Puertos del Estado has awarded the Fundación Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de Cantabria a preliminary assessment of climate risks for the 46 ports of general interest, which will include the development and implementation of a specific tool. Among the pursued objectives is ensuring methodological coherence both internally and externally, particularly with the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Riesgo Democrático (Miterd) in the case of risk analyses for the coast, or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change itself, and facilitating the monitoring and updating of climate risks within the framework of the Business Plans with the Port Authorities.
This preliminary assessment will allow for an initial characterization of the risk (high-medium-low) and to identify those ports where it is a priority to conduct higher-resolution analyses by each Port Authority. It will also allow for an initial estimation of adaptation measures and costs. This work promoted by Puertos del Estado for the entire Port System is a decisive step within the strategy outlined in the Strategic Framework for addressing climate change adaptation, which adds to the significant contribution and investment effort that the ports have been making in terms of mitigation, where the deployment of OPS, the electrical connection to docked ships that allows auxiliary engines to be shut down reducing emissions, stands out.
