Descrizione del progetto
Le foreste si schierano in prima linea nella lotta ai cambiamenti climatici
Una foresta che assorbe più carbonio dall’atmosfera di quanto ne rilasci è un pozzo di assorbimento di carbonio. Sia gli alberi che il suolo forestale possono immagazzinare grandi quantità di carbonio per lungo tempo. Per questo esse risultano importanti per il rispetto dell’accordo di Parigi del 2015, che richiede ai paesi di limitare il riscaldamento globale a 1,5 gradi Celsius, rispetto ai livelli preindustriali, e di raggiungere l’obiettivo di neutralità climatica del Green Deal europeo entro il 2050. In proposito, il progetto OptFor-EU, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà un sistema di supporto alle decisioni che fornirà ai gestori forestali e ad altri soggetti interessati opzioni personalizzate per ottimizzare la decarbonizzazione e altri servizi ecosistemici forestali. Metterà gli utenti finali delle foreste in condizione di prendere decisioni informate per migliorare la resilienza e la decarbonizzazione delle foreste.
Obiettivo
Significant reductions in anthropogenic emissions and increases in CO2 sinks are needed to meet the 1.5 centigrades threshold for global warming set out in the Paris Agreement and reach the climate-neutrality goal of the European Green Deal by 2050. The CO2 sink provided by forests, including old-growth forests, partially offsets the rise in anthropogenic CO2 emissions, providing a large-scale buffer to climate change. Depending on their characteristics and local circumstances, such as management practices or ecosystem services, forests may range from net CO2 sinks to sources. The project 'OPTimising FORest management decisions for a low-carbon, climate resilient future in Europe (OptFor-EU)' will build a Decision Support System (DSS) to provide forest managers and other relevant stakeholders with tailored options for optimising decarbonisation and other Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) across Europe. Based on exploitation of existing data sources, use of novel Essential Forest Mitigation Indicators and relationships between climate drivers, forest responses and ecosystem services, OptFor-EU has five specific objectives: (1) Provide an improved characterisation of the Forest-Climate Nexus and FES; (2) Utilise end-user focused process modelling; (3) Empower forest end-users to make informed decisions to enhance forest resilience and decarbonisation; (4) Provide a novel DSS service; and (5) Bridging different EU strategic priorities, robust science, and stakeholders in the forest and forest-based sectors. Based on a supply-demand approach, the methodology combines an iterative process of data consolidation, modelling, and co-development of solutions alongside forest managers and other practice stakeholders in all European Forest Types. The DSS will be designed and tested at 8 case study areas, to provide a ready-to-use service, near to operational (TRL7) at European level, while a user adoption and up-take plan will maximise the societal and business impact.
Campo scientifico
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencessustainability sciences
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
013686 Bucuresti Sectorul 1
Romania