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Bridging Conversations: Reflections from Europe’s Climate and Ocean Forums

Between June and September 2025, ITACA engaged in seven major climate and ocean forums across Europe, spanning disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, ocean governance, and finance. While each space tackled urgent challenges, a shared gap became clear: interconnected problems are still addressed in silos. Drawing on insights from these dialogues, this reflection explores why centering communities, aligning finance with action, and bridging fragmented agendas is essential to building effective and lasting climate resilience.

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Climate change

Restoring agency: Lessons from the Gulf of Montijo

In Panama’s Gulf of Montijo, mangrove loss has long mirrored a deeper issue: communities losing influence over the decisions shaping their coastline. Through a joint effort led by MiAMBIENTE with support from EUROCLIMA+ and Expertise France, ITACA helped shift this trajectory by pairing science with community-driven planning. Working alongside IH Cantabria and the women-led NGO ICEPED, the process moved beyond consultation toward shared leadership — from eight locally hosted workshops to the co-design of restoration and livelihood plans that link ecology with real economic opportunities. Montijo shows that when restoration is built with and led by local actors, it can revive more than ecosystems — it can restore agency itself.

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