Project description
Near-term predictions from global climate to local impacts
What will the climate in your country or region be like 5 or 10 years from now? Amidst climate change, this is more than a question for academic discussion. Climate predictions can help increase resilience against drought, sea level rise, superstorms and other extreme weather events. In this context, the EU-funded Impetus4Change project aims to improve the quality, accessibility and usability of near-term climate information and services at local to regional scales. It will also support end-user adaptation planning and action. Overall, the project will improve understanding and flow of climate information through knowledge networks. Its second goal is to deliver seasonal to decadal predictions of improved quality. The project will also improve assessments of hazards.
Objective
"IMPETUS4CHANGE (I4C) will make significant scientific advances that will enhance our collective ability to act on and adapt to near-term climate change. The overarching objective of I4C is to improve the quality, accessibility and usability of near-term climate information and services at local to regional scales – where impacts are most keenly felt and on-the-ground adaptation is implemented – to strengthen and support end-user adaptation planning and action. Several specific objectives work towards this overarching goal: 1) Improve understanding and flow of climate information through knowledge networks; 2) Address persistent shortcomings to deliver seasonal to decadal predictions of improved quality; 3) Develop novel methods to downscale predictions to local scales; 4) Improve assessments of hazards and translate this into usable information for local risk assessments; 5) Make advances towards the goal of end-to-end seamless climate services; 6) Through transdisciplinary co-production approaches develop fit-for-purpose ""Adaptation support packs"" at municipal scales through our so-called urban Demonstrators; 7) Ensure high impact and visibility through robust and targeted communication and engagement; 8) Commit to Open Science through development of open access tools and exploitation of data/model outputs via relevant platforms thereby ensuring improved accessibility and usability of climate knowledge.
The I4C approach is to address and improve the full value chain of near-term predictions from global climate to local impacts. Many of our fundamental science activities in modeling, downscaling, and tailoring near-term climate are novel and experimental. Additionally, the inclusion of an expert team of social scientists will allow a more rigorous co-production process as the project transforms data to information, information to knowledge and knowledge to action.
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5838 Bergen
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5020 Bergen
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21502 Geesthacht
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75794 Paris
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31057 Toulouse Cedex
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94165 Saint Mande Cedex
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08034 Barcelona
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28006 Madrid
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0314 Oslo
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5007 Bergen
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2100 KOBENHAVN
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75007 Paris
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80539 Munchen
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1150 WOLUWE-SAINT-PIERRE
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116 36 Praha 1
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21335 Luneburg
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08005 BARCELONA
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79098 Freiburg Im Breisgau
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11528 TAIPEI
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80301 Boulder Co
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NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
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77840 College Station
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