Its mission is to promote, coordinate, develop and promote scientific development and technological research, multidisciplinary in nature, to contribute to the advancement of economic, social and cultural knowledge and development, as well as to train staff and advise public and private entities on this issue.

It has a workforce of more than 13,000 employees, of which some 3,300 are permanent. The CSIC has 70 its own institutes distributed throughout Spain. In addition, it has 53 Joint Research Units with universities or other research. There is also a delegation in Brussels.

CSIC’s expertise covers most of human knowledge, from the most basic or fundamental aspects of science to the most complex technological developments; from human and social sciences to food science and technology, including biology, biomedicine, physics, chemistry and materials, natural resources and agricultural sciences.

This LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project involves two research centers, Royal Botanical Garden and Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences.

The mission of the Royal Botanic Garden (RJB-CSIC) is to promote the knowledge, conservation and enjoyment of plants and their natural environment. This mission is carried out through scientific research in plants and fungi, the display of living plants, the conservation of dry plants (herbarium) and the development of educational programs on the plant world for children and adults.

The role of the Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences (IETcc-CSIC) is to carry out scientific research and technological developments in the field of construction, its materials, and the performance associated with the approaches pursued.

In the field of sustainability, studies associated with the problem of climate change, resources and the environment are addressed, as well as the energy efficiency of buildings during their implementation, use and demolition process. The circular economy, life cycle analysis, is present as cross-cutting axes of development.

El CARTIF está formado por 113 personas, principalmente ingenieros, científicos e investigadores senior distribuidos en 5 divisiones técnicas, entre ellas agroalimentarias y procesos sostenibles. La experiencia de CARTIF en el programa LIFE es bastante relevante, ya que ha estado participando en este
Programa desde 2005 y ha sido coordinador en 12 ocasiones. Durante el año 2012, 7 propuestas LIFE fueron otorgadas con éxito y en 6 de ellas como coordinador. En 2013, se le concedieron 3 propuestas (una de ellas, como coordinador), en 2014 con 2 propuestas (una de ellas como coordinador), en 2015 (1 propuesta como coordinador) y en 2016 (4 propuestas, 3 como coordinador ALGAECAN, ALCHEMIA y Gystra). Esto hace un total de 14 proyectos LIFE en curso en este centro.

Además, CARTIF participa activamente en varias redes y plataformas nacionales e internacionales tales como la plataforma europea de tecnología de la construcción (ECTP), edificios energéticamente eficientes (E2B), Fábricas del futuro (EFFRA), European Research Alliance (EERA), Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC), Red temática científica internacional para tecnología ambiental (ENVITECH), International Water Asociación (IWA), euRobotics AISBL, EIP sobre agua, EIP sobre materias primas, entre otras,

The Intermunicipal Community of the Central Alentejo (CIMAC) is developing the Intermunicipal Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change of the Central Alentejo (PIAAC-AC).

The main objectives of PIAAC-AC are to make known in more depth the phenomenon of climate change in this Alentejo subregion, while identifying the options and measures necessary for the adaptation of populations, sectoral methods and practices, infrastructure and equipment, and the very functioning of public and private entities to future scenarios of extreme climate alterations and phenomena.

This Plan should also promote the integration of climate change adaptation in practice and in inter-municipal and municipal planning instruments, creating a culture of cross-cutting cooperation between the different sectors and socio-economic actors of the Central Alentejo.

The Area of Sustainable Development of the Badajoz Provincial Council is responsible for Developing Plans, Programs and Actions on Sustainability and Circular Economy in the province of Badajoz, in order to conserve the natural resources of the provincial territory and reduce the ecological footprint of the activities of the Pacense municipalities.

Energy efficiency, the promotion of efficient urban green areas, the protection of natural resources, and the improvement of urban environments, the commitment to the development of sustainable agro-livestock and environmental training and education are some of its objectives.

The Sustainable Development Area works to:

• Develop a green and circular economy and fight climate change in Badajoz province.
• Improve the optimization and efficiency of municipal energy facilities, and the energy management and accounting of the Town Halls.
• Promote the culture of sustainable development and the improvement of the management of the urban environment, and in particular its green areas.

Establish a stable training program in sustainability and environmental education in Badajoz province.

The Municipality of Porto designed a medium and long-term strategy for the environment, which seeks to correspond to the most pressing challenges of the 3 pillars of sustainability (environmental, economic and social). This strategy is based on 5 fundamental structuring axes, which correspond to a dynamic plan with objectives and measures, naturally subject to continuous improvement and updating.

Porto wants to be prepared to combat and adapt to climate change, thus complementing the commitments already made to reduce CO2 emissions by 45% (between 2004 and 2020), currently developing a strategic document for this purpose, integrated into the ClimAdaPT project (more in ).

The municipality of Porto aims to become a living laboratory at the service of an entire research and innovation ecosystem that allows the city to “use” to create sustainable products that solve real problems and that translate into an increase in the quality of life by aiming for the replicability for solutions to other cities to emerge from Porto.