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 da 09/09/2019 a 28/02/2022
- DG Climate Action
Coordinating organization
- CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
CMCC Scientific Leader
CMCC Project manager
CMCC Institutes
- European Institute on Economics and the Environment
- Institute for Climate Resilience
- Institute for Earth System Predictions
CMCC Divisions
- Economic analysis of Climate Impacts and Policy Division
- Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services Division
- Regional Models and geo-Hydrological Impacts Division
- Climate Simulation and Prediction Division
- Risk Assessment and Adaptation Strategies Division
- Innovative Platforms for Science Outreach
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