Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation with COst-benefit and Climate-policy MeasureS (CLIMOS)

CLIMOS aims to reduce the impact of climate change on the spread of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, using Eco-health and One Health approaches. The project focuses on understanding how climate and environmental factors affect sand fly populations and the diseases they transmit (SFBDs) across Europe.

The project will provide an Early Warning System (EWS) and decision support frameworks for climate and health predictions, infection risk forecasts, and adaptation strategies. Socio-economic analysis and risk assessments will inform decision support, providing social and cost-benefit evaluations.

To achieve these goals, an open access interactive CLIMOS online platform will be developed containing data on vector and SFBD species geography and up-to-date monitoring, climate, environment, and mathematical algorithms. The accompanying educational platform will enable evidence-based mitigation decision-making by social, environmental and financial stakeholders, public bodies and policy makers.

CLIMOS will generate science-based predictions, actions and policy-relevant recommendations to mitigate climate change-induced emergence and spread of SFBDs, by providing:

• precision vector and infection surveillance methods and networks across 10 countries, available in this link: https://climos-project.eu/trapping-sites/;
• creation of big data time series (on vectors, disease, micro and macroclimate, environment and health, and on infection risk) to be available also for use at the EU Climate and Health Observatory, and as European Commission ISA JoinUP open-source tool for public and healthcare;
• new interoperability data ontologies (Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology [OBO] and Open Geospatial Consortium [OGC] for SFBDs and climate);
• new innovative technical solutions for vector monitoring (new trapping solution and EWS components);
• and at least 30 peer-reviewed open access publications, 2 policy reports, and diversity of public engagement materials available in this link: https://climos-project.eu/publications/

The CLIMOS project is part of the The European Climate-Health Cluster: https://climate-health.eu/