PLACARD – PLAtform for Climate Adaptation and Risk reDuction

PLACARD’s vision is to become a recognized platform associated with high quality dialogue, knowledge exchange and collaboration between Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) communities.

Duration
60 months from 01/05/2015 to 30/04/2020
Funded by
  • European Commission

Coordinating organization
  • FFCUL - Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

CMCC Scientific Leader
CMCC Project manager
CMCC Institutes

CMCC Divisions

General aims

PLACARD will establish a comprehensive coordination and knowledge exchange platform for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for multi-stakeholder dialogue and consultation to address gaps and fragmentation challenges in current CCA and DRR research, policymaking and practice, and support the development and implementation of an evidence base for research and innovation policies.


CMCC Role
  • lead of WP 2 ‘Stocktaking of the decision-making context’ (M2 – M30);
  • contributing to:
  1. WP1 ‘PLACARD Interchange’,
  2. WP3 ‘Knowledge brokerage: Assessment, Translation and Synthesis’,
  3. WP4 ‘Institutional Strengthening,
  4. WP5 ‘Evaluation, learning and legacy’,
  5. WP6 ‘Communication and Connectivity Hub’.


Expected results
  • (M24) resp. for deliverable D2.1 ‘Final report on the inventory and mapping of the existing SPINE’;
  • (M30) for deliverable D2.2 ‘Final release of the network database and associated documentation’;
  • (M18) resp. for milestone ‘Release of the first version of the network database and associated documentation;
  • contribution to the deliverables within WPs 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Activity
  • Conduct a stocktaking review that explores and maps the current state-of-the-art between CCA and DRR communities (including international, European and national networks, initiatives, programmes, projects and platforms);
  • Contribute to the identification and selection of Stakeholders to be invited for participation in the PLACARD Interchange’ (WP1 and WP6);
  • Analyse, structure, cluster and document the CCA and DRR landscape by iteratively performing a “semantically driven network analysis” that establishes a sustainable network database;
  • Contribute to activites within WPs 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Partners
  • SEI - Stiftelsen The Stockholm Environment Institute
  • UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
  • CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
  • UOXF - The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
  • EAA - Umweltbundesamt GmbH
  • UNISDR - United Nations International Strategy For Disaster Reduction
  • UNIGE - University of Geneve
  • RCCC - Stichting International Red Cross Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change And Disaster Preparedness
  • ALT - Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek

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