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Damage risk assessment, economic impact and mitigation strategies for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage in the times of climate change

Objective

Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time which also threatens cultural heritage. As a non-renewable important resource to the European identity, sustainable adaptation strategies are required for long term preservation. For this purpose and for the first time ever, the CLIMATE FOR CULTURE project will couple completely new high resolution (10x10km) climate change evolution scenarios with whole building simulation models to identify the risks for specific regions. The innovation lies in the elaboration of a more reliable damage assessment by connecting the future climate data with whole building simulation models and new damage assessment functions. In situ measurements at UNESCO sites throughout Europe will allow a much more precise and integrated assessment of the real damage impact of climate change on cultural heritage. Appropriate sustainable mitigation/adaptation strategies, also from previous projects, are further developed and applied on the basis of these findings simultaneously. All these results will be incorporated into an assessment of the economic impacts. In order to ensure an efficient use of resources, this project will build on the results of already concluded EU research projects (Noah’s Ark). Techniques from FP5/6 projects will be reassessed for their applicability in future scenarios at different regions in Europe and Mediterranean to fully meet sustainability criteria. The proposed project will thus be able to estimate more systematically the damage potential of climate change on European cultural heritage. The team consists of 27 multidisciplinary partners from all over Europe and Egypt including the world’s leading institutes in climate modelling and whole building simulation. The final achievement of the project will be a macro-economic impact report on cultural heritage in the times of climate change akin to the STERN report which would be a truly European contribution to future IPCC Reports.

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2008-1
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HOGSKOLAN PA GOTLAND

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CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
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00185 Roma

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SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU GRADEVINSKI FAKULTET
Croatia
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Fra Andrije Kacica Miosica 26
10000 Zagreb

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Vlatka Rajcic (Prof.)
IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS
Greece
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N Plastira Str 100
70013 Irakleio

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MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
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Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Muenchen

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Simone Miller (Ms.)
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Netherlands
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Groene Loper 3
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Tor Brostrom (Dr.)
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Andreas Weiß (Mr.)
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Ul. Balicka 140 D
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Jan Radon (Prof.)
Krah&Grote Measurement Solution
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Käferhaus GmbH
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Haftcourt Limited

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Sweden
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Fitzroy Square 19
11324 Stockholm
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Jan Holmberg (Mr.)
ACCIONA CONSTRUCCION SA
Spain
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Avenida De Europa 18 Parque Empresarial
28108 Alcobendas

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Bayerische Staatsministerium der Finanzen
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Odeonsplatz 4
80539 München

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Doerner Institut, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
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Barer Strasse 29
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THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY
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THE GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY
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John Marshall (Prof.)
CENTER FOR DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE CULTNAT
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Jonathan Ashley-Smith
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Institut national du patrimoine
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LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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