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KNOWING is a Research and Innovation Action project involving more than 70 scientists, stakeholders and practitioners from 20 project partners. Find out more about the scientific developments, learn about new insights and explore activities in the seven pilot regions.
Coordinator
AIT - Austrian Institute for Technology
Funding
European Union
The climate system provides the conditions for all living beings to thrive. Our actions during the last centuries though are increasingly disrupting the delicate balance of the climate system, threatening the survival of both humans and countless species.
The causes and effects are well understood, and solutions are ready. It just needs to be done.
Human activities have caused changes in our climate. We must stop engaging in those activities and adjust to the developments that can no longer be avoided. But what if our adaptation efforts continue to fuel climate change?
A systems perspective is needed to understand what adaptation measures we can “afford” without further harming the climate.
In a world of constant change, we feel uncertain and overwhelmed. But: We don’t have to be driven by these changes! By joining forces and shaping our future, we can eliminate these uncertainties and determine the direction of change.
Together, let’s create a better world for ourselves and the generations to come.
The consequences of climate change affect our world in different ways. In KNOWING, we explore how to deal with the challenges posed by specific climate impacts to particular aspects of life in four different contexts.
Climate change is transforming our living environment and confronting us with increasing risks to our health and livelihoods. We therefore need to know how to avert even more serious consequences and adapt to the changes. But that is not all.
We also need to know whether what we are doing about it is mutually supporting or hindering. Only then can we achieve an effective and safe transformation.
by empowering to know which measures to set for reaching climate mitigation and adaptation with the support of society and economy
by offering a transdisciplinary platform to know about new evidence, methods and tools for successful implementation of scientific knowledge
by enabling to know how to prepare for changing conditions and take a leading role in the transformation of the economy
by helping to know how to adapt to climate impacts in the most sufficient way and how to support pathways to climate neutrality
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The EU-funded P2R project will support over 100 regions and communities across Europe with their climate transition. Regions and communities will chart transformative climate resilience pathways and innovation agendas to increase their climate resilience. The implementation and testing of transformative adaptation solutions will be supported by cascade funding. KNOWING demonstrator regions will support this call and contribute their knowledge to strengthen climate transformation in Europe.
The EU-funded SPARCCLE project will develop methodological capabilities across climate science, demography, and economics. This will involve detailed scenario projections of our society and the impacts of extreme events on people, infrastructure, businesses, and the environment. Co-development of scenarios with private and public sector stakeholders will enhance developing mitigation and adaptation pathways. Possible synergies with KNOWING lie within the modeling of climate impact scenarios and backcasting climate transformation pathway for a net-zero transition.
The EU-funded DISTENDER project combines qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess synergies, trade-offs, and economic impacts of climate actions. It provides a methodological framework for participatory planning, linking local knowledge with global climate pathways (SSPs, RCPs). Its cross-sectoral impact models evaluate climate-related damages and sectoral shifts. Sharing a systems-thinking approach, KNOWING and DISTENDER offer complementary tools for holistic, evidence-based climate decision-making.
The EU-funded NEVERMORE project is drawing information from physical modelling of impacts and risk analysis methodologies and aligning across different scales – from national and EU to local and regional. NEVERMORE will develop an integrated common assessment framework consistent across scales for modelling, simulating and evaluating impacts and risks of climate change. NEVERMORE’s multi-scale impact assessment and risk analysis complement KNOWING’s system dynamics modelling, enhancing the understanding of climate risks and the effectiveness of adaptation and mitigation strategies across different sectors and governance levels.
Kristin Tovaas, MSc
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Giefinggasse 4 1210 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: projectoffice@knowing-climate.eu
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