CLimate ChAnge and Variability: Impact on Central and Eastern EuRope (CLAVIER)

Description:

The nations in central and eastern Europe (CEE) face triple challenges of the ongoing economic and political transition, continuing vulnerability to environmental hazards, and longer term impacts of global climate change. The overall aim of the EU FP6 project CLAVIER (CLimate ChAnge and Variability: Impact on Central and Eastern EuRope) is to assist with enabling CEE countries to successfully cope with these challenges. Three representative CEE Countries were studied in detail: Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
In the framework of CLAVIER, ongoing and future climate changes are analysed based on existing data and on climate projections with very high detail to fulfil the needs of local and regional impact assessments. Researchers from 6 countries and different disciplines investigated linkages between climate change and its impact on weather patterns, air pollution, extreme events, and on water resources. Furthermore, an evaluation of the economic impact on agriculture, tourism, energy supply and the public sector was conducted.
The CLAVIER project was supported by the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme (contract number 037013) as a 3 year Specific Targeted Research Project from 2006 to 2009 under the Thematic Sub-Priority "Global Change and Ecosystems".

Project information

Lead

Max-Planck Institute (DE)

Partners

Max-Planck Institute (DE), Hungarian Meteorological Service (HU), University of Graz (AT), Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (AT), Environmental Protection and Water Management Research Institute (HU), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU), Env-in-Cent Ltd. (HU), National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (BG), University of National and World Economy (BG), National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (RO), Babes-Bolyai University (RO), Institute of Geography - Romanian Academy (RO)

Source of funding

FP 6