Resolution from the WEFE Nexus Solutions and Tools Workshop

In the WEFE Nexus Solutions & Tools workshop, 16 European funded projects (PRIMA, HORIZON, and INTERREG programs) shared experiences and presented project results that address the first three guiding questions.  The final panel discussed the fourth question and contributed to identifying the roadblocks of upscaling and operationalizing WEFE Nexus solutions and recommendations on how to overcome them.

The event was characterized by the participants as “knowledge accelerator”. Twenty-four presentations provided examples of tools used to access the WEFE Nexus, innovative solutions and stakeholder engagement approaches that facilitate the co-design and adaptation of the solutions to local context. The workshop participants underlined that siloed sectoral approaches are no longer sufficient. Integrated governance, science-based innovation, stakeholder participation, and aligned financing focusing on integrated WEFE NbS based solutions are essential to confront the systemic nature of climate and desertification impacts in the Mediterranean and beyond. The participants reaffirmed the urgency of coordinated science-based and policy-aligned action, even though it was acknowledged that positive steps to this direction have been made.

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