PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
Delimited by the hydrographic perimeter of the Upper Dordogne Valley, the project concerns a mid-mountain territory of about 200 km² structured around the river and covering the Natura 2000 sites of the Lakes and Rivers at Otters (FR8301095) and the Monts Dore (FR8301042). It mainly takes place in 2 small towns: La Bourboule (1,800 inh.) and Mont-Dore (1,300 inhab.). The natural environments and activities of the territory are particularly vulnerable to climate change and associated risks, including reduced snow cover, changing rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures. The general objective of the project is to initiate a transformation of this mid-mountain territory towards a sustainable model supported by a collective of public-private-civil actors (PPC),adapted to the challenges of climate change and promoting Nature-based Solutions, the use of renewable energies, soft and collective mobility. Based on the development of strategic studies that inscribe the approach on the long term, and restoration works to stimulate the resilience to climate change, the project aims to support the territory in its transition and to strengthen consultation and collaboration between public-private-civil actors. The results obtained will be disseminated through the communication actions. The project presents the demonstrative character, reproducible in France and Europe, of an adaptation to climate change organized around a river, with the implementation of Nature-based Solutions, the experimentation of new models of production and use of renewable energy and new modes of collaboration between public, civic and private actors. The proposed actions contribute to the implementation of the policies of the EU, the French State and local political guidelines for the environment and climate: climate change adaptation, nature and biodiversity conservation, energy transition, water management, risk reduction, community participation and development of public-private partnerships.