After three years of collaborative work, the CLIMAR project officially concluded in April 2026. The project is the only EU Green Deal initiative selected for EU–Latin America cooperation in the 2023–2026 cycle. It brought together universities from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Italy, Spain, and Ireland to strengthen research, innovation, and knowledge transfer on climate change and tourism across higher education institutions in Latin America.
Co-coordinated by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Obreal, CLIMAR linked interdisciplinary research and innovation with curricular development and professional training, with the aim of preparing the tourism sector to better face and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Among the project’s outputs are a postgraduate add-in, collaborative research and publications, and an online training program for tourism providers across the region.
The project also built connections beyond its consortium: University College Cork facilitated links with the SDSN network in Latin America and the Caribbean to extend the reach of CLIMAR‘s training materials, and partners from Mexico and UCC have already secured a follow-on Erasmus+ project supporting indigenous community-led sustainable tourism initiatives.