#ModellingMonday – Tackling Climate Change with System Dynamics
Tackling Climate Change with System Dynamics Figure by Mahdis Mousavi Unsplash Understanding climate change and crafting effective responses is one of the most complex challenges of our time. Climate impacts ripple through multiple sectors—energy, agriculture, urban infrastructure—and human responses themselves feed back into this intricate web, sometimes with unintended consequences. Traditional models often fall short […]
#ModellingMonday – Granollers and the ICM InfoWorks Model: Building Climate Resilience Through Smarter Water Management
Granollers, a city in central Catalonia just 30 km from Barcelona, is increasingly exposed to flood risk as a result of climate change. More frequent heavy rainfall and altered storm patterns are overwhelming drainage systems and intensifying river flooding. In January 2020, the Congost River surged to 300 cubic meters per second. An event that […]
#ModellingMonday – Modelling Urban Heat Stress and Adaptation: 9 Models for a more Liveable Tallinn
Photo: Tallinna pildipank. Tallinn, Estonia’s fast-growing capital, is increasingly facing challenges from urban heat and climate extremes. Although cold-related health risks still outweigh heat risks under current conditions, the city is proactively preparing for a hotter future. As part of the Horizon Europe project KNOWING, Tallinn serves as a demonstrator region to explore climate mitigation […]
#ModellingMonday – Coastal protection in times of climate change: SFINCS in action for Naples
The EU project KNOWING supports regions in Europe in their climate transformation. The focus is not only on reducing greenhouse gases, but also on adapting to specific climate risks. For the highly exposed coastal city of Naples, the SFINCS (Super-Fast INundation of CoastS) model plays a central role, particularly in assessing and reducing the risk […]
#ModellingMonday – CLUMondo in South Westphalia: Modelling land use under climate pressure
South Westphalia is an prime example of the challenges posed by climate-related land use. In this heavily forested region, heat, drought and bark beetles have already destroyed around 30% of the forests, especially spruce monocultures in the Arnsberg Forest. Soil drainage, soil compaction and a lack of diversity have severely weakened the resilience of the […]
KNOWING featured in new EU factsheet on climate adaptation
The European Commission has published a new factsheet presenting 18 outstanding Horizon Europe projects on climate adaptation. KNOWING is one of them. Titled “Climate-Resilient Europe: Advancing Climate Adaptation through EU-Funded Research”, the factsheet presents research efforts that span climate risk modelling, nature-based solutions, behavioural change, and governance innovation. These projects contribute to the EU Strategy […]
KNOWING launches its Playful Trainings Blueprint
The KNOWING project is proud to introduce its new Playful Trainings Blueprint, an innovative presentation and learning format that helps stakeholders better understand and shape climate adaptation and mitigation strategies in their region. These modular and interactive materials combine scientific content with storytelling and scenario-based exercises. They aim to support a wide range of actors […]
Understanding How People Cope with Climate Change: The KNOWING Climate Impact Coping Typology
The Climate Impact Coping Typology, developed within the Horizon Europe project KNOWING, describes different behavioural groups of people who react differently to climate change and corresponding protection and adaptation measures. This typology was developed to better understand the reactions of the population and to develop suitable strategies that specifically address different population groups. Benefits of […]
Climate action delay #12: ”Free rider” excuse
In today’s last reflexion on typical causes for delaying, downgrading, or rejecting climate change action, we put the focus on the “free rider” excuse, a member of disruption fear fallacies. The success of our economy and our progress is based in no small part on the use of fossil fuels, which has brought prosperity and […]
Climate action delay #11: Whataboutism
In our latest critical reflexion on typical causes for delaying, downgrading, or rejecting climate change action, we look into “Whataboutism”, a very common argument which falls under the category of redirect responsibility fallacies. This argument is one of the most common in the discussion about climate protection measures. It also makes sense – in comparison […]