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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.
Events
SPARCCLE researchers participated in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2025 conference, with presentations covering both SPARCCLE research and related topics.
SPARCCLE researcher presented on the equitable distribution of climate mitigation and damage costs across regions.
A post-workshop webinar was held on 13th March 2025, after the in-person workshop in Brussels (3rd-4th December 2024), to gain updates on modelling progress regarding the developed stress tests, specifically outlining what aspects of interest could be modelled and how.
Co-organised by SPARCCLE researcher Marina Andrijevic, the workshop brought together around 40 interdisciplinary experts to collaboratively develop tools and bridge knowledge gaps. Five researchers from the SPARCCLE project participated.
SPARCCLE Project Coordinator, Edward Byers (IIASA), met with the OECD team to discuss climate impacts in adaptation IAMs.
The aim of the workshop was to foster synergies between the University of Florence (UNIFI) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) on common research interests, including forest disturbances, critical transitions and tipping points in socio-ecological systems, climate risk and vulnerability assessment, water-carbon coupling.
Three SPARCCLE researchers met with Dr Andrej Ceglar from the ECB to discuss collaboration on climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital and share information on state of the art assessments for Europe.
SPARCCLE Project Coordinator, Edward Byers (IIASA), presented on gender dimension in SPARCCLE as part of an online series on the Gender Dimension in the European Research Area, organised by the German Ministry of Education.
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 was held on 27th November 2024, before the in-person workshop in Brussels (3rd-4th December 2024), to set expectations, outline materials that would be available during the workshop, offer an opportunity for feedback, and outline main narratives of interest for the three stress tests.
