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Observatory for climate change in the Pyrenees

Along with other mountain areas, the Pyrenees have been identified as particularly vulnerable to impacts of climate change. To this effect the Pyrenees Climate Change Observatory was created as a framework for shared actions by the Working Community of the Pyrenees in 2010. The Working Community represents a total of eight political entities: seven regions from France and Spain in the Pyrenees area and the Principality of Andorra. Adaptation to climate change is one of the identified priorities of the Pyrenees Working Community.

The Observatory’s primary objective is to monitor and thus have a better understanding of climate change in the Pyrenees area and initiate studies with the aim of identifying actions necessary to limit the impacts of climate change and adapt to its effects. One of the outputs of the Observatory’s work is an online database that displays practical adaptation initiatives and actions in the Pyrenees territory. The Observatory is also part of further developing transnational cooperation between mountain areas across Europe through a technical partnership with the European Environment Agency.

More information on the Observatory’s website: http://www.opcc-ctp.org/.