News
SPARCCLE Researcher Marina Andrijevic Leads the Organisation of the ‘Adaptation Pathways and Scenarios for Climate Change Research’ Workshop
The ‘Adaptation Pathways and Scenarios for Climate Change Research’ workshop, held from 17th to 21st February at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, Netherlands, brought together interdisciplinary experts to collaboratively develop tools and bridge knowledge gaps in global assessments of climate change impacts.
IIASA is Hiring a Researcher in Integrated Assessment Modeling to Join the SPARCCLE Project
The Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC) Research Group within the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Program seeks a talented researcher to work with international project teams on projects such as SPARCCLE and PRISMA.
SPARCCLE Workshop Gathers EU Policymakers for Policy Feedback and Insights
From 3rd to 4th December 2024, the SPARCCLE consortium hosted a workshop in Brussels, bringing together external stakeholders and EU policymakers, including representatives from CINEA, DG ENER, and DG HERA.
SPARCCLE Researcher Marina Andrijevic Receives Early Career Award for Advancing Socioeconomic Climate Modelling
During the Seventeenth IAMC Annual Meeting, held online from 4th to 6th November, the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium was proud to honour Marina Andrijevic (IIASA) with the Early Career Researcher Award.
SPARCCLE Consortium Marks One-Year Milestone with In-Person Meeting and Workshops
The SPARCCLE consortium gathered at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) from 8th to 10th October for an in-person meeting and workshops, celebrating a year of progress and planning for the next phases.
SPARCCLE is Hiring an Adaptation Pathways Researcher (f/m/d)
The SPARCCLE adaptation team co-led by IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) and Climate Analytics is looking to recruit a motivated and talented researcher with expertise in climate change adaptation.
Exploring the differences in socioeconomic vulnerability across the EU to inform European climate risk assessment
In a new addition to the Atlas of Demography – an interactive tool by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) – SPARCCLE researchers have released an in-depth analysis of regional variations in socioeconomic vulnerability across the EU
Council Adopts Nature Restoration Law
On Monday, the Council formally adopted the first of its kind regulation on nature restoration.
SPARCCLE at Cross-Sectoral ISIMIP-PROCLIAS Workshop
Several SPARCCLE researchers took part in the ISIMIP-PROCLIAS Cross-sectoral climate impacts workshop held at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research from 22-26th April 2024.
SPARCCLE Researchers at EGU 2024
SPARCCLE researchers will participate in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2024 conference.
Events
From 3rd to 4th December 2024, the SPARCCLE consortium hosted a workshop in Brussels, bringing together external stakeholders and EU policymakers, including representatives from CINEA, DG ENER, and DG HERA. This collaborative event provided a platform for feedback on EU adaptation and mitigation policy analysis. It also marked the beginning of SPARCCLE’s stress test co-development process.
A preparatory webinar on 27th November 2024 preceded the in-person workshop, which took place on 3rd-4th December 2024.
SPARCCLE researchers participated in the ‘What Works Climate Solutions Summit’, a high-level conference for evidence-based climate policy that took place from 9th–12th June, 2024.
SPARCCLE coordinator Edward Byers visited ETH Zurich to discuss model developments that will contribute to the SPARCCLE modelling framework. They discussed the MESMER climate model emulator, emulator contributions to the forthcoming IPCC 7th Assessment, and climate damages and risk assessment using the CLIMADA model.
Several SPARCCLE researchers took part in the ‘ISIMIP-PROCLIAS Cross-sectoral climate impacts’ workshop held at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research from 22-26th April 2024. The event brought together over 100 researchers working on climate impacts modelling, who presented their latest research and coordinated plans for forthcoming modelling exercises. A key focus of the meeting discussions was to best position the climate impacts modelling community for supporting the forthcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report, with a particular emphasis on Working Group 2 (WG2) on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
SPARCCLE researchers participated in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2024 conference, presenting research on climate change, risk and resilience, energy, citizen science, and more.
SPARCCLE Project Coordinator, Edward Byers from IIASA, gave an overview of the project at the PEER Climate Action Webinar. The Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER) Climate Action network hosts regular webinars on climate research, with this specific event focused on climate risk assessment.
In a virtual workshop on 22nd January 2024, titled Representation of adaptation and maladaptation in integrated assessment models (IAMs) and attended by over 50 online participants, critical discussions unfolded about the integration of climate impacts and adaptation strategies in integrated assessment modelling.
Researchers from SPARCCLE met with colleagues at the European Central Bank and Network for Greening the Financial System to share knowledge on methodologies for climate stress test scenarios. ECB/NGFS is a key stakeholder for the SPARCCLE project and the development of stress test scenarios in SPARCCLE aims to inform on both transition and physical climate risks for Europe, in line with best practices.
Approximately 15 researchers involved in SPARCCLE attended the 16th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modelling Consortium (IAMC) in Venice, Italy. The SPARCCLE project was presented to the Plenary, and various researchers presented ongoing work (also related to other projects), on the fields of climate impacts and integrated assessment modelling.
