The Clim-Run (Climate Local Information in the Mediterranean region Responding to User Needs) Final Governing Board Meeting will be held in Venice, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
CLIM-RUN Project (2011-2014) aims at developing a protocol for applying new methodologies and improved modeling and downscaling tools for the provision of adequate climate information at regional to local scale that is relevant to and usable by different sectors of society (policymakers, industry, cities, etc.).
Differently from current approaches, CLIM-RUN develops a bottom-up protocol directly involving stakeholders early in the process with the aim of identifying well defined needs at the regional to local scale. The improved modeling and downscaling tools are then be used to optimally respond to these specific needs. The protocol is assessed by application to relevant case studies involving interdependent sectors, primarily tourism and energy, and natural hazards (wild fires) for representative target areas (mountainous regions, coastal areas, islands).
CLIM-RUN is thus also intended to provide the seed for the formation of a Mediterranean basin-side climate service network which would eventually converge into a pan-European network. The general time horizon of interest for the project is the future period 2010-2050, a time horizon that encompasses the contributions of both inter-decadal variability and greenhouse-forced climate change.
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Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice - Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice -
24 Feb 2014 25 Feb 2014
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- CSP - Climate Simulation and Prediction Division
- ECIP - Economic analysis of Climate Impacts and Policy Division
- REMHI - Regional Models and geo-Hydrological Impacts Division
- CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
- ENEA - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile