Project MICROCLI-MAC

MICROCLI-MAC aims to increase the resilience of countries and regions in the cooperation space in the face of the challenges of climate change, improving their capabilities to manage extreme weather conditions and the interaction between microclimates and activity/physical effort for recreation and outdoor sports so that the expected changes do not affect the attractiveness and competitiveness of tourism systems or the well-being of the population. This objective is based on technological development to combine the meteorological projection of heat waves and suspended dust alerts by microzones, the spatial distribution of outdoor recreational and sports provision and improve scientifically available information on the relationship between climate, effort and physical condition of individuals.

Strengthen the meteorological information and forecast system (SIPM-M) in the cooperation space so that it pays attention to the temporal and microspatial diversity of temperatures, to the physiological aspects necessary for tourist activities. sporting and recreational activities and provide more accurate and useful advice to the local population and tourism in the face of threats arising from climate change, especially episodes of extreme heat, fog and suspended dust.

Gather and systematize the generation of scientific knowledge about the relationship between exposure to extreme weather conditions, outdoor activities and associated exertion physiology, characteristics of physical condition and pathologies that present different population groups, as a basis for optimizing the adaptation of the recreational offer, emergency health care protocols and the declaration of alerts. 

Increase the resilience of communities in the cooperation space in the face of increased meteorological conditions (heat waves, fog and dust) with new technologies and capabilities that facilitate decision-making by tourists and residents about outdoor activities/sports, taking into account forecast weather conditions by microzone, personal characteristics, physiology and effort required for each activity they wish to carry out.

MICROCLI-MAC will improve the information and warning system about extreme weather conditions in the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde, Senegal, Ghana and ST and P., through the intelligent management of microclimates to assist in taking decisions by residents, businesses, tourists and the health system.

All territories have high climate variability, which, combined with the influence of the Saharan climate, increases the risk of disease and aging of the population, aggravating its vulnerability.

 Climate change exacerbates this variability and unpredictability. As a milestone, a microclimate application is proposed that integrates meteorological projections and the recreational/sports offer of the microzones, combined with physiological demands. The objective is to help residents, tourists, vulnerable groups and companies to adapt their activities in the territory, improve care for emergencies and associated pathologies and the alert system for greater safety and resilience of the population. Its ease of use and use are guaranteed with a rigorous participatory design with experts in sports science, tourism, meteorology, medicine, technology and the end users themselves, experimentation supported by neuroscience and piloting.

For territorial cooperation it is essential to face the common challenges of climate change and capitalize on previous initiatives. For visibility and massive use, the new service is hosted in regional territorial or tourist information systems.

• Current/potential implementation map for the provision of more exposed tourist-recreational and outdoor sporting activities (zones, itineraries, districts);
• Needs identified, mapped and validated, current short, medium and long-term challenges in terms of improving the SIPM-M for each territory and the MACRO Region;
• Roadmaps and action plans to improve SIPMM, alert systems, health and recreational/sports supplies for each region;
• Consolidation of multidisciplinary research groups;
• Empirically validated data and models on the relationship with the mapping of functional requirements of sports activities in relation to microclimates;
• Creation of consultation and exchange mechanisms between departments responsible for alert declarations;
• Guide for transferring information for the application of microclimates;
• Dynamic repository of clinical information and protocols, improving care and preventing pathologies;
• A microclimate application that has undergone an experimental process;
• A report of actions and progress of action plans in each territory;
• Replication Kit - results of the conceptual phase process, development proposal, experimentation and configuration and piloting of the microclimate application;