What is SpongeScapes?
"Green where we can, grey where we must"
Evidence and Solutions for improving SPONGE Functioning at LandSCAPE Scale in European Catchments for increased Resilience of Communities against Hydrometeorological Extreme Events
SpongeScapes accelerates solutions that improve the sponge functioning of soil, groundwater, and surface water ecosystems, with the aim to improve the resilience of European landscapes against extreme hydrometeorological events such as floods and droughts.
SpongeScapes is a European Union research project (Horizon Europe). It contributes to the objectives of the European Union mission “Adaptation to Climate Change”, one of the five EU research missions.
The Project in Numbers
4 Year Project
from 2023 to 2027.
€3 million budget
funded by the EU and UKRI
10 European Partners
representing 8 countries.
14 Case Studies
Across 7 European countries.
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How we work together
10 partners from 8 European countries
SpongeScapes is a partnership between Deltares (NL), leader of the project, International Office for Water (FR), Leibniz University Hannover (DE), University of Padova (IT), University of Ljubljana (SI), Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (SI), Warsaw University of Life Sciences (PL), World WideFund Greece (GR), Etifor (IT) and UK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology (UK). SpongeScapes is funded under European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, Grant Agreement No 101112738, and supported by UK Research and Innovation/HM Government.
