Project description DEENESFRITPL Addressing fundamental limitations of integrated assessment models Integrated assessment models (IAM) are designed to provide policy-relevant insights into global environmental change and sustainable development. However, IAMs face limitations. This makes citizen engagement important to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal. The EU-funded WorldTrans project will focus on fundamental limitations of advanced IAMs. These include the weak representation of social, human and economic heterogeneity, limited representation of feedback between the domains of nature and humans, and lack of transparency concerning the inner workings of the models and the uptake of results and engagement of citizens and stakeholders. The project will address systemic, structural deficiencies in current IAMs by applying system dynamics methods and modelling to deal transparently with multi-scale issues and policy response options. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective There are a few important working hypotheses that lie behind our choice of approach to this call. For Europe to deliver on its Green Deal ambition (to make Europe’s economy climate neutral by 2050), we believe that citizen engagement stakeholder engagement may be as important as dry facts and figures. People (not economies) react to climate change, people make decisions to act or not to act. Such is the nature of a democratic process. It is this realization that has made us choose to address transparency, openness, engagement and to work with models of the system, not its parts. WorldTrans will focus on three key limitations of the state-of-the-art of IAMs, namely:1 Weak representation of social, human and economic heterogeneity; 2 Limited representation of feedbacks between the domains of nature and humans; and 3 Lack of transparency with respect to the inner workings of the models as well as with respect to the uptake of results and involvement of citizens and stakeholders, including limited assessment and traceability of uncertainty. We will address systemic, structural deficiencies in current IAMs rather than making incremental improvements. In doing so, we sacrifice details of any particular sector or process, instead capturing the essences of their functions in order to focus on how those processes affect each other within and across domains. WorldTrans will use system dynamics methods and modelling to deal transparently with multiscale issues and policy response options; and “bridge gaps” between models, experts and user communities by developing attractive learning environments that allows for simulations of decisionmaking processes and joint reflections of meaning and implication. As such, WorldTrans will deliver actionable results in support of the expected impacts and outcomes requested by the call. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords Shared Socioeconomic Pathways SSP IAM transparency transparency democracy carbon cycle social dimension feedbacks surprises Integrated Assessments consistency IPCC IPBES Programme(s) HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme HORIZON.2.5.1 - Climate Science and Solutions Topic(s) HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02-03 - Improvement of Integrated Assessment Models in support of climate policies Call for proposal HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Coordinator METEOROLOGISK INSTITUTT Net EU contribution € 1 569 492,50 Address HENRIK MOHNS PLASS 1 0313 Oslo Norway See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 569 742,50 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET Sweden Net EU contribution € 626 532,50 Address UNIVERSITETSVAGEN 10 10691 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 626 532,50 INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE Austria Net EU contribution € 346 062,50 Address Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg See on map Region Ostösterreich Niederösterreich Wiener Umland/Südteil Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 346 062,50 MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV Germany Net EU contribution € 363 625,00 Address HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 80539 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 363 625,00 UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN Norway Net EU contribution € 500 920,00 Address MUSEPLASSEN 1 5020 Bergen See on map Region Norge Vestlandet Vestland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 500 920,00 POTSDAM-INSTITUT FUR KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG EV Germany Net EU contribution € 334 375,00 Address TELEGRAFENBERG A31 14473 Potsdam See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Potsdam Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 334 375,00 HOYSKOLEN KRISTIANIA - ERNST G. MORTENSENS STIFTELSE Norway Net EU contribution € 348 565,00 Address KIRKEGATA 24-26 0107 Oslo See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 348 565,00 STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands Net EU contribution € 299 952,50 Address HOUTLAAN 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 299 952,50 UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG Germany Net EU contribution € 246 000,00 Address MITTELWEG 177 20148 Hamburg See on map Region Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 246 000,00 Partners (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address WOODHOUSE LANE LS2 9JT Leeds See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data