The main aim of the Project is to support water utilities in a proper assessment of expected variation in weather-induced hazards due to climate change. Furthermore, the collaboration has the goal to provide a clear picture about how planning tools at different levels deal with water resources issues. Finally, the collaboration between CMCC and water utilities will pave the way to further research aimed at properly quantify climatic risk and to make the assets climate-proofing
6 months from 01/11/2023 to 30/04/2024
General aims
Increase the skills of water utilities in assessing the expected variations in weather-induced hazards potentially induced by climate change and identify climate-proofing mitigation measures
CMCC role
CMCC represents the scientific partner of the Project and it will perform all the scientific and technical activities agreed with VIVERACQUA Consortium
Activities
Three main activities have been identified:
- assessing expected variations in weather-induced hazards due to climate change and affecting operational activities and/or the integrity of the assets
- providing a clear overview about the consistency of planning tools at different territorial level in terms of water resource management
- co-designing future collaboration opportunities
Expected results
By exploiting a co-developed catalogue of the impacts recently affecting the assets and the operational activities of the water utilities, the main hazards over the area of interest will be identified. For each hazard, a set of indicators will be identified. They will be used as proxies to evaluate hazard evolution in next decades accounting for the uncertainties associated with the future trends in socio-economic conditions and associated concentration of climate-altering gases.