Rural Empowerment HUBS
for climate resilience
Empowering rural communities across Europe to adapt, thrive, and become climate resilient.
REHUBS develops practical, user-friendly digital tools and adaptation solutions to help rural and small-to-medium-sized communities prepare for and respond to climate-related risks such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, wildfires, and biodiversity loss.
Through a combination of innovation, local knowledge, participatory activities, and real-life demonstration, REHUBS supports rural areas in strengthening their climate resilience and long-term sustainability.
A 48 months EU-funded project
Climate-Ready, Community Strong
REHUBS will identify and analyse existing financial instruments, by focusing on the local context and needs, engaging local stakeholders, and building capacity for financing climate adaptation measures.
The project’s six strategic objectives are listed below:
Identify climate
related challenges
and provide a comprehensive climate risk and vulnerability assessment for hotspot rural areas
Design and implement multi-level adaptation solutions
for water, wildfires, and agricultural climate challenges, mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and circular economy principles
Co-create and deliver a set
of user-friendly ICT tools
to support small local authorities and communities in climate adaptation.
Facilitate community
engagement
participatory activities
and capacity building
Test and validate
REHUBS solutions
secure collaboration and reapplication with other regions to scale up and bring close to market solutions.
Accelerate the adoption
of REHUBS solutions
in rural communities and support the implementation of the EU Green Deal and the long-term vision for rural areas
Creating Hubs for
Climate Resilient
Rural Communities
climate resilientThe methodology and activities of REHUBS are structured around four key pillars
Climate Risk Assessment
Mapping vulnerabilities to support place-based decision-making
Adaptation
Solutions
Developing a suite of tailored tools and technologies based on rural communities’ needs
Stakeholder Engagement
Empowering locals through training and co-creation
Practical Implementation and Demonstration
Testing and validating REHUBS solutions across four key regions
Our News
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[RMH | Thessaly] Insights from the REHUBS workshop in Karditsa
OUR CONSORTIUM
REHUBS brings together innovative concepts in climate risk assessment, participatory training, climate adaptation solutions, digital tools and stakeholder engagement from the technological, social and business domains.
