Natural hazards, such as extreme weather events, are exacerbated by climate change. As a result, emergency responses are becoming more protracted, expensive, frequent, and stretching limited available resources. This is especially apparent in rapidly warming regions. MedEWSa addresses these challenges by providing novel solutions to ensure timely, precise, and actionable impact and finance forecasting, and early warning systems (EWS) that support the rapid deployment of first responders to vulnerable areas.
36 months from 01/11/2023 to 31/10/2026
https://www.medewsa.eu
General aims
MedEWSa will deliver a sophisticated, comprehensive, and innovative pan-European–Mediterranean–African solution comprising a range of complementary services. Building on existing tools MedEWSa will develop a fully integrated impact-based multi-hazard EWS.
CMCC role:
WP1 – WP3 – WP5 – WP6 – WP7
Activities:
This call contained five expected outcomes, all of which will be specifically addressed by MedEWSa. Led by JLU, MedEWSa will be an exemplar of the UN Secretary General’s March 2022 call to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from extreme weather and climate-related hazards by EWS within the next five years.
Expected results:
Through eight carefully selected pilot sites (areas in Europe, the southern Mediterranean, and Africa with a history of being impacted by natural hazards and extreme events with cascading effects), four twins will be created: – Twin #1: Greece (Attica) – Ethiopia (National Parks): wildfires and extreme weather events (droughts, wind) – Twin #2: Italy (Venice) – Egypt (Alexandria / Nile Delta): coastal floods and storm surges – Twin #3: Slovakia (Kosice) – Georgia (Tbilisi): floods and landslides – Twin #4: Spain (Catalonia) – Sweden (countrywide): heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. The twins will bridge areas with different climatic/physiographic conditions, yet subject to similar hazards, and are well positioned to deliver long-term bi- directional knowledge transfer. They will demonstrate the transferability and versatility of the tools developed in MedEWSa.
Partners:
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO)
- ETHNIKO ASTEROSKOPEIO ATHINON (NOA)
- FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI (CMCC)
- SVERIGES METEOROLOGISKA OCH HYDROLOGISKA INSTITUT (SMHI)
- SLOVENSKY HYDROMETEOROLOGICKY USTAV (SHMU)
- EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS (ECMWF)
- MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, GREECE (HMOD)
- CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE IN MONITORAGGIO AMBIENTALE – FONDAZIONE CIMA (CIMA)
- INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L’AGRICULTURE, L’ALIMENTATION ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT (INRAE)
- STICHTING INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS RED CRESCENT CENTRE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS (RCCC)
- BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION (BSC)
- FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV (FRAUNHOFER)
- GEOSPHERE AUSTRIA – BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOLOGIE, GEOPHYSIK, KLIMATOLOGIE UND METEOROLOGIE (GSA)
- MITIGA SOLUTIONS SL (MITIGA)
- IOTAM INTERNET OF THINGS APPLICATIONS AND MULTI LAYER DEVELOPMENT LTD (ITML)
- KAJO SRO (KAJO)
- SYGKLISI ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA (CONV)
- MINISTRY OF DIGITAL GOVERNANCE (MODG)
- THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY (GNEA)
- PERIFEREIA ATTIKIS (CPOPA)
- COMUNE DI VENEZIA (COV)
- EGYPTIAN METEOROLOGICAL AUTHORITY (EMA)
- AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LA METEOROLOGIA E LA CLIMATOLOGIA ITALIAMETEO (IMA)
- DEPARTAMENT D’INTERIOR – GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA (DINT)
- FUNDACIO D’ECOLOGIA DEL FOC I GESTIO D’INCENDIS PAU COSTA ALCUBIERRE (PCF)
- ETHIOPIAN FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT (EFD)