General objectives
– Study of the climate condition for Sardinia with high spatial resolution (about 2.2 km) through the development of cognitive elements suitable for consolidating the process of adaptation to the regional and local scale, for a historical reference period (1991-2020, approximating with the RCP8.5 scenario, closest to the observed emissions, the period 2006-2020) and for future climate scenarios up to 2050. The study will allow for detailed estimates of the expected climate changes, both in terms of average that extremes, to support subsequent assessment activities of the effects of climate change on various sectors of interest;
– development of methodologies for the identification of weather-climate indicators and of methodological approaches for the selection of indicators (up to a maximum of 15) suitable for carrying out analyzes of climatic risks for the terrestrial part, with high spatial resolution, for the territory of Sardinia;
– development of methodologies for the identification and calculation of weather-induced hazard indicators for the strategic sectors of Sardinia, in particular, aimed at a detailed study of extreme events in urban environments in the 2 metropolitan cities of Cagliari and Sassari (e.g. TR100 floods, R95p floods, HWM heat waves) both in urban and coastal areas;
– analysis and development of suitable tools (e.g. climate anomaly maps) for the representation of the climate indicators of interest agreed between the PARTIES (up to 20 among those available on the www.dataclime.com platform), for the period 2021-2050 and two climate scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) compared to the reference period 1991-2020;
– sharing of indicators anomaly maps in georeferenced raster and png format to allow the integration of data within other GIS platforms or models and for the purpose of subsequent risk analyzes and for the identification of adaptation measures.
– characterization of the effects/impacts of extreme events on human health for the 2 metropolitan areas of Cagliari and Sassari.
– analysis of historical series of climatic data of temperature and precipitation for the 2 Metropolitan Cities of Sassari and Cagliari for the characterization of extreme events
– characterization of exposure, sensitivity and adaptability in the metropolitan cities of Sassari and Cagliari
– bibliographic analysis useful for evaluating potential effects on human health
– drafting of summary reports and presentation of the results according to the methods foreseen by the project.

CMCC role
Coordinator

Activities
Research activities aimed at the implementation and revision of the “Regional Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change” (SRACC). Analysis and development of suitable tools for describing the climatic characteristics of the Sardinia region, both as regards the climate observed in the recent past and as regards the future one, the latter assessed on the basis of the expected climate scenarios starting from high resolution.

Expected results
The study provides detailed estimates of the expected climate changes, both in terms of average and extreme values, to support subsequent assessment activities of the effects of climate change on various sectors of interest.

Partners
-University of Sassari, Department of Agriculture tax code and VAT number 00196350904 with headquarters in Viale Italia 39/A 07100 Sassari, in the person of the Director Prof. Pier Paolo Roggero, (defined in this agreement AGRICULTURE);
-Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (later CMCC) Foundation, VAT number 03873750750, with headquarters in Via Marco Biagi 5, 73100 Lecce, in the person of the President and legal representative Dr. Antonio Navarra, born in Naples on 09.29.1956 and resident in Bologna in Via Indipendenza n. 67/2.