The LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 project has strengthened its international presence with two key milestones: a technical exchange with the LIFE IRIS project (Austria) and the presentation of its progress at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2026), held in Vienna.
Samuel Chopo, head of the Environmental Management Area of the Ebro Hydrographic Confederation and member of the LIFE technical team, Eduardo Murillo, from TRAGSATEC and project coordinator and Luis Sanz, from the Water Area of Orekan-Gestión Ambiental de Navarra and also member of the project technical team, traveled to Austria on behalf of LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 to participate in both the EGU and the networking meeting with the IRIS project.
European cooperation: technical exchange with LIFE IRIS
The meeting allowed to deepen the lines of work of LIFE IP IRIS Austria, an integrated project that develops new forms of river basin planning through the GE RM concept, which combines ecological restoration, risk management and inter-administrative coordination in seven pilot basins and more than 600 km of rivers.
Both projects share a common vision: to adapt river territories to climate change through innovative solutions, recovery of river space and governance models that integrate administrations, economic sectors and local communities.
During the visit to tributaries of the Danube Demarcation, the teams exchanged experiences on adaptation measures. As part of the exchange, the Austrian team will visit the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 actions from May 27 to 29, where they will learn on the ground about river space recovery measures and innovative adaptation designs being implemented in the middle reaches of the Ebro.
Presence at EGU 2026
On May 7, the project has presented at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2026) the abstract EGU26-3943, entitled “Enhancing flood resilience in large regulated rivers. Fighting flood with flood”, entitled “Enhancing flood resilience in large regulated rivers. Fighting flood with flood.”).
The EGU is one of the world’s largest scientific meetings in geosciences, hydrology, climate and natural hazards. Each year it brings together more than 18,000 specialists from over 100 countries in Vienna, making it a reference forum for sharing high-impact technical and scientific advances.
The presence of LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 in this space is an important opportunity to showcase progress and proposals to a very wide technical audience.
The project’s contribution exposed the development of Lateral Flow Buffer Zones (LFZ), an innovative measure of adaptation to flooding in agricultural areas.
Transfer vocation
The exchange with LIFE IRIS and the participation in the EGU 2026 reinforce the European dimension of LIFE Ebro Resilience P1, a project that combines adaptation measures, recovery of river space, local participation and social capacity building to improve resilience in the middle Ebro.
The Project is made up of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), through the Ebro Hydrographic Confederation (CHE) and the public companies TRAGSA and TRAGSATEC; the governments of La Rioja; Navarra, through Orekan – Environmental Management of Navarra and Aragón, together with the Aragonese Water Institute, with the support of the European Union’s LIFE financial instrument.
