RAMSES
"Reconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for Cities"
| Coordinatore | POTSDAM INSTITUT FUER KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG
Organization address
address: Telegrafenberg 31 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Totale costo | 6˙533˙459 € |
| EC contributo | 5˙200˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) |
| Code Call | FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-10-01 - 2017-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
POTSDAM INSTITUT FUER KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG
Organization address
address: Telegrafenberg 31 contact info |
DE (POTSDAM) | coordinator | 693˙590.56 |
| 2 |
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Organization address
address: Kensington Terrace 6 contact info |
UK (NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) | participant | 614˙687.50 |
| 3 |
VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.
Organization address
address: Boeretang 200 contact info |
BE (MOL) | participant | 547˙643.69 |
| 4 |
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Organization address
address: PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON PASEO MIKELETEGI 2 contact info |
ES (DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN) | participant | 473˙955.50 |
| 5 |
NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGEUNIVERSITET NTNU
Organization address
address: HOGSKOLERINGEN 1 contact info |
NO (TRONDHEIM) | participant | 448˙378.34 |
| 6 |
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Organization address
address: Houghton Street 1 contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 430˙731.83 |
| 7 |
UNIVERSITE DE VERSAILLES SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES.
Organization address
address: Avenue de Paris 55 contact info |
FR (VERSAILLES) | participant | 367˙688.96 |
| 8 |
T6 ECOSYSTEMS SRL
Organization address
address: VIA GENOVA 30 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 318˙640.00 |
| 9 |
SENECA CONSULTANTS SPRL
Organization address
address: AVENUE LOUISE 149 contact info |
BE (BRUXELLES) | participant | 298˙529.54 |
| 10 |
CMF CLIMATE MEDIA FACTORY UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT) GMBH
Organization address
address: FRIEDRICH EBERT STRASSE 82 contact info |
DE (POTSDAM) | participant | 291˙962.50 |
| 11 |
ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH)*
Organization address
address: Leopoldring 3 contact info |
DE (Freiburg) | participant | 286˙700.00 |
| 12 |
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
Organization address
address: Avenue Appia 20 contact info |
CH (GENEVE) | participant | 252˙180.00 |
| 13 |
INSTITUT VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT ASSOCIATION
Organization address
address: RUE DES SABLONS 15 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 150˙651.88 |
| 14 |
FONDATION INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ET LES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES
Organization address
address: RUE SAINT GUILLAUME 27 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 24˙659.70 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The RAMSES project will develop a rigorous, analytical framework for the implementation of adaptation strategies and measures in EU and international cities. It will develop a set of innovative methods and tools that will quantify the impacts of climate change and the costs and benefits of adaptation to climate change and thus provide the evidence to enable policy makers to design adaptation strategies. It integrates the assessment of impacts and costs to provide a much more coherent approach than currently exists. As major centres of population, economic importance, greenhouse gas emissions and infrastructure, RAMSES focuses on adaptation issues in cities. RAMSES will deliver: 1. A strategic frame for evidence-based adaptation decision-making. A pragmatic and standardised framework for decision making using comparable climate change impact assumptions, impact and adaptation costs while taking account of uncertainty. This will apply and combine smart and unconventional scientific methodologies. 2. Multi-level analysis–as local administrative units, cities will be used to develop adaptation (and more generally sustainable development) strategies from the bottom-up/top-down, that can be aggregated to consider costs at the national, EU and international levels. 3. Quantification of adaptation costs–a framework for assessment of full economic costs and benefits of adaptation (to date a woefully under-researched area). 4. Policy relevance and acceptance of adaptation measures–city case studies and stakeholder engagement will ensure the relevance of the framework for policy makers and ensure adaptation measures become better accepted by other stakeholders. The frameworks will be converted into a user-friendly guide for stakeholders who need to prioritize adaptation and mitigation decisions. This reduces costs and enhances understanding and acceptance of adaptation. The data will be fed into the European Clearinghouse Mechanism to increase transparency/stakeholder access.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
To minimise the consequences that climate change will have on urban regions, it is important to measure the costs of such effects and related preventative actions. An EU initiative is quantifying the costs of climate change impacts and adaptation in cities.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Climate change is bringing about socioeconomic changes, making people, property and ecosystems in and around cities more vulnerable. Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of urban adaptation actions that decrease vulnerability and limit the effects of climate change are challenging and complex.
With EU funding, the 'Reconciling adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development for cities' (http://www.ramses-cities.eu/ (RAMSES)) project is designing an approach to quantify risks, vulnerabilities and damage from climate change. It also aims to assess the associated costs and benefits of various urban adaptation measures.
To achieve this, the project is employing generic principles that are transferable across cities. As such, eight case studies will be conducted in cities in Europe, India, and North and South America.
During the first reporting period, work began on the development of a cost assessment framework for adaptation to climate change in urban areas. The framework serves as a basis for the entire project.
The focus of the first phase is on climate threats that are relevant to Europe, namely flooding, windstorms and extreme temperatures.
The team has developed a defined set of impact functions for cities to estimate damages due to natural hazards.
An overview was presented of the most relevant indicators in architecture and infrastructure currently used in climate change research and needs. These concern the urban environment with respect to adaptation challenges.
New and simplified typologies for buildings and infrastructure based on different climatic impacts have been developed.
Three urban climate models aimed at forecasting future climate and calculating adaptation impacts in cities were successfully validated in several case study cities.
A review was also made of climate change and adaptation costs for European cities.
RAMSES will ultimately improve understanding of urban systems and determine the impact of climate change and the costs and benefits of adaptation and mitigation in cities.