FP7 Research in the field of climate change vulnerability, impacts and adaptation(a brief update for the Environment

Programme)

Wolfram SchrimpfDG Research and Innovation

Deputy Head of the Unit « Climate change and natural hazards »

Projects proposed for funding from the 6th Call of the FP7 Environment Programme

(not exhaustive)

Topic ENV.2012.6.1-3 Strategies, costs and impacts of adaptation to

climate change - FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage____________

ToPDAdTool-supported policy development for regional adaptation

RAMSESReconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for Cities

BASEBottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe

ToPDAdTool-supported policy development for regional adaptation

(under negotiation)

Coordinator:Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT / Finland

Key words: Development next generation of socio-economic tools and

methodssupporting regional decision making; key socio-economic sectors (energy, transport, tourism, health); bottom-up assessment; stakeholder involvement

RAMSESReconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable

Development for Cities(under negotiation)

Coordinator:Potsdam Institut für Klimaforschung PIK / Germany

Key words: Systematic cost assessment of adaptation/sustainable

development strategies, impact function, response function, EU and international cities, bottom-up/top-down approach systematic stakeholder involvement

BASE Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a

Sustainable Europe(under negotiation)

Coordinator:Aarhus Universitet / Denmark

Key words: improve adaptation knowledge availability, integration and

utilization;costs and benefits of adaptation strategies at local, regional and national scales; integrating bottom-up and top-down approaches;policy support; attention to sectors of high social and economicimportance; case studies, stakeholder involvement

Towards the 7th Call of the FP7 Environment Programme

Topic Areas relevant for climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation:

Impacts of higher-end scenariosBetter quantification of impacts and vulnerabilities associated with a range of high-end scenarios; social and economic risks, opportunities, costs and benefits linked to different adaptation and mitigation pathways; recognizing the inherent uncertainties in long-term projections; synergies and trade offs; representative concentration pathways; different scales; key economic, social and environmental sectors

Economics of adaptation to climate-changeDevelop and apply new and/or improve existing methodological frameworks for assessing the costs, benefits and effectiveness of climate change adaptation policies and measures in Europe at different levels; reduction of uncertainties; increased comparability across different time horizons (short-,medium- and long-term) and geographical scales; monetary and non-monetary costs and benefits ofAdaptation

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