Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This study presents the ClimEmpower framework, a user-driven approach to enhancing climate resilience across five climate-vulnerable regions in Southern Europe: Costa del Sol (Spain), Central Greece, the Troodos Mountains (Cyprus), Osijek-Baranja County (Croatia), and Sicily (Italy). The project employs a region-specific methodology that integrates climate risk assessments, stakeholder engagement through Communities of Practice (CoPs), and the development of innovative climate services tailored to local needs. These regions, characterized by unique environmental and socio-economic vulnerabilities, face shared hazards such as droughts, heatwaves, and floods, alongside region-specific challenges like salinization and biodiversity loss. ClimEmpower identifies critical gaps in high-resolution data, cross-sectoral collaboration, and capacity-building efforts, underscoring barriers to effective adaptation. This work aims to provide a foundational resource, offering a comprehensive overview of the current situation, including needs, gaps, priorities, and expectations across the target regions. By establishing this baseline, it facilitates future research and comparative analyses, contributing to the development of robust, region-specific resilience strategies. The ClimEmpower framework offers scalable and replicable solutions aligned with the European Green Deal’s climate resilience goals, advancing adaptation planning and providing actionable insights for broader European initiatives.
Source: Climate
DOI: 10.3390/cli13010002
Authors: Georgios Xekalakis, Patricia Molina Lopez, Manuel Argamasilla Ruiz, Tanja Tötzer, Patrick Kaleta, Konstantinos Karystinakis, Anastasia Moumtzidou, Renata Forjan, Petros Christou, Christos Anastasiou, Venera Pavone, Gigliola D’Angelo, Francisco Solano Cobos, Marianne Bügelmayer-Blaschek, Socrates Boutsis, Marija Vurnek, Ivan Murano, Paola Del Prete, Peter Kutschera, Dimitrios Leonidis, Evi Kazamia, Adam Warde, James Hawkes, Pietro Colonna, Vincenzo Petruso, Beniamino Russo, Mattia Federico Leone, Martin Schneider, Andrea Hochebner, Giulio Zuccaro, Denis Havlik
Institutions: Frederick University, Agbar (Spain), AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Kaunas University of Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Regione Siciliana, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,046
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W4405944050