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SPARCCLE Researchers at EGU 2024
SPARCCLE researchers will participate in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2024 conference.
“Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks”, warns EEA
According to a recently published assessment by the European Environment Agency (EEA), Europe is the fastest warming continent.
Postdoc position at UNIFI | Modelling extreme climate events
The work will be conducted within the Horizon SPARCCLE project and the Horizon ECO2ADAPT project in a young and multi-disciplinary team with a wide network of international collaborations.
Stakeholder Workshop on climate impacts and maladaptation in integrated assessment models
In a recent 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.
SPARCCLE project on climate risks in Europe kicks-off at IIASA
The SPARCCLE project held its Kick-Off meeting at IIASA on 12-14 September 2023, providing a fruitful start to cooperation within the project.
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The aim of the workshop was to foster synergies between UNIFI and JRC and to brainstorm on future directions and priorities for research on the interactions between climate, forests and socio-economic systems.
Two SPARCCLE researchers attended the EAERE Annual Conference 2024 in Leuven, Belgium, presenting insights from two studies: one on the impact of climate change on labour and mortality, and another on its impact on hurricanes.
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 22nd-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 researcher attended the 12th IAERE Annual Conference in Pescara, Italy and presented the project’s work on climate impacts on labour and mortality.
SPARCCLE Project Coordinator, Edward Byers from IIASA, presented an overview of the project during the European Environmental Research (PEER) Climate Action Webinar. The PEER Climate Action network regularly hosts webinars on climate research, with this particular session focused on climate risk assessment.
In a virtual workshop held on 22nd January 2024, titled ‘Representation of adaptation and maladaptation in integrated assessment models (IAMs)’, critical discussions unfolded about the integration of climate impacts and adaptation strategies in integrated assessment modelling.
Researchers from SPARCCLE met with colleagues from the European Central Bank and the 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.
