Abstract ID: 3.12312 | Accepted as Poster | Talk/Oral | TBA | TBA

The Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) participates as partner of the NEVERMORE project (Horizon EU 2022-2026), contributing to the development of innovative models and interactive digital tools that aim to assist policymakers and citizens in envisioning and assessing future scenarios and shaping more effective adaptation and mitigation policies. The Province is one of the Case Study regions together with four other European locations. The active involvement of these territories helps deliver and localize the project and its solutions to better understand and tackle climate change across different backgrounds and sectors. In Trentino, the chosen focus is on tourism and its interlinked sectors, water and energy management. One of the pillars of the project is to ensure the participation of local public and private stakeholders in the collaborative processes of co-design, co-creation and co-assessment of the activities planned. Therefore, a Local Council has been established to engage with and consult local key players. These stakeholders represent the diverse needs and the multiple perspectives of the tourism sector. The Local Council involves stakeholders from diverse fields, including representatives from academia, policymakers, natural parks, tourism boards, media, mountain professionals, private businesses and civil society. Consultations of the Local Council aim at i) understanding and collecting perceptions on the challenges posed by climate change, ii) examining policy measures of both mitigation and adaptation amidst measures collected in NEVERMORE activities for a catalogue of adaptation and mitigation measures, iii) determining and prioritizing immaterial and material assets vulnerable to climate change from an economic, social and environmental perspective iv) involving stakeholders in a questionnaire on drivers and barriers on the policies v) presenting the initial user experience for a digital tool of a catalogue of policies and in a prioritization exercise for possible measures to model. A set of consultations engaged around 40 stakeholders. Trentino’s experience highlights an approach that harnesses local knowledge and climate change insights to enhance the relevance of scientific findings for regional needs. By integrating diverse local perspectives, this process supports the implementation of tailored adaptation and mitigation measures, as well as the development of innovative digital tools for multi-sectoral climate impact assessment.