ISC Division won the international Young Scientist’s Travel Award at the EGU2013 General Assembly which was given to Eng. Edoardo Bucchignani as first author of the abstract “Extreme events evaluation over African cities with regional climate simulations” on the activities carried aout in collaboration with Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) in the framework of the FP/ Project CLUVA – Climate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa.

The overall objective of CLUVA – Climate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa is to develop methods and knowledge to be applied to African cities to manage climate risks, to reduce vulnerabilities and to improve coping capacity and resilience towards climate changes. CLUVA will assess the environmental, social and economic impacts and the risks of climate change induced hazards expected to affect urban areas (floods, sea-level rise, storm surges, droughts, heat waves, desertification, storms and fires) at various time frames.

LINKS

• CLUVA webpage on CMCC website
• The European Geosciences Union web site