Skip to main content
European Commission logo
Deutsch Deutsch
CORDIS - Forschungsergebnisse der EU
CORDIS
CORDIS Web 30th anniversary CORDIS Web 30th anniversary

Mediterranean and pan-European forecast and Early Warning System against natural hazards

Projektbeschreibung

Innovative Lösungen für Frühwarnsysteme in Europa und Afrika

Naturgefahren, darunter extreme Wetterereignisse, werden aufgrund des Klimawandels immer häufiger, intensiver und langwieriger. Solche Ereignisse strapazieren die begrenzten Ressourcen und gefährden Menschenleben, besonders in sich rasch erwärmenden Regionen. Über das EU-finanzierte Projekt MEDEWSA werden die Vorhersage von Auswirkungen und die Frühwarnsysteme in der gesamten europäisch-mediterran-afrikanischen Region mithilfe neuartiger Instrumente wie KI verbessert. In Koordination der Weltorganisation für Meteorologie (WMO) werden vier Zwillinge (acht Pilotstandorte) eingerichtet, die in der Vergangenheit von Naturgefahren oder Extremereignissen betroffen waren. Die zentrale Rolle von MEDEWSA in der UN-Initiative „Frühwarnungen für alle“, die sicherstellen soll, dass bis Ende 2027 alle Menschen durch Frühwarnsysteme vor gefährlichen Wetter-, Wasser- oder Klimaereignissen geschützt sind, wird die Reichweite und Wirkung der Initiative erhöhen.

Ziel

"Natural hazards, such as extreme weather events, are exacerbated by climate change. As a result, emergency responses are becoming more protracted, expensive, frequent, and stretching limited available resources. This is especially apparent in rapidly warming regions. MedEWSa addresses these challenges by providing novel solutions to ensure timely, precise, and actionable impact and finance forecasting, and early warning systems (EWS) that support the rapid deployment of first responders to vulnerable areas. Specifically, MedEWSa will deliver a sophisticated, comprehensive, and innovative pan-European–Mediterranean–African solution comprising a range of complementary services. Building on existing tools MedEWSa will develop a fully integrated impact-based multi-hazard EWS. This call contained five expected outcomes, all of which will be specifically addressed by MedEWSa. Led by WMO, MedEWSa will be an exemplar of the UN Secretary General’s March 2022 call to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from extreme weather and climate-related hazards by EWS within the next five years.
Through eight carefully selected pilot sites (areas in Europe, the southern Mediterranean, and Africa with a history of being impacted by natural hazards and extreme events with cascading effects), four twins will be created:
● Twin #1: Greece (Attica) – Ethiopia (National Parks): wildfires and extreme weather events (droughts, wind)
● Twin #2: Italy (Venice) – Egypt (Alexandria / Nile Delta): coastal floods and storm surges
● Twin #3: Slovakia (Kosice) – Georgia (Tbilisi): floods and landslides
● Twin #4: Spain (Catalonia) – Sweden (countrywide): heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.
The twins will bridge areas with different climatic/physiographic conditions, yet subject to similar hazards, and are well positioned to deliver long-term bi-directional knowledge transfer. They will demonstrate the transferability and versatility of the tools developed in MedEWSa.
"

Koordinator

JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN
Netto-EU-Beitrag
€ 806 937,50
Adresse
LUDWIGSTRASSE 23
35390 Giessen
Deutschland

Auf der Karte ansehen

Region
Hessen Gießen Gießen, Landkreis
Aktivitätstyp
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Links
Gesamtkosten
€ 806 937,50

Beteiligte (26)

Partner (2)