Projektbeschreibung
Partnerschaften zur Bewältigung der klimatischen Herausforderungen in der Region östlicher Mittelmeerraum und Naher und Mittlerer Osten
Es ist dringend notwendig, die sich entwickelnde Klimakrise im östlichen Mittelmeerraum sowie im Nahen und Mittleren Osten anzugehen. Extreme Temperaturen in Verbindung mit zunehmender Luftverschmutzung und vom Wind verwehtem Wüstenstaub könnten schon in naher Zukunft zu unerträglichen Bedingungen führen. In diesem Kontext wird das EU-finanzierte Projekt Edu4ClimAte die Bildung einer europäischen Universitätsallianz vorantreiben, die als regionale Drehscheibe zur Förderung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse und Entwicklung innovativer Klimalösungen agieren wird. Konkret wird es eine Allianz europäischer Hochschulen bilden, die zwölf Partner aus sechs EU-Ländern (Deutschland, Griechenland, Frankreich, Zypern, Österreich und Finnland) vereint. Insgesamt wird das Projekt die Zielvorgaben des Grünen Deals der EU und die damit verbundenen regionalen Herausforderungen unterstützen. Außerdem wird es die nächste Generation Forschender und Innovationswilliger ausbilden.
Ziel
The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region faces rapid population growth (currently about 400 million inhabitants) as well as political and socio-economic instabilities. These challenges, experienced by a part of the world that is already hot and arid, are exacerbated by droughts and the extreme weather conditions associated with rapid climate change. Extremes of temperature, in combination with increasing air pollution and windblown desert dust, could in the near future lead to intolerable conditions, ultimately compromising human habitability and promoting migration. Since climate change and air quality share many common sources, it appears logical to focus on the development of amelioration strategies that combine the goals of limiting climate change and reducing air pollution. It has been estimated that mankind may have a relatively small-time window - up to the middle of the century - in which to implement solutions to these challenges, particularly as far as climate change is concerned. Edu4ClimAte will engage Advanced Partners (from France, Austria, Germany, Finland) to strengthen the scientific excellence of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from twin islands of widening countries (Greece, Cyprus) with a view to establish a “regional hub of knowledge” in air pollution and climate change research and innovative solutions, engaging their respective surrounding ecosystems from the quadruple helix in addressing these societal challenges over the wider EMME. Edu4ClimAte will enhance local, regional, and international clusters led by its consortium with a view to build the foundation of an inclusive European Universities Alliance made of Advanced and Widening HEIs in Climate & Atmospheric Sciences to optimally support the current EU Green Deal ambition and its regional challenges, train and educate the next generation of researchers and innovators to achieve the EU long-term 2050 climate-neutrality objectives.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation management
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
Schlüsselbegriffe
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Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
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Zypern