Description du projet
Renforcer la résilience des biens et des infrastructures critiques face aux catastrophes naturelles
La fréquence et la gravité des catastrophes liées au changement climatique sont en augmentation ces 20 dernières années. Selon les projections en matière de changement climatique, la situation sera encore pire au cours des prochaines décennies. Le projet ICARIA, financé par l’UE, aura recours à la modélisation au niveau des actifs pour comprendre les incidences directes et indirectes sur le climat engendrées par les catastrophes «complexes, composées et en cascade» (complex, compound and cascading) ainsi que la réduction des risques qu’apportent des solutions d’adaptation appropriées, durables et rentables. Le projet se concentre sur les actifs et les infrastructures critiques dont la conception ne tenait pas compte de l’évolution potentielle du climat ainsi que les changements touchant au logement et aux zones naturelles. ICARIA mettra en œuvre et reproduira des méthodes innovantes et des approches d’évaluation multirisque dans l’aire métropolitaine de Barcelone, l’archipel du sud de la mer Égée et la région de Salzbourg en Autriche. Le projet aidera les responsables de risques à évaluer les coûts et les avantages des solutions d’adaptation.
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The number of climate-related disasters has been progressively increasing in the last two decades and this trend could be drastically exacerbated in the medium- and long-term horizons according to climate change projections. In this framework, through a multi-disciplinary team and a strong background acquired in relevant recent projects, ICARIA aims to promote the use of asset level modelling to achieve a better understanding on climate related tangible direct and indirect impacts produced by complex, cascading and compound disasters and the related risk reduction provided by suitable, sustainable and cost-effective adaptation solutions.
ICARIA focuses on both critical assets and infrastructures that were not designed to consider potential climate changes that can increase the unplanned outages and failures, and also on housing, natural and land areas. Cutting edge methods regarding climate scenario building, assets level coupled models and multi-risk assessment approaches will be implemented and replicated in three EU regions to understand how future climates might affect life-cycle costs of these investments in the coming decades and to help risk owners managing public and private infrastructures to assess costs and benefits of various adaptation solutions. Two of the three case studies, Barcelona Metropolitan Area and the archipelago of South Aegean region, are located in the coastal area of the Mediterranean and are facing increasingly extreme weather events (storm surges, pluvial floods, heatwaves, drought and forest fire) with critical socio-economic and environmental impacts. The third region is situated in Austria, representing an area that is highly affected by climate change with effects (glacier melt and heatwaves) that directly impact the prevailing energy production assets (extremely critical infrastructures) and other important sectors. Moreover, other seven follower regions (third parties) will be the first candidates for replication beyond the project. In this context, ICARIA also fosters several actions to maximize replication and outreaching of the main project outcomes.
ICARIA consortium is composed of 16 partners located in 6 EU countries. AQUATEC and UPC share the coordination of the project covering, respectively, administrative/legal and scientific responsibilities with the support of several technical and cross cutting partners formed by technology centres, universities and private companies and the involvement of regional authorities as risk owners of the local critical infrastructures.
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