Rural ClimAccelerator Iberian

The Rural ClimAccelerator Iberian is dedicated to tackling the urgent issue of climate change by advancing innovative, impact-driven solutions in rural areas.  

• Our mission is to act as a catalyst for transformative change in European rural areas by nurturing and supporting the growth of cutting-edge climate tech innovative solutions that can significantly impact green transition challenges.  
• Our vision empowers impact driven innovations towards stronger, interconnected, resilient, and prosperous rural areas and communities. 

Rural areas within Europe are fundamental to our way of living. However, the vulnerabilities of these areas have been exacerbated during the last few years.Rural areas have issues related to twin transitions in infrastructure, mobility, and connectivity services. Nevertheless, rural communities can potentially turn these vulnerabilities into opportunities through innovation.

We firmly believe that innovations and technology can address environmental challenges, secure these areas' future, and turn them into testing spaces.

Our ClimAccelerator program is committed to providing actionable information, helping form the baseline for effective European adaptation strategies to support the green transition, enabling the EU to become carbon neutral by 2050, and supporting the Green Deal.

• Sustainable and regenerative land use
• Preserving and restoring biodiversity
• Preserving and restoring ecosystem services 
• Nature Carbon Capture
• Resource management footprint indicators - BioindicatorS.

• Access to emerging technologies 
• Opportunities to acquire digital advanced skills. 
• Digitalization as a tool for the evolution of rural areas.
• Rural areas as Smart City Pilots, sandbox, living labs, tech testing areas

• Bio-based materials and bio solutions for goods and services
• Community-based high-quality products
• Energetic communities
• From farm-to-fork solutions
• Valorization of Rural Good and Services byproducts.

• Biophilic design, biomimicry, and naturalization
• Valorization of the cultural heritage for tourist attractiveness
• Attractive spaces, developed in harmonious territorial development
• Enhancing the quality of indoor and outdoor environments
• Rural innovative village