Project description
Tree-based solutions for climate and biodiversity resilience
Climate change and biodiversity loss are deeply connected, yet we still know little about how they shape each other and the risks their interactions cause. The EU-funded Trees4Adapt project is working to close these gaps. It focuses on tree-based solutions, aiming to strengthen Europe’s adaptation and resilience to climate change in a way that supports people and nature. Researchers are gathering data from across Europe (from the Mediterranean to the boreal north) to develop tools that help decision-makers unlock the potential of trees. What makes Trees4Adapt stand out is its hands-on approach: stakeholders from the local to EU-level are involved from the start, helping shape solutions for real-world use. The goal is a future that is both greener and better prepared.
Objective
Climate change and biodiversity loss are interdependent crises, but knowledge gaps on their interplays prevent effective risk assessment and solutions. Trees4Adapt will 1) enhance empirical understanding of climate change, biodiversity loss, their interdependencies, and how these influence risks; 2) develop evidence-informed tools and solutions that build climate resilience and support biodiversity at the same time. We focus particularly on tree-based solutions, which are nature-based solutions involving trees that promise to safeguard the EU by delivering cross-sectoral benefits, if we better tailor their design and implementation. Trees4Adapt combines field-quantified understanding from multi-national research platforms and case studies representative of boreal, temperate, and Mediterranean biomes with novel bioeconomic modelling and high-resolution modelling and mapping of complex risks. Our activities operate from the plot- to EU-level, with interdisciplinary models developed during the project integrating the scale-dependent findings. Trees4Adapt applies co-creational approaches, and key stakeholders - including public administration and authorities - from the local- to EU levels will actively guide, inform, and participate in the project. This will ensure the outputs of our research are useable, custom-made to stakeholders’ specific needs, and result in changes in decision-making and other impact in relation to recognised societal needs and key EU and global policy priorities including the Climate Adaptation, Forest, and Biodiversity Strategies. Trees4Adapt’s consortium consists of leading experts on climate change science, ecosystems and land use changes, nature-based solutions, transdisciplinary and participatory research, bioeconomics, environmental policy, risk assessment and modelling. Ultimately, Trees4Adapt aims to work with and support EU decision-makers to successfully assess and address complex risks from climate change and biodiversity loss.
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- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture sustainable agriculture
- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems
- social sciences economics and business economics bioeconomy
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences climatology
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
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HORIZON.2.3 - Civil Security for Society
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
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Funding Scheme
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01
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00790 Helsinki
Finland
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