Periodic Reporting for period 2 - NEVERMORE (New Enabling Visions and tools for End-useRs and stakeholders thanks to a common MOdeling fRamework towards a climatE neutral and resilient society)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2023-12-01 do 2024-11-30
NEVERMORE aims to advance research on climate science and policy by promoting an integrated assessment approach to address the impacts, risks, and interactions of climate change across sectors. It recognizes the importance of translating scientific insights into effective policy and social practices. The project focuses on engaging policymakers and civil society in climate action for:
ADVANCING interdisciplinary co-production of knowledge: Leveraging the Integrated Assessment Model WILIAM; Building an integrated modeling approach to understand climate change impacts, feedbacks, and interactions between adaptation and mitigation strategies (NEVERMORE results: R1 - Downscaling algorithms for climate data; R2 - Cross-sectoral methodology for modelling climate change impacts, risks, A&M effects; R3 - Open-source-code IAM).
EVALUATING climate change impacts and strategies: Developing a common assessment framework for robust evaluation at global to local scales, by validating the framework in five case studies across Europe: Sitia-Crete-GR, Trentino-IT, Norrbotten-SE, Murcia-ES, Danube delta-RO (NEVERMORE results: R4 - KPI Panel consistent across scales and R5 - Catalogue explorer of A&M strategies).
SUPPORTING policy-makers with user-friendly tools: Providing tools for policy coherence tailored to the needs of decision-makers (NEVERMORE results: R6 - Integrated common assessment framework; R7 - 6 Policy briefs; R8 - NEVERMORE ICT toolkit).
INFORMING stakeholders and end-users: Enhancing knowledge and understanding of climate change effects and scenarios through various channels (NEVERMORE result: R9 - Knowledge exchanger).
UPTAKING research outputs for global climate action: Fostering international cooperation and partnerships toward coordinated global climate action (NEVERMORE result: R10 - Training programme).
The project pursues participatory approaches, by setting-up Local Councils of Stakeholders in the 5 Case Studies and a Transnational Council, to engage a variety of actors in the co-design of models, tools, and policies for climate adaptation. The five case studies in different EU contexts serve to validate the NEVERMORE approach and solutions, considering socio-ecological variability, sectoral vulnerability, and environmental challenges.
ADVANCING interdisciplinary co-production of knowledge: Leveraging the Integrated Assessment Model WILIAM; Building an integrated modeling approach to understand climate change impacts, feedbacks, and interactions between adaptation and mitigation strategies (NEVERMORE results: R1 - Downscaling algorithms for climate data; R2 - Cross-sectoral methodology for modelling climate change impacts, risks, A&M effects; R3 - Open-source-code IAM).
EVALUATING climate change impacts and strategies: Developing a common assessment framework for robust evaluation at global to local scales, by validating the framework in five case studies across Europe: Sitia-Crete-GR, Trentino-IT, Norrbotten-SE, Murcia-ES, Danube delta-RO (NEVERMORE results: R4 - KPI Panel consistent across scales and R5 - Catalogue explorer of A&M strategies).
SUPPORTING policy-makers with user-friendly tools: Providing tools for policy coherence tailored to the needs of decision-makers (NEVERMORE results: R6 - Integrated common assessment framework; R7 - 6 Policy briefs; R8 - NEVERMORE ICT toolkit).
INFORMING stakeholders and end-users: Enhancing knowledge and understanding of climate change effects and scenarios through various channels (NEVERMORE result: R9 - Knowledge exchanger).
UPTAKING research outputs for global climate action: Fostering international cooperation and partnerships toward coordinated global climate action (NEVERMORE result: R10 - Training programme).
The project pursues participatory approaches, by setting-up Local Councils of Stakeholders in the 5 Case Studies and a Transnational Council, to engage a variety of actors in the co-design of models, tools, and policies for climate adaptation. The five case studies in different EU contexts serve to validate the NEVERMORE approach and solutions, considering socio-ecological variability, sectoral vulnerability, and environmental challenges.
In RP2, a new round of consultations with Local Councils was conducted. 20 consultations had been held so far with 277 participants in total. A task force was set-up to incorporate social indicators into models for climate change adaptation. Stakeholder engagement also included the involvement of the Transnational Council providing precious inputs to the consortium. Key features for improving the IAM climate module were identified. A high-resolution climate dataset were constructed to support case study characterization and risk assessment. The methodology for building socioeconomic scenarios and assessing climate impacts at the case study level was defined. The consortium consolidated a Catalogue of 120 adaptation and mitigation policies, further refined with case study leaders. The policies were analyzed to identify synergies and trade-offs, while the consortium developed the basis for simulating policy scenarios at various scales. A multi-sectoral risk analysis was implemented, with impact assessments covering social, environmental, and economic aspects. The first of the 4 tools (the A&M Catalogue Tool) reached a functional version. The NEVERMORE team conducted several C&D activities and consolidated the collaborations with sister projects. The first version of the exploitation strategy was delivered.
The steps followed to achieve the results presented in RP1 and RP2, are the basis to obtain all the identified Key Exploitable Results (KERs) by the end of the project. In RP2, to accelerate the development and implementation of a preliminary exploitation plan, KER Leaders started analyzing their development and exploitation intentions for their results. In terms of progress we can report the following: WP2 "Stakeholder engagement, co-design activities and social science for climate action", with its participatory activities performed at the local and transnational level, contributed significantly to the Ambition 1 "To obtain inputs from a wide range of stakeholder groups, leveraging social innovation models, participatory processes and co-creation techniques to design, deploy, demonstrate and promote tools, models, and services towards climate neutrality and resilience". With the work coordinated by ZSI and the set-up of a Task Force for the adoption of social indicators in the models, to the Ambition 2 "To incorporate social knowledge and its feedbacks with climate change in the modelling, including social drivers and barriers", as well as to the achievement of Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 of the topic HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-05 and Impact 1 of the destination.
The activities within WP3 "Climate science information" now concluded contributed as expected to Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 of the topic and Impacts 1 and 4 of the Destination. WP4 "Design, modelling & integration of economic, environmental & social damages functions", in collaboration with WP2, is still progressing towards the project Ambition 2 "To incorporate social knowledge and its feedbacks with climate change in the modelling, including social drivers and barriers", and in collaboration with WP3 to Ambition 3 "To integrate climate science and Earth Systems information in the WILIAM IAM", as well as to Ambition 4 "To incorporate climate change impacts and risks (economic, social and environmental) in the common multi-scale modelling approach", as well as to the achievement of Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 of the topic and Impact 1 of the destination. WP5 "Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies" is still contributing to the achievement of the topic's Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 and of Impact 1 and 4 of the destination. WP6 "Analysis of climate change impacts and risk at case studies" with the activities concluded in RP2 moved forward to the achievement of the Ambitions 4 "To incorporate climate change impacts and risks in the common multi-scale modelling approach", and 5 "Integrated assessment framework of the effects of adaptation and mitigation policies and measures at different levels including their co-benefits, trade-offs and impacts on the SDGs", as well as to the Outcomes 2 and 3 of the topic and Impact 1 of the destination. WP7 "ICT Toolkit design, development and deployment" is progressing towards the project Ambition 6 "Open Science ICT toolkit for sustainable mitigation and adaptation policies and strategies evaluation at local, EU and global scales", as well as to the Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 of the topic and Impacts 1, 3 and 4 of the destination.WP8 "Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation" contributes throughout the project to the Outcomes 4 and 5 of the topic as well as of the Impacts 2, 3 and 4 of the destination.
The activities within WP3 "Climate science information" now concluded contributed as expected to Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 of the topic and Impacts 1 and 4 of the Destination. WP4 "Design, modelling & integration of economic, environmental & social damages functions", in collaboration with WP2, is still progressing towards the project Ambition 2 "To incorporate social knowledge and its feedbacks with climate change in the modelling, including social drivers and barriers", and in collaboration with WP3 to Ambition 3 "To integrate climate science and Earth Systems information in the WILIAM IAM", as well as to Ambition 4 "To incorporate climate change impacts and risks (economic, social and environmental) in the common multi-scale modelling approach", as well as to the achievement of Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 of the topic and Impact 1 of the destination. WP5 "Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies" is still contributing to the achievement of the topic's Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 and of Impact 1 and 4 of the destination. WP6 "Analysis of climate change impacts and risk at case studies" with the activities concluded in RP2 moved forward to the achievement of the Ambitions 4 "To incorporate climate change impacts and risks in the common multi-scale modelling approach", and 5 "Integrated assessment framework of the effects of adaptation and mitigation policies and measures at different levels including their co-benefits, trade-offs and impacts on the SDGs", as well as to the Outcomes 2 and 3 of the topic and Impact 1 of the destination. WP7 "ICT Toolkit design, development and deployment" is progressing towards the project Ambition 6 "Open Science ICT toolkit for sustainable mitigation and adaptation policies and strategies evaluation at local, EU and global scales", as well as to the Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 of the topic and Impacts 1, 3 and 4 of the destination.WP8 "Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation" contributes throughout the project to the Outcomes 4 and 5 of the topic as well as of the Impacts 2, 3 and 4 of the destination.