News

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

Organised by AZTI and Ficoba, Uhinak is supported by the Department of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability of the Basque Government, through its public company Ihobe and the Life IP Urban Klima 2050 project.

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

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