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“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
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.
