Last September, seven members of the PORTAL project attended the IMC in Innsbruck and four took this opportunity to present the latest research in three sessions related to adaptation in mountain areas.

Titouan Dubo highlighted the need for interactions between values, rules and knowledge in shaping decision-making context to implement transformative Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The research (publication in prep) identified a typology of decision-making contexts that can enable the implementation of NbS in different ways according to the levers activated by public policy.

Enora Bruley showed the paucity of specific use of NbS in several public strategic plans for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Grenoble region. She suggested the need for a regional strategy to upscale NbS from urban to rural landscapes to adapt to climate change (publication in prep).

Alberto Gonzalez-Garcia showed the database of NbS that is being developed for the Alps through observation of satellite imagery time series and explored several methods to model the benefits of NbS in term of Nature’s Contribution to People. He discussed with the audience the hypotheses that could be tested through this research in relation to the cost-effectiveness that NbS claim using carbon as an example (publication in prep).

As a guest speaker, Ignacio Palomo shared his experience in science-policy processes with the audience during a round table organised in a special session exploring the different approaches to synthesizing and assessing knowledge of mountain systems.

Finally, the IMC22 conference was an opportunity for PORTAL members to meet different researchers who contribute to better understanding adaptation pathways towards sustainability worldwide.