SOCLIMPACT
DownScaling CLImate imPACTs and decarbonisation pathways in EU islands, and enhancing socioeconomic and non-market evaluation of Climate Change for Europe, for 2050 and Beyond
The warming of the climate system is unequivocal and continued emission of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes. Islands are particularly vulnerable to Climate Change (CC) consequences but the coarse spatial resolution of available projections makes it difficult to derive valid statements for islands. Moreover, science-based information about the economic impacts of CC in marine and maritime sectors is scarce, and current economic models lack of solid non-market assessment. Policy makers must have accurate information on potential impact chains and on the costs and benefits of possible strategies to implement effective measures.
SOCLIMPACT models downscaled CC effects and their socioeconomic impacts in European islands for 2030–2100, in the context of the EU Blue Economy sectors, and assess corresponding decarbonisation and adaptation pathways, complementing current available projections for Europe, and nourishing actual economic models with non-market assessment.
Project objectives are achieved by:
- Developing a thorough understanding on how CC will impact the EU islands located in different regions of the world.
- Contributing to the improvement of the economic valuation of climate impacts by adopting revealed and stated preference methods.
- Increasing the effectiveness of the economic modelling of climate impact chains, through the implementation of an integrated methodological framework (GINFORS, GEM-E3 and non-market indicators).
- Facilitating climate-related policy decision making for Blue Growth, by ranking and mapping the more appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
- Delivering accurate information to policy makers, practitioners and other relevant stakeholders.
SOCLIMPACT provides advances in the economic valuation of climate-induced impacts, and in climate and economic models, allowing downscaled projections of complex impact chains, and facilitating the resilience capacity of these vulnerable territories.
Universidad De Las Palmas De Gran Canaria | Spain |
Instituto Tecnologico De Canarias, S.A. | Spain |
Universitat De Les Illes Balears | Spain |
Centro Tecnologico De Ciencias Marinas | Spain |
Universidad De Castilla - La Mancha | Spain |
Creativica | Spain |
Gesellschaft Fuer Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung Mbh | Germany |
Tourisme Territoires Transports Environnement Conseil | France |
Ramboll France Sas | France |
Agencia Regional Da Energia Eambiente Da Regiao Autonoma Da Madeira | Portugal |
The Cyprus Institute | Cyprus |
Ethniko Asteroskopeio Athinon | Greece |
Osservatorio Turistico Delle Isole Europee | Italy |
Anci Sardegna | Italy |
Aquabiotech Limited | Malta |
Interfusion Services Limited | Cyprus |
Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile | Italy |
Universite des Antilles | France |
E3-Modelling AE | Greece |
Baltic Environmental Forum Deutschland EV | Germany |
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna | Italy |
Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneosui Cambiamenti Climatici | Italy |
Fciencias.Id - Associacao Para A Investigacao E Desenvolvimento De Ciencias | Portugal |
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitatfrankfurt Am Main | Germany |
KRITI | Greece |