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The main objective of the IBAM project is to create an environmental decision model for the Gulf of Finland. The model will be used to rank decision options in an interdisciplinary and multiobjective context

DiPol aims to collect knowledge on the impact of climate change (CC) on water quality, to communicate and raise awareness towards this knowledge, to improve the ability of decision makers to counteract these impacts on local and international level, and to facilitate public participation herein. SIMACLIM, as a tool developed within the DiPol project, will illustrate these complex environmental processes and simulate different scenarios, which can aim at certain societal goals

The project aim was to preserve forest ecosystems in the face of the risks related to climate changes, by promoting naturalisation processes and biodiversity increase, and by improving the resilience of ecosystems to environmental stress. The specific objective of the project was to implement a regional forest policy to increase the resilience of Sicilian forests and favour biodiversity conservation

Escape aimed to minimise the effects of flooding situations in coastal areas, through improving contingency plans, increasing public awareness and developing systems for monitoring high water and evacuation possibilities. The principle outcome was increased public awareness and knowledge about the risk of flooding, and greater understanding of the actions that need to be taken by the general public, scientists, and politicians during a flood event

Mistra-SWECIA is an interdisciplinary research programme on climate, impacts and adaptation. The programme brings together researchers in the fields of climate science, economics, life sciences and social sciences

EcoCities is a joint initiative between the University of Manchester and property company Bruntwood. The project looks at the impacts of climate change and at how we can adapt our cities to the challenges and opportunities that a changing climate presents

The general objective of the project is to establish a knowledge base for national forest policy development and implementation, based on the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) criteria and indicator estimates, including impact assessments on forests related to climate change. The knowledge base will be compatible with EU initiatives and legislation on Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) assessment and implementation monitoring

The overall aim of ENORASIS is to develop an intelligent, integrated Decision Support System (ENORASIS Service Platform and Components) for environmentally optimised and, thus, sustainable irrigation management by farmers and water management organisations. ENORASIS system will actually target to motivate irrigation farmers to optimize the use of water, whereas it will also provide to (irrigation) water management organizations intelligent tools and services to effectively forecast and manage irrigation water resources, cover irrigation demand and charge customers (farmers) on the basis of an intelligent system of motives and incentives that exploits irrigation demand side fluctuations

The management of water resources is becoming, at a time of scarcity and climatic change, more and more complex and is often subject to social tension among the various inhabitants of the same geographical area. When, on top of this, a terrain is affected by calamitous events (landslides, inundations, river outpourings, floods, debris flows, slope failures, etc

Eutrophication and algal blooms in lakes, rivers and estuaries constitute a major environmental challenge. This is a particular problem in Finland’s inland and coastal waters, which do not currently meet environmental standards despite increasing efforts to reduce nutrient loadings in river basins

According to climate change predictions, Spain, as most other Mediterranean countries, faces increased water shortages, pollution and loss of water-dependent ecosystems in the near future. The Llobregat river delta aquifers - at the south-western corner of the Barcelona metropolitan area - are an important component of the system of local water resources, supplying water to the city

Climate change predictions show that Mediterranean countries are particularly susceptible to changes in water supply, in terms of both agricultural needs and drinking water. Also, variability across the region means that a one-size-fits-all model will not provide adequate water management in coming years

Sustainable water usage has become increasingly important for industries that require large quantities of water, such as food processing. During the FP7 R4SME LOWTEV project (agreement no

AlpCity focuses on local development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns. AlpCity aims at promoting common understanding, cultural/political change, through a large trans-national partnership and different groups of activities, namely: networking and exchange to create common knowledge and strategies, collection of local best practices, innovative project-cases by single local authorities, dissemination and communication, guidelines/future scenarios

CLIWAT- Adaptive and sustainable water management and protection of society and nature in an extreme climat. The CLIWAT project applies groundwater and integrated hydrological models for assessment of the hydrological impacts of different climate scenarios with focus on water table fluctuations, river discharge, delineation of flood risk areas and saltwater intrusion

The objective of EFORWOOD is to develop a quantitative decision support tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the European Forestry-Wood Chain (FWC) and subsets thereof (e.g

The European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) was the first international research effort on ocean acidification. The overall goal of this project was to fill the numerous gaps in our understanding of the effects and implications of ocean acidification

The objectives of ClimateCost are to advance knowledge of the full economic costs of climate change (costs of inaction and adaptation), through the following tasks: To identify and develop consistent scenarios for climate change and socio-economic development, including mitigation To quantify in physical terms, and economic costs, the costs of inaction for these scenarios To extend analysis to quantify and value the costs and benefits of adaptation, and the residual costs of climate change after adaptation To asses the physical effects and economic damages of a number of the most important major catastrophic events and major socially contingent effects To bring all the information above together to provide policy relevant output, including information on physical effects and economic values, and undertake analysis of policy scenarios. Policy relevant output includes a series of policy briefs on adapation costs for European and Global Climate Change Projections, Sea Level Rise, River Floods, Energy, Health, Europe co-benefits

The main aim of the STORMRISK project was to integrate and make accessible the knowledge and experience developed over decades to end-users across the North Sea Region. The project has acted as a source of inspiration for landowners and managers and helps them to identify not only the means but also the aims for a modernised and multifunctional forest and landscape management

Europe’s four regional seas (Baltic, Black, Mediterranean and North Sea - North-East Atlantic) have suffered severe environmental degradation due to human pressure. Existing measures to manage pressures have proven inadequate and the EU Member States have recently responded by adopting a new policy (Blue Book for Maritime Policy) and environmental legislation (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)

Water shortages and water pollution constitute major environmental threats in the EU that pose a threat to agriculture in particular. Several northern EU Member States face water and soil pollution

The ROADEX Network is the fifth collaborative venture by the ROADEX Partners. It aims to continue close working between the Partners on all matters concerning the management of low volume rural roads including the ROADEX Knowledge Centre, website and e-learning system, results, reports etc

This project studied several ecological aspects of the rocky intertidal along one of the most unique and ecologically-dynamic coasts, and investigate the effects of climate change and bioinvasions in the context of community ecology. The objectives of the project were: to launch a long-term monitoring program of community biodiversity along the Israeli coast to enable the detection of long-term changes related to global warming, bioinvasions and other potential influences, to use natural heat-stress events as proxies for the potential effects of extreme climate change events, to test the response of important species to elevated temperatures and CO2, to study recruitment patterns of influential invasive species and experimentally test their biological interactions with indigenous species and other invaders and their general impacts on biodiversity

The project aims at dealing with the internationally recognised issue of the effects of climate change on Alpine tourism, with reference both to winter tourism and sports and to Alpine all-seasons tourism. The issue of providing appropriate strategies to ensure a balanced development of Alpine tourism, the preparation of appropriate adaptation policies at the national, regional and local level and the assessment of the economic and social effects of climate change on tourism was a central issue in several studies

The main aim of CARAVAN was to undertake a comparison of approaches for estimating regional vulnerability to climate change in the Nordic region. Vulnerability is a function of exposure to climate change, sensitivity to its effects and adaptive capacity for coping with the effects

The majority of European lakes, rivers and coastal ecosystems are degraded, in different levels . Eutrophication, organic pollution, intense catchment land use and habitat degradation affect almost all European surface waters

Climate change and alien species invasions are leading to significant diversity loss and affect ecosystem functioning worldwide. In the NW Mediterranean the occurrence of unprecedented mass mortality events have been related to strong positive temperature anomalies possibly linked to climate change

The project's overall objective is to improve the status of the Baltic Sea by contributing to the practical implementation of measures chosen in RBMPs in the region. Detailed objectives are to: * identify and suggest improvements to present water management practices by analysing the contents and planning processes of RBMPs; * establish action plans based on RBMPs for pilot areas representing best practices and measures for water protection and public participation; * prepare investment plans (incl

Water2Adapt is an applied-research project which seeks to produce policy-relevant knowledge and recommendations for water management and the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. In particular, the project will contribute to the economic analysis of water uses, efforts to set up efficient and socially equitable prices for water and water services, and to assess programmes of measures in the river basins

Climate change will be one of mankind’s greatest challenges in the years to come. The important resources and services provided by our natural environment, e