GENESIS

GENESIS aims to showcase local and regional NbS and create a deep demonstrator in Macaronesia. The project will test to their limits and bring to the table innovative NbS, including dry gallery and underground dike-impounded dam systems conceived in the region. Additionally, it prioritizes sustainable water reuse to maximize resource efficiency by treating and repurposing wastewater, stormwater, and reclaimed water for non-potable uses like irrigation, industry, and urban landscaping.

Our goal is to support regions, local authorities, and communities in addressing climate change vulnerabilities related to potential natural disasters and long-term climate changes impacting groundwater-dependent systems. Macaronesian NbS combined with state-of-the art NbS, such as rainwater harvesting, wetland restoration, and ecosystem-based approaches, will allow advances in a multiple nature-based approach that will create synergistic effects to be investigated.