Adaptation to Climate change Impacts on the Mediterranean islands' Agriculture

Description

The overall aim of the LIFE ADAPT2CLIMA project is to increase knowledge on the vulnerability of EU Mediterranean agriculture to climate change and to support decision making for adaptation planning. A set of climate, hydrological and crop simulation models for the assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture were developed, as well as a decision support tool for the elaboration of adaptation strategies for the agricultural sector. Three among the largest islands of the Mediterranean Europe were selected as implementation areas: the islands of Crete (Greece), Sicily (Italy) and Cyprus.

Project information

Lead

Dr Christos Giannakopoulos, National Observatory of Athens - NOA

Partners

Agricultural Research Institute of Cyprus, Institute of Biometeorology of the National Research Council of Italy, National Technical University of Athens, Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Mediterranean Fisheries of the Region of Sicily (Italy), Region of Crete (Greece).

Source of funding

LIFE

Reference information

Websites:

http://www.adapt2clima.eu/en/

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Nov 7, 2016

Keywords:

crop models, decision making, decision support tool, hydrological models, islands, tools

Climate impacts:

Droughts, Extreme Temperatures, Flooding

Adaptation Approaches:

Sector Policies, Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios, Adaptation Plans and Strategies, Vulnerability Assessment, Climate services