Descripción del proyecto
Asociaciones para abordar los retos climáticos en toda la región del Mediterráneo oriental y Oriente Próximo
Existe una necesidad urgente de abordar la crisis climática que se está produciendo en el Mediterráneo oriental y Oriente Próximo. Las temperaturas extremas, junto con el aumento de la contaminación atmosférica y el polvo del desierto arrastrado por el viento, podrían provocar circunstancias intolerables en un futuro próximo. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto Edu4ClimAte, financiado con fondos europeos, avanzará hacia la formación de una alianza de universidades europeas que actuará como centro regional para mejorar el conocimiento científico y desarrollar soluciones climáticas innovadoras. En concreto, formará una alianza de universidades europeas que reunirá a doce socios de seis países de la Unión Europea (Alemania, Grecia, Francia, Chipre, Austria y Finlandia). En general, el proyecto apoyará el objetivo del Pacto Verde Europeo y sus retos regionales. También formará a la próxima generación de investigadores e innovadores.
Objetivo
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.
Ámbito científico
- 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
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Chipre