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Low climate IMpact scenarios and the Implications of required Tight emission control Strategies (LIMITS)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2014,

"Now and in the foreseeable future, action on climate mitigation and adaptation doesn’t seem to be sufficient to manage greenhouse gases and their impact at the scale required to achieve stringent objectives such as those compatible with the 2°C target. This project aims at carrying out a rigorous assessment of what a stringent climate policy entails, and what is needed to overcome major impedimen ...
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Strategies for Organic- and Low-input-farming to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change (SOLMACC Life)

Date du début: 1 août 2013, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2018,

Background Anthropogenic climate change has become a well accepted fact. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, anthropogenic emissions have led to an increase in concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, thereby contributing to global warming. Combating climate change is a key priority for the EU, which has put in place speci ...
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Climate Change, Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in the Alpine Space (ClimChAlp)

Date du début: 28 févr. 2006, Date de fin: 30 mars 2008,

"Climate change, impacts and adaptation strategies in the Alpine Space” is a strategic project with the aim to give concrete input to a future Alpine Space Programme based on conclusions about the type of climate changes in the Alpine Space and its potential effects. By a general assessment of historical climate changes and its impacts as well as by climate models, future scenarios and their effec ...
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Do forests cool the Earth? Reconciling sustained productivity and minimum climate response with portfolios of contrasting forest management strategies (DOFOCO)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2010, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2015,

...hich globally 70% are managed, play a particularly important role in the global carbon cycle. Recently, forest management became a top priority on the agenda of the political negotiations to mitigate climate change because forest plantations may remove atmospheric CO2 and if used for energy production, the wood is a substitute for fossil fuel. However, this political imperative is at present runni ...
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Innovative management strategies for climate change adaptation of mixed subhumid Mediterranean forests (LIFE MixForChange)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2016, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2021,

Background Mixed sub-humid Mediterranean forests are ecosystems with great relevance at European level and worldwide. The foreseeable effects of climate change are expected to have a strong impact on the value and functions of such forests. These effects will be aggravated by a number of factors, including: the prevalence of species poorly adapted to sev ...
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Adaptive Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems (REFRESH)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2010, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2014,

Understanding how freshwater ecosystems will respond to future climate change is essential for the development of policies and implementation strategies needed to protect aquatic and riparian ecosystems. The future status of freshwater ecosystems is however, also dependent on changes in land-use, pollution loading and water demand. In addition the measures that need to be taken to restore freshwat ...
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Strategies toward enhancing prediction of climate and its impacts (STEPS)

Date du début: 1 mai 2012, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2016,

"Climate predictions are increasingly being used to inform policy at national and international level. However, predicting climate and its impacts remains a major challenge, with large uncertainties existing, particularly at a regional level. This project aims to contribute to meeting this challenge through an innovative modelling approach and by enhancing understanding of key uncertainties.A supe ...
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Damage risk assessment, economic impact and mitigation strategies for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage in the times of climate change (CLIMATE FOR CULTURE)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2009, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2014,

Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time which also threatens cultural heritage. As a non-renewable important resource to the European identity, sustainable adaptation strategies are required for long term preservation. For this purpose and for the first time ever, the CLIMATE FOR CULTURE project will couple completely new high resolution (10x10km) climate change ev ...
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European Consortium for Modelling of Air Pollution and Climate Strategies (EC4MACS)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2007, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2013,

Background The EU needed a better information base for the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution and the negotiations of post-Kyoto climate agreements. Reaching political acceptance of further environmental measures required: identification of the most cost-effective measures; demonstration of their full range of environmental benefits taking into account si ...
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Technology Opportunities and Strategies towards Climate-friendly trAnsport (TOSCA)

Date du début: 1 août 2009, Date de fin: 31 mars 2011,

...ld make to reduce GHG emissions. The project presented here assesses the technical feasibility, economic affordability, and social acceptability of technology policies that would lead toward a lower climate-impact transport system within the EU under different scenario conditions. The project is organized around three major workshops, which include important stakeholders from academia, industry ...
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Green growth and win-win strategies for sustainable climate action (GREEN-WIN)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2015, Date de fin: 31 août 2018,

The GREEN-WIN project will develop a major international transdisciplinary research collaboration to apply a solution-oriented approach targeted at increasing the understanding of links between climate action and sustainability and overcoming implementation barriers through win-win strategies. The project will critically assess where and under which conditions win-win and in particular green growt ...
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Revamping organic farming and its products in the context of climate change mitigation strategies (LIFE+ ORGANIKO)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2015, Date de fin: 31 août 2019,

Background Cyprus has adopted EU climate change policy. However, more information regarding different agricultural systems is needed in order to assess their impacts on climate change; in particular, comparative data on organic versus conventional farming, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, efficient use of materials, and regarding childrenâ ...
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Ecosystem-based strategies and innovations in water governance networks for adaptation to climate change in Latin American Landscapes (EcoAdapt)

Date du début: 15 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 14 janv. 2016,

International debates on climate change highlight the need to foster adaptation planning in Latin America where significant impacts are expected. However, little progress has been made due to the difficulty of managing environmental dynamics characterized by deep uncertainties and potential tensions at various scales.EcoAdapt is built on the outcomes of two rounds on regional consultation with Lat ...
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Upgrading Sustainable Energy Communities in Mayors Adapt initiative by planning Climate Change Adaptation strategies. (Life SEC Adapt)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2015, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

...target areas, are located in the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion and are characterised by similar territorial and climatic conditions. Over the last decades, the two regions have been heavily affected by climate change trends, entailing mainly decreased precipitation and increased temperatures. These trends are expected to continue in the future, with an increased frequency of extreme weather events ( ...
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Transitions pathways and risk analysis for climate change mitigation and adaption strategies (TRANSrisk)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2015, Date de fin: 31 août 2018,

Both the models concerning the future climate evolution and its impacts, as well as the models assessing the costs and benefits associated with different mitigation pathways face a high degree of uncertainty. There is an urgent need to not only understand the costs and risks associated with climate change but also the risks, uncertainties and co-effects related to different mitigation pathways as ...
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Demographic strategies under climate variation: a study on Arctic and Antarctic seabirds (EVOLBIRD)

Date du début: 11 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 10 janv. 2012,

"Predicting the impact of future climate changes on populations and biodiversity is of key importance in the connection with the current global warming. It is crucial to understand how organisms are able to cope with climatic variations, especially in polar environments where the effect of climate change is the strongest. Climate changes may have important ecological consequences on the population ...
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" How to decrease climate changes? Building strategies between Europea and Asian Youth"

Date du début: 1 oct. 2011,

ObjectivesEurope and Asia, especially China, are facing widespread challenges related to environmental and climate changes. The environmental challenges and the sustainable development have all been acquiring a progressive importance throughout the years, much because of important advocates and policy makers, and several protocols, conferences and treaties that look out to a sustainable and enviro ...
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Best agricultural practices for Climate Change: Integrating strategies for mitigation and adaptation (Life+ ClimAgri)

Date du début: 1 juin 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2018,

...culture is the fourth highest greenhouse gas emitting sector in the EU, accounting for 9.9% of GHG emissions in 2011. The agricultural sector, moreover, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Consequently, the sector faces the challenge of mitigating climate change and adapting to the new scenarios that emerge as a result of global warming. One of the challenges of CAP 202 ...
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A cluster Project on Water management in a changing Climate, Adaptation to new conditions, and Promotion of new strategies (WaterCAP)

Date du début: 30 sept. 2011, Date de fin: 30 mars 2013,

...unded projects (CPA, Aquarius, SAWA, C2C-islands and CLIWAT) working with issues relating to water. It will focus on recommendations relevant to policy-makers on: 1) Water quantity/quality issues, 2) Climate change impact assessment on different types of water bodies and 3) Adaptation strategies including cross-sector involvement and participatory approaches. ...
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Responding to the risks from climate change - developing sustainable strategies for management of natural hazards in coastal areas taking account of the impacts of climate change (Response)

Date du début: 30 sept. 2003, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2006,

...nts present significant risks to land use and development. Intensive coastal development and continuing development pressures are exacerbating challenges posed to coastal communities by the impact of climate change and the dynamic nature of the coastal environment. Climate change will affect the whole hydrological cycle with resulting changes in weathering, coastal erosion and instability. The ...
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MANFRED - Management strategies to adapt Alpine Space forests to climate change risks (MANFRED)

Date du début: 31 juil. 2009, Date de fin: 30 juil. 2012,

With the expected Climate Change (CC), the ecological conditions for forests in the Alpine Space will be fundamentally changing – with unknown effects on the forests essential protective, ecological, economical and social functions. Under different climate and land-use change scenarios only an adaptive management can provide the conservation of the natural heritage and the multiple functions. MANF ...
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Transnational Forestry Management Strategies in Response to Regional Climate Change Impacts (ForeStClim)

Date du début: 31 déc. 2007, Date de fin: 27 févr. 2013,

Climate Change reflects itself on the regional level by a changing regional climate and impacts on the environmental. societal and economic worlds. Hand in hand with this will be an inevitable shift in forest site conditions in the next decades with serious implications for sustainable forest management. Hence the project will show regionalized climate change impacts on forest site characterist ...
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Effects of Climate Change on Air Pollution Impacts and Response Strategies for European Ecosystems (ECLAIRE)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2015,

ÉCLAIRE investigates the ways in which climate change alters the threat of air pollution on European land ecosystems including soils. Based on field observations, experimental data and models, it establishes new flux, concentration and dose-response relationships, as a basis to inform future European policies.Starting with biosphere-atmosphere exchange measurements, ÉCLAIRE quantifies how global w ...
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Solutions for adapted forest management strategies under the threat of climate change - learning from a climate gradient from Germany over Italy to South Africa (CLIMATE-FIT FORESTS)

Date du début: 1 mai 2012, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2015,

Forests play an important role in carbon fixation and in providing CO2 neutral raw materials. Due to predicted climate changes it is important to know to what extent European forests will be impacted by climate change, how best to mitigate these potential changes through adaptive forest management strategies, maintain current carbon fixation rates and minimize carbon emissions by forest operations ...
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Forms for: Adapting to Climate Change through Territorial Strategies! (F:ACTS!)

Date du début: 31 déc. 2009, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2012,

F:ACTS! means ‘Forms for: Adapting to Climate change through Territorial Strategies’. Climate change and its predictable effects in terms of natural hazards offer a big challenge for policy makers at regional and local level that deal with integrated territorial approaches. The big gap between the increasing body of scientific research and the concrete and necessary preparation at regional and loc ...
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Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (ASTRA)

Date du début: 5 juin 2005, Date de fin: 4 janv. 2008,

Focusing on the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), the project "Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region" (ASTRA) assesses regional impacts of the ongoing global change in climate. Its aim is to develop adequate climate change adaptation strategies and policies, together with relevant stakeholders, such as planners and decision makers.The ASTRA project uses clim ...
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Bridging the gap between adaptation strategies of climate change impacts and European water policies (ClimateWater)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2008, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2011,

The Project ClimateWater is aimed as the first step on the analysis and synthesis of data and information on the likely (known, assumed, expected, modelled, forecasted, predicted, estimated etc.) water related impacts of the changes of the climate with special regard to their risk and to the urgency of getting prepared to combat these changes and their impacts. The Project will identify all adapta ...
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Responses to coastal climate change: Innovative Strategies for high End Scenarios -Adaptation and Mitigation- (RISES-AM-)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2016,

"Coastal areas concentrate vulnerability to climate change due to high levels of population, economic activity and ecological values. Because of that RISES-AM- addresses the economy-wide impacts of coastal systems to various types of high-end climatic scenarios (including marine and riverine variables). It encompasses analyses from global to local scales across the full range of RCPs and SSPs. It ...
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Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe (BASE)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,

Climate change can disrupt ecological, social and economic systems, with some regions and sectors suffering significantly. Therefore, adaptation plays a paramount role in responding to climate change. Progress has been made, but there are still important obstacles. Knowledge of the benefits and costs of adaptation is sparse, unsystematic and unevenly distributed across sectors and countries. Plan ...
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The effect of emergent compounds and climate change in aquatic organisms with different early life history strategies (EARL)

Date du début: 1 août 2011, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2013,

...tory strategy and habitat use, even if they are closely related; these differences may have profound effects on responses to stress. The objective of this proposal is to evaluate the combined role of climate driven variables (salinity, temperature) and anthropogenic compounds (pharmaceuticals) on aquatic animals with different life history strategy. Both salinity and temperature are forced by clim ...
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Enabling CLimate Information Services for Europe - ECLISE (ECLISE)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2011, Date de fin: 31 mai 2014,

"Climate and climate change has high impact on society. Better understanding and improved prediction skills of future weather and climate is vital to protect lives, goods and infrastructures. Different sectors of society and infrastructure are more or less designed to accommodate the current level of climate variability. The prospect of a changing climate necessitates adapting these designs. To pr ...
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Empowering Eco-entrepreneurship Start-ups

Date du début: 1 juin 2016, Date de fin: 31 mai 2018,

...le by providing an incubator for youth under 30 for developing eco-ideas and businesses related to food production & systems innovation, eco-tourism, green architecture, green energy generation, climate-smart innovation, and biodiversity safeguarding. A core result will be the support young people in the development of work/business plans for the creation of Eco-entrepreneurship projects and ideas ...
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Bringing Land and Sea Together (BLAST)

Date du début: 30 sept. 2009, Date de fin: 29 déc. 2012,

...ense, by improving and contributing to harmonising terrestrial and sea geographical data and by developing planning and visualisation tools as well as improvement of navigation, in the context of climate change. Achievements: • A prototype marine horizontal reference ba ...
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Culture and Heritage Added value to Regional policies for Tourism Sustainability (CHARTS)

Date du début: 31 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 29 juin 2014,

... cultural tourism destinations contribute to protection and enhancement of cultural heritage & landscape, as well as sustainable regional development policies, especially in relation to challenges of climate change and the economic crisis.Eight Good Practices are analysed and exchanged, drawn from two existing networks: the European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN), legacy of INTERRREG IIIC operati ...
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Preparation for EMPHASIS: European Infrastructure for multi-scale Plant Phenomics and Simulation for food security in a changing climate (EMPHASIS-PREP)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2017, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2020,

Sustainable food security and increasing availability of plant biomass for human nutrition and bioindustries is the key challenge for the coming decades. The analysis of crop performance with respect to structure, function, quality and interaction with the environment (“phenotyping”) remains the bottleneck for the exploitation of crop genetic diversity required for the enhancement of plant product ...
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imProved Accessibility: Reliability and security of Alpine transport infrastructure related to mountainous hazards in a changing climate (PARAmount)

Date du début: 31 août 2009, Date de fin: 30 août 2012,

Transport security and accessibility are essential for a balanced and sustainable development of ASP. Due to current climatic trends, the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to natural hazards has increased. But the specific threats to transport infrastructure have not yet been tackled in a systematic joint effort. Therefore the goal of PARAmount is to improve risk management strategies for ...
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IMproving PRedictions and management of hydrological EXtremes (IMPREX)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2015, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2019,

...ill of meteorological and hydrological extremes in Europe and their impacts, by applying dynamic model ensembles, process studies, new data assimilation techniques and high resolution modeling. Novel climate change impact assessment concepts will focus at increasing the realism of relevant events by specific high resolution regional downscaling, explore compounding trans-sectoral and trans-regiona ...
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Forwarding ACTions On a Regional and local scale to reach UE targets of the European Climate Action Plan “20-20 by 2020” (FACTOR20)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,

Background Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a major aim for mitigating the impacts of climate change. Italy has already seen innovative actions to define models and tools for GHG-emission accounting. In general, these initiatives have been aimed at raising stakeholders’ awareness of the need to reduce emissions at local level. Strategies have ...
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Continuous measurements of plankton and environmental variables: towards assessment of phytoplankton community response to environmental change (CONPLANK)

Date du début: 1 août 2013, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2016,

...y at short-term scales is poorly understood. Despite that alteration of the magnitude and frequency of episodic events (storms, rains, droughts) is considered one of the consequences of future global climate change, the potential effects of such changes in coastal ecosystems have not been fully studied. This is due to the difficulty of studying episodic events characterized by unpredictable timing ...
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Performing Arts in ( a world in) Transition

Date du début: 1 avr. 2015, Date de fin: 31 mars 2016,

...ach tackling the challenges from another perspective. In the Models-programme, PAT researchs, develops and tests new business and management models that better fit the current economic and political climate and still support the sector's specific values. In the Impact-programme the need for new indicators of success (and arguments for support) is considered as a common issue both for funders and ...
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