Adaptation to the consequences of climate change is a challenge. Wetland loss and degradation is a sign that the recognition of the wetland climate services is weak. “Wetland-based solutions” offers opportunities to reinforce adaptation. The project WetlandSolutions4Change aims to validate transferable solutions based on wetland conservation and restoration for climate adaptation and mitigation, in order to accelerate the capacities of wetland managers and policy makers to cope with the climate crisis at local and transnational level by improving the take up of science-based knowledge and governance mechanisms through assessments, guidance, capacity building and experience exchange.

Wetland-based solutions will be tested and validated in 5 pilot sites at 5 countries for carbon-sequestration and for flood regulation. The project will create the EuroMED Wetland knowledge base with data on their location, extent, condition, and ecosystem services; it will assess their carbon sequestration and flood regulation capacities for national authority obligations and become an experimental transnational hub for wetland climate solutions.