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PROTECTION STRATEGY A STRATEGY for protecting the provincial coastline from the impact of climate change and extreme weather events like last month’s Storm Gloria should be finalised by the beginning of next year, the Spanish Government Sub-delegate has told delegations from Almeria’s coastal municipalities. Manuel de la Fuente met with the representatives of Adra, Roquetas de Mar, El Ejido, Enix, Mojacar, Vera, Cuevas del Almanzora, Pulpi, Balanegra, Almeria, Nijar, Carboneras and Garrucha councils, including the mayors, and key economic and social associations and entities on Friday to update them on the
ROAD MAP: The aim is to establish what and when administrations have to do and how much it is going to cost. Ministry for Ecological Transition’s plans. De la Fuente said investigations financed by the EU are being carried out to identify problems
to address them in what a Subdelegation statement described as a “comprehensive, economical and environmentally sustainable way.”
The project is taking into account physical, environmental and institutional factors related to the evolution of the coast, risk of flooding, the occupation of pub-
lic spaces, erosion and alterations to climate patterns. Once the strategy has been completed, the risk protection measures adopted will be of ‘sufficient scientific soundness’ they will mark out a ‘road map’ so that ‘current and future administrations’ know ‘what they have to do, when and how much it is going to cost,’ the Sub-delegate maintained. The work is being carried out by the Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC), the University of Cantabria’s IHCantabria Hydraulic Environmental Institute, the MedCities network of Mediterranean local authorities and a panel of international experts.