DG Climate Action awarded this tender to a group of 4 partners lead by CMCC. SAM-PS project focuses in a broad and comprehensive manner on adaptation modelling. Its overall objective is to support better-informed decision-making on adaptation, which is among the priority areas of the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change.
22 months from 09/09/2019 to 31/07/2021
General aims
General aims
SAM-PS will review adaptation modelling methods and tools, develop guidance for their application and prepare use-cases for their rapid deployment. The comprehensive review will provide an up-to-date and forward-looking overview that will inform the elaboration and assessment of investment and policy options.
CMCC role
Main contractor, Leader of the group
Activities
- desk review based on a comprehensive literature review
- interviews with selected experts and practitioners
- expert workshop in Brussels
Expected results
- a series of recommended approaches for analysis
- a series of use-cases
- workshop proceedings and technical/scientific papers
Partner
Stichting VU – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stichting Deltares, The Netherlands
Paul Watkiss Associated Limited, UL
ADAPTATION STUDY PUBLICATIONS
Comprehensive desk review – concise summary
Comprehensive desk review – climate adaptation models & tools
Comprehensive desk review annex – climate adaptation models and tools
Recommended approach to analysis & modelling
Report on use cases and rapid analysis
Twenty-four cases of rapid analysis
RELATED EVENTS
- EU Climate Adaptation Strategy
Virtual event accompanying the adoption of the new EU Climate Adaptation Strategy
25-26 February, 2021
- High-level Expert Workshop on Climate Adaptation Modelling
8-10 September, 2020