The second session of the REGILIENCE Regional Training Programme in Madeira took place on 12 June 2025, bringing together local and regional stakeholders to explore the role of ecological restoration in building climate resilience.
The session opened with a presentation by Alice Nunes (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon), who introduced the Concept of ecological restoration and its relevance in the context of environmental recovery and adaptation.
Participants then heard from two European case studies:
Louisa Shakou (Cyprus Energy Agency) presented Greening Communities – the Cyprus Energy Agency’s Pilot Projects in Nature-based-Solutions.
Miguel Vega (CSIC, Spain) shared experiences from Nature-based-Solutions in schools: a green way to adapt buildings to climate change in Solana de los Barros, Extremaduros (Spain).
A guided discussion followed, allowing participants to reflect on how these approaches could be adapted to the Madeiran context, identify barriers to implementation, and explore opportunities for collaboration.
This was the second of three sessions planned as part of REGILIENCE’s Regional Training Programme in Madeira. The final session will take place on 3 July 2025.