Future Earth Coasts (FEC) welcomes Futuros Territoriales as its newest affiliated working group. This science-based initiative is dedicated to supporting territorial planning and adaptive management, bringing critical expertise to our global network. Through this collaboration, we aim to advance coastal sustainability, climate adaptation, and marine spatial planning through shared knowledge and collaborative innovation.
By affiliating with FEC, Futuros Territoriales strengthens its contribution to global knowledge-sharing and best practices for coastal sustainability while fostering collaboration with international experts and institutions, particularly in climate adaptation and marine spatial planning. This partnership merges FEC’s worldwide network with Futuros Territoriales’ innovative, scenario-based approaches – driving transformative change toward more sustainable and resilient futures.
We look forward to Futuros Territoriales’ contributions as part of the FEC network and to the collective progress we will achieve in in safeguarding coastal and territorial ecosystems. Together, we are shaping a future where coastal and territorial communities thrive in balance with dynamic environmental and societal needs.
About Futuros Territoriales
Futuros Territoriales is a scientific initiative that develops tools and knowledge to explore the future of regional socio-ecological systems. It aims to support evidence-based decision-making in both marine and terrestrial planning by integrating numerical modeling with qualitative analysis.
The initiative combines medium- and high-complexity models to simulate interactions among ecosystems, human populations, livelihoods, and the broader land- and marine-based economy. This interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach enables the evaluation of trade-offs and synergies among development, environmental sustainability, and social well-being.
A central component of the initiative is Futuros Climáticos, an accessible web-based application that makes climate projections available to planners, decision-makers, and the general public. Built on high-resolution climate models, the tool allows users to explore future changes in key climate variables—such as temperature, precipitation, and wind—and to integrate this information with territorial data on infrastructure, population, and land use. This combined analysis helps identify potential climate risks and opportunities for adaptation.
Together, Futuros Territoriales and Futuros Climáticos provide a science-based framework for anticipating climate impacts, guiding adaptation strategies, and promoting resilient, sustainable development across Chile’s regions.
For more information about Futuros Territoriales, visit their website: www.futurosterritoriales.cl or explore their tools and resources at https://futurosterritoriales.cl/climaticos-herramienta/.