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13/09/2024

La Escuela de Comunicación Ambiental 2024 insiste en la necesidad de "mover a la ciudadanía a la acción” ante los retos ambientales

Mari Mar Alonso y Mari Luz Gómez, directora de Acción Climática y responsable del proyecto de Ciudadanía de Ihobe respectivamente, han detallado algunas de las actuaciones puestas en marcha en el marco de LIFE IP Urban Klima 2050 como KLIMA Azoka.

11/09/2024

Desbroce y control de especies invasoras en el monte Oberan

22/07/2024

The Uhinak Congress is set to be held for the 6th time, addressing the rapid unprecedented oceanic change and its impact on the coast

09/07/2024

Ihobe joins forces with EiTB to offer a comprehensive view of the effects of climate change on the Basque coastline

04/07/2024

NEIKER has developed LURZAIN, a citizen-accessible web application for sustainable soil assessment and management

03/07/2024

First meeting of the Basque actors involved in the Pyrenees4Clima project to improve resilience in mountain areas

01/07/2024

The 2023 Basque Country's Environmental Profile analyses the effects of climate change and the presence of urban green spaces on the health of the population

25/06/2024

Measuring social impact takes centre stage in the third edition of the Education for Sustainability 2030 School

24/06/2024

Alava Provincial Council promotes sustainable mobility to get to work with 70 new secure bicycle stands in Gamarra, Jundiz and Iruña de Oca

19/06/2024

Bizkaia Provincial Council highlights the actions of Urban Klima 2050 as part of its green-blue infrastructure plan

19/06/2024

The Basque Country continues to reduce its emissions while its economic growth increases

19/06/2024

Ihobe participates in the launch of the European Commission's 'Destination Earth' initiative to monitor and predict climate change

17/06/2024

Esther Badiola: "There is still a lack of awareness of the impacts of climate change on the economy"

14/06/2024

Tecnalia analyses the impacts of climate change on the energy system in Zarautz and Bilbao

06/06/2024

Registration open for the 2024 Environmental Communication School, focused on empowering citizens in the face of climate crisis

03/06/2024

A study by NEIKER identifies 21 species of mosquitoes in the Basque Country and highlights the public health risks of urban development

23/05/2024

The international Under2 Coalition network highlights the work carried out by the Basque Country as one of the leading regions in climate ambition

22/05/2024

The ‘Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change’ report spells out the impacts of climate change on public health in Europe

10/05/2024

“Greening protects cities from heat waves and offers residents many health benefits”

09/05/2024

Urban Klima 2050 showcases its measures to integrate climate change in health policies at the Bizkaia Pharmacists Association

24/04/2024

The Basque Country at the Regions4Climate General Assembly in Crete to unveil the coastal adaptation actions in Txingudi

22/04/2024

Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council and the Alboan Foundation to be finalists in the European Waste Prevention Awards

12/04/2024

LIFE Soil Platform addresses soil conservation and management in the Basque Country and Navarre

09/04/2024

Tecnalia develops a tool to assess the psychosocial benefits of renatured urban spaces

26/03/2024

Vitoria-Gasteiz launches a project to involve citizens in renaturing the Medieval Quarter

18/03/2024

Bakio and the UPV to study the effects of climate change on the municipality’s water resources

12/03/2024

Vitoria-Gasteiz and Júndiz connected by a green corridor after phase 5 of the Mendebaldea project is completed

28/02/2024

Tecnalia explains how the design of cities affects people's well-being on Radio Euskadi

27/02/2024

KLIMA Azoka to mobilise the public on the tenth anniversary of the Berdeago fair

23/02/2024

The second edition of the First Experiences of Climate Change and Energy Transition Programme gets underway

20/02/2024

Urban Klima 2050 reports on the progress of its climate actions to the European Commission in Álava

09/02/2024

82% of the Basque Parliament backs the Energy Transition and Climate Change Law and Tapia stresses its instrumental significance for the future of the Basque Country

08/02/2024

Naturklima commits to citizen science and creating group projects to empower citizens to tackle climate change

25/01/2024

The Basque Country's Ekoetxea environmental centre network reached the record of 132,771 visits in 2023, with a rating of 9.5 out of 10

25/01/2024

Basque municipalities and local entities undertake urgent climate and energy actions

22/01/2024

Tapia: "The Basque Country takes a transformative step with an Energy Transition and Climate Change Law that leaves no one behind"

20/12/2023

The Regions4 "Regions in Action" report showcases the progress by subnational governments in the integrating of climate justice in climate change adaptation

19/12/2023

Ihobe, Emakunde and Eudel launch a climate change and gender perspective pilot project to be applied locally

18/12/2023

URA restores a concrete-lined stretch of the River Errekatxulo as it flows through the Belartza neighbourhood in Donostia/San Sebastián

12/12/2023

Zarautz analyses measures for the climate change adaptation and protection of the urban waterfront

12/12/2023

Urban Klima 2050 presents in Jaén its local climate actions to boost energy transition in the Basque Country

12/12/2023

Urban Klima 2050 sets out its plan to empower citizens in climate change at a sustainable education seminar

11/12/2023

Vitoria-Gasteiz is committed to organic farming and nature-based solutions in its climate change adaptation

11/12/2023

Ihobe and EVE review the progress of Urban Klima 2050 at a working session

06/12/2023

Gernika-Lumo improves urban connectivity with the construction of the Bekoibarra road

05/12/2023

Anchovies in the Bay of Biscay are smaller than 30 years ago

05/12/2023

San Sebastian promotes climate actions on mobility, territory, the circular economy and energy

04/12/2023

Bilbao incorporating climate change criteria in the Punta Zorrotza urban design

02/12/2023

Urban Klima 2050 presents its coastal adaptation actions at COP28

01/12/2023

Bermeo reveals the result of the environmental recovery work in the Tonpoi natural space

01/12/2023

The Basque Country spearheading subnational governments at a COP where they are part of the official programme for the first time

30/11/2023

Bakio works on flood protection and the environmental improvement of the River Estepona

27/11/2023

Progress on Phase V of the Mendebaldea Project which is planting vegetation

21/11/2023

Urban Klima 2050 presents a collection of videos on the work planned and progress made on climate action in the participating municipalities

17/11/2023

Basque municipalities signing the Mayors’ Agreement on Climate and Energy meet to advance their commitments to climate action

17/11/2023

Tecnalia presents the results of the Green Anoeta case study and proves the importance of nature-based solutions when adapting cities to climate change

14/11/2023

Ihobe presents in Santiago de Compostela its programme to support for Basque local administrations in their energy and climate transition

13/11/2023

Maintenance work in the reforestation in Oberan

10/11/2023

Urban Klima 2050 presents in Salamanca its climate action interventions for adapting the territory inside and outside the city

27/10/2023

The Basque Government starts work on the new Pierre Loti cycle and pedestrian route

26/10/2023

Opening of the new stretch of green walkway to connect Bermeo and Mundaka

26/10/2023

Ihobe, awarded Sustainability Action 23 for its promotion of the circular economy and urban regeneration

25/10/2023

The Basque Country's Energy Transition and Climate Change Plan is making good progress

24/10/2023

On International Day against Climate Change, Urban Klima 2050 shows the progress made on climate change mitigation and adaptation actions in 7 Basque municipalities

23/10/2023

Alexander Boto highlights the actions of Urban Klima 2050 to move towards “an urban and peri-urban model that gives more space to nature and people”

18/10/2023

ASTEKLIMA Azoka presents the climate change challenge to more than 1,700 people

16/10/2023

Urban Klima 2050 presents at Adaptation Futures 2023 its action plans for Basque citizen empowerment in regards to climate change

13/10/2023

Urban Klima 2050, an example of a collaborative project at Adaptation Futures 2023, the world’s leading conference devoted to climate change adaptation

11/10/2023

SOILUZIOAK 2023, together with Urban Klima 2050, proposes land management strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate challenges

03/10/2023

Ihobe lanza la segunda edición del concurso juvenil de microcortos “KLIMAMETRAJE” para sensibilizar sobre la emergencia y la acción climática

02/10/2023

Urban Klima 2050 tackles the alliance required between soil and climate change at the SOILUZIOAK 2023 congress

27/09/2023

SOILUZIOAK 2023 programme to provide a cross-sectional view on addressing soil protection from global to local

26/09/2023

Phase V of the Mendebaldea Project, creating a linear park to the south of the Jundiz industrial estate, gets underway

22/09/2023

ASTEKLIMA Azoka, a travelling fair to mobilise Basque society to take action on climate change

19/09/2023

Urban Klima 2050 invites citizens to take part in ASTEKLIMA AZOKA, a participatory event to learn about climate change as a family

12/09/2023

The LIFE Natur'Adapt project has published a guide to integrating climate change into protected area management

07/09/2023

2023 Environmental Communication School encourages young people to lead the environmental challenge "to make a difference"

06/09/2023

An AZTI study reveals how horse mackerel and Atlantic mackerel are adapting to warming oceans by changing their migration and advancing their reproduction

29/08/2023

The European Commission selects the design of the Zorrotzaurre peninsula as an example of climate change adaptation

28/08/2023

Regions4 highlights Urban Klima 2050’s actions for providing innovative sub-national solutions to global problems

02/08/2023

Ekoetxea Urdaibai manages to involve 191 people to reduce emissions with the #UrdaibaiErronka challenge

01/08/2023

Alava Provincial Council to install parking facilities for bicycles and a cleaning module on the Zadorra Green Route

31/07/2023

The Basque Country will hold the fourth ASTEKLIMA Climate and Energy Week in September

28/07/2023

Vitoria-Gasteiz takes the first steps towards renaturing the medieval quarter and various school playgrounds

20/07/2023

Urban Klima 2050 actions, an example of nature-based solutions for climate change

07/07/2023

Urban Klima 2050 advocates the importance of “bringing innovation down to a local level to achieve greater climate resilience” in Valencia

05/07/2023

The presence of two species of damselflies detected at the Balsaldea reservoir in Vitoria-Gasteiz

29/06/2023

Urban Klima 2050 knows in Biarritz experiences in adaptation of the coastline against the rise of sea level

22/06/2023

Basque Government highlights the importance of regions in international climate processes at the Under2 Coalition European Ministerial Meeting in Brussels

21/06/2023

The Ekoetxea Network transforms itself to encourage citizens to commit to sustainability

20/06/2023

The Basque Country plays a leading role in the international symposium on climate change adaptation in built coastal environments

19/06/2023

The Basque Government tenders the project for the pedestrian and cycling routes of Pierre Loti for the connection Hondarribia-Irun-Hendaye for €3.7 million and a completion period of 12 months

16/06/2023

Udalsarea 2030 aborda las implicaciones para las entidades locales de la Ley 7/2022 de residuos y suelos contaminados

14/06/2023

The Basque Government shares its good practices on climate change at the EU Adaptation Mission Forum in Sweden

01/06/2023

Three LIFE projects further explore the importance of communicating, raising awareness and educating citizens about climate action

29/05/2023

The Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council installs several shelters for wildlife in Aberasturi and Bolivar

26/05/2023

The Basque Country presents Urban Klima 2050 as an example of effective action for climate resilience at the World Bank Innovative4Climate conference

25/05/2023

The Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council completes phase IV of the Mendebaldea project in the Jundiz green corridor

25/05/2023

The Basque Country will host the SOILUZIOAK 2023 soil protection congress in October

16/05/2023

The Basque Government approves the draft Energy Transition and Climate Change Law to achieve climate neutrality in the Basque Country before 2050

15/05/2023

The European Commission launches the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change portal

11/05/2023

Ekoetxea Meatzaldea launches a new initiative to mobilise schoolchildren against climate change

04/05/2023

The Regions4Climate European project starts in the Basque Country with the recovery of the Plaiaundi marshes in Txingudi

25/04/2023

Urban Klima 2050 shares climate action experiences aimed at citizens in the Ekoetxea network

24/04/2023

The Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa restores three forest plots in Soraluze with 1,880 native trees

20/04/2023

The European RegionsAdapt initiative highlights some of the Urban Klima 2050 actions and the coastal risk analysis carried out in the Basque Country

30/03/2023

The Provincial Council of Álava installs three safe bicycle parking lots in Llodio, Amurrio and Luiaondo

27/03/2023

Donostia City Council rewilds a stretch of the River Errekatxulo as part of the LIFE IP Urban Klima 2050 project

20/03/2023

The LIFE Urban Klima 2050 project shows the progress of its climate actions in Gipuzkoa to the European Commission monitors

15/03/2023

Urban Klima 2050 gives details about the natural solutions used in Bakio and Vitoria-Gasteiz on Euskadi Irratia

10/03/2023

Gernika formulates 62 actions to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption

08/03/2023

The LIFE programme highlights the recovery of the Nervión river basin as a success story

03/03/2023

Basque women follow more sustainable patterns of mobility and food but suffer most from energy poverty

02/03/2023

14 municipalities and counties promote the first local climate and energy action strategy together with Ihobe and EVE

21/02/2023

LIFE IP Urban Klima 2050 and LIFE IP NAdapta-CC share climate change adaptation strategies at a work session

20/02/2023

Ihobe in Finland to take part in the launch of Regions4Climate, the EU project for coastal adaptation in the Basque Country

15/02/2023

The Nervión river basin revives three degraded areas based on environmental and ecological restoration criteria

09/02/2023

Alava Provincial Council is researching the resilience of the Legaire beech forest four years after the Entzia tornado

03/02/2023

Urban Klima 2050 highlights the benefits of naturalising urban spaces to adapt them to the impacts of climate change

05/01/2023

The EU testing innovation in 24 regions to accelerate climate adaptation

29/12/2022

Alava Provincial Council completes regeneration work on a native forest in Lantarón

20/12/2022

Urban Klima 2050 and the Basque grants for local innovation showcased on the international RegionsWithNature platform

15/12/2022

Urban Klima 2050 underlines the importance of naturalising urban spaces at the Mutriku Ecology Conference

05/12/2022

Urban Klima 2050 among the EU's success stories in managing climate-related risks as part of the Triple-C project

01/12/2022

AZTI studies the impact of climate change on the River Oka estuary in Urdaibai

16/11/2022

Urban Klima 2050 unveils its advances in climate action at Uhinak 2022

11/11/2022

Urban Klima 2050 launches the development of a citizen climate empowerment action plan

10/11/2022

Urban Klima 2050, an example of multi-level local governance at ‘LIFE Innovates Climate Action’

10/11/2022

Euskadi lidera en la COP27 del Clima una declaración de 45 gobiernos regionales para instar a la acción y aumentar la financiación climática

09/11/2022

Uhinak 2022 to gather together 150 experts and delegates to discuss and propose solutions for the coastal climate emergency

09/11/2022

Urban Klima 2050 elaborates on climate change adaptation actions at local level in the Basque Country during the UNED climate emergency course

25/10/2022

Ihobe and EVE launch a programme for the recruitment of technical staff in climate change and energy transition in the local administration

18/10/2022

Urban Klima 2050 to present its multilevel local governance actions at ‘LIFE Innovates Climate Action’

14/10/2022

19 business organizations from Gipuzkoa discuss opportunities to boost the circular economy in their processes

03/10/2022

Ihobe launches Klimametraje, a youth short film competition on climate change

03/10/2022

Tecnalia presents a study evaluating the interactions between the urban morphology of Vitoria-Gasteiz and its air quality in Portugal

28/09/2022

More than 400 people participate in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the XV Agri-Food Meeting organized by the Center for Environmental Studies

21/09/2022

Euskadi, selected for an international project to measure GHG emissions by satellite

08/09/2022

ASTEKLIMA encourages public to take part in activities to foster energy & climate transition

31/08/2022

Urban Klima 2050 presents a transformative project for the resilience in the Basque Country within the climate emergency course taught by the UNED

29/08/2022

Neiker conducts a study to assess the potential risk posed by mosquito-borne diseases in the Basque Country's three main cities

10/08/2022

Zarautz and Bilbao, along with Tecnalia, EVE, Tecnun and Ihobe are co-creating a map of key infrastructures in their municipalities

05/08/2022

Ihobe is recruiting for LIFE IP Urban Klima 2050, the Basque Country’s biggest climate action project for the next few years

15/07/2022

Urban Klima 2050 educates the population about climate change with educational activities for all ages

30/06/2022

Bermeo restores the natural area of Tonpoi for public use, and improves its resilience to climate change

13/06/2022

Urban Klima 2050 presents several tools to boost climate action in the Udalsarea 2030 Technical Committee

08/06/2022

The European Union chooses the Basque Country as a referential region in adaptation and resilience against climate change

08/06/2022

The Basque Country will have the first strategy that comprehensively addresses the protection of land

06/06/2022

Bermeo opens the Tonpoi natural space to public use

02/06/2022

Urban Klima 2050 works on an observation platform to monitor climate change in the Basque Country

01/06/2022

The Basque administrations agree on the need to “act in a coordinated manner” to integrate climate change in territorial planning

01/06/2022

The Basque Government showcases its climate change best practices at IFAT Munich trade fair

19/05/2022

The Basque Country participates in the production of Europe’s first cross-border climate change strategy

12/05/2022

The URBAN KLIMA 2050 project supports local organic farming initiatives in Vitoria-Gasteiz

29/04/2022

RENATUR Interreg Europe visits the site of ecosystem restoration at Tonpoi, near the Basque seaport of Bermeo

26/04/2022

Gernika consults citizens on their perception regarding climate change

07/04/2022

The IPCC stresses that we can halve emissions by 2030 if we act now

05/04/2022

Basque Country selected by Climate Group for an international project to measure emissions via satellite

25/03/2022

El Gobierno Vasco pone en valor sus herramientas e instrumentos para impulsar la acción climática en Euskadi

16/03/2022

Urban Klima 2050 recognised as best local action practice in adapting to climate change in the latest Climate Chance report

01/03/2022

The IPCC warns that climate change “is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet”

25/02/2022

Within the framework of Urban Klima 2050, Tecnun honours photographs that illustrate the effects of climate change

22/02/2022

Improving biodiversity in the green belt of Vitoria-Gasteiz through the project Urban Klima 2050

10/02/2022

Gernika launches climate change actions

17/12/2021

Urban Klima 2050 brings 10 LIFE projects together in a session on climate governance

16/12/2021

Bizkaia extends subsidy lines for actions to improve energy efficiency and combat climate change

02/12/2021

Urban Klima 2050 reports on the progress during the second year of its climate actions to the European Commission’s technical assistance team

17/11/2021

Urban Klima 2050 takes to the streets to show “what we are facing in the Basque Country if we do not take up the climate change challenge”

10/11/2021

Amaia Barredo at the COP26: “Urban Klima is a local action, collaborative and transforming project”

08/11/2021

Udalsarea 2030 publishes guidelines for drawing up local climate & energy plans

04/11/2021

Urban Klima 2050 is one of three LIFE projects selected to take part in the EU's Clean Air Forum

03/11/2021

The Basque Region presents Urban Klima 2050 - a pioneering climate action project - at the COP26 in Glasgow

27/10/2021

AZTI installs a sensor for monitoring ocean acidification in the Basque coastal ocean

25/10/2021

The Basque Country's eco-activists of the future learn about the Urban Klima 2050 project

22/10/2021

Urban Klima 2050 celebrates the International Day of Climate Action to raise awareness at local level of the impact of Climate Change

21/10/2021

ASTEKLIMA 2021 features almost 200 activities to highlight the challenge of the energy transition to the Basque population

14/10/2021

Tecnun and Urban Klima 2050 launch Tecklima 2050, a photography competition to raise awareness of the effects of climate change

04/10/2021

Bermeo tenders for work to recover natural countryside at Tonpoi

30/09/2021

Basque Country to showcase its social, economic & industrial model at COP26 in Glasgow as element for structuring climate action

30/09/2021

Tecnun makes progress with climate governance models through three workshops on urban and peri-urban areas, river basins and the coast

27/09/2021

Urban Klima 2050 launches an upgraded, more visual website with more content

21/09/2021

Study shows changes in climate regime & redistribution of biodiversity in Bay of Biscay

30/07/2021

Vitoria-Gasteiz increases its green area, biodiversity and ecosystem services by applying Nature-Based Solutions

23/07/2021

The LIFE IP Urban Klima 2050 and LIFE IP NAdapta-CC projects share their experiences in a second work session with a view to establishing synergies

19/07/2021

Ihobe organises the workshop ‘Urban Klima 2050: multi-stakeholder collaboration to finance and bridge the adaptation gap in the Basque Country'

15/07/2021

Bizkaia approves €500,000 in aid for municipal & supra-municipal councils to combat climate change

12/07/2021

ASTEKLIMA, the Climate and Energy Week raising awareness of the climate and energy transition, is back

05/07/2021

Donostia with its Oberan reforestation plan joins the ‘Forest Archipelago’ [Archipielago de Bosques] project

17/06/2021

Urban Klima 2050 positive about its progress despite the pandemic

09/06/2021

Udalsarea 2030 organises a workshop on calculating greenhouse gas emissions for Basque Towns and Cities

04/06/2021

The Citizen Assembly for Climate to make recommendations regarding the climate emergency

25/05/2021

A study spearheaded by AZTI warns of the vulnerability of the Basque Country’s beaches to climate change

24/05/2021

A study reveals an increase in media interest in climate change measures

14/05/2021

Urban Klima 2050 boosts organic vegetable production in the vicinity of Vitoria-Gasteiz

30/04/2021

Ihobe presents the Urban Klima 2050 project as an example for climate action to the UK government’s Environment team

16/04/2021

Urban Klima 2050 to be the Basque Country’s largest climate action project at the ADAPTtoCLIMATE international conference

13/04/2021

The LIFE IP Urban Klima 2050 project develops a Guide for the elaboration of Local Climate and Energy Plans in collaboration with Udalsarea 2030

25/03/2021

Circular economy and climate meet at the the World Circular Economy Forum

23/03/2021

Urban Klima 2050 and Donostia-San Sebastián City Council recover the native species in Mount Oberan

20/03/2021

Oberan and Artikutza: two reforestation projects in the Basque Country by Urban Klima 2050

05/03/2021

EU Green Week 2021 focusing on the commitment to zero pollution

26/02/2021

European Commission calls for improved flood risk management in Europe

25/02/2021

European Commission launches public consultation to restore Europe’s ecosystems

04/02/2021

The LIFE IP Urban Klima 2050 project successfully passes the visit of the European Commission after its first year of operation

18/12/2020

Ihobe measures its impact on the Sustainable Development Goals with initiatives such as LIFE URBAN KLIMA 2050

02/12/2020

The LIFE URBAN KLIMA 2050 Project is included as an example in the a Basque Government’s guide to promote the Agenda 2030 and its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

28/10/2020

Barredo highlights LIFE URBAN KLIMA 2050 project as “biggest climate action project to be carried out in the Basque Country" at presentation of UHINAK congress

07/02/2020

The 20 LIFE Urban Klima 2050 partners hold the project’s kick-off meeting

13/01/2020

LIFE URBAN KLIMA 2050 presents 40 climate actions for the next six years at the Berdeago fair

07/12/2019