate the devastating impacts from extreme weather and climate change (XTREME)

Funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (2020-2023)
CEBAS-CSIC and Universidad de Murcia
My role was to develop a channel module for the SPHY model and assess the potential of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.

Nature-based solutions (NBS) have the potential to be a cost-effective climate change adaptation strategy. This project aimed to assess their potential in a large semi-arid catchment in southeast Spain. The most suitable NBS were selected using a stakeholder consultation approach. We developed a channel module for the SPHY model, which aimed to assess the potential of stream restoration as a NBS. Furthermore, other NBS were implemented on the hillslopes, which showed how NBS can mitigate future flood events.

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