Environmental disaster
A ‘serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material, economic and environmental losses and impacts’. Source: IPCC AR6 Glossary
Ecosystem
A functional unit consisting of living organisms, their non-living environment and the interactions within and between them. The components included in a given ecosystem and its spatial boundaries depend on the purpose for which the ecosystem is defined: in some cases, they are relatively sharp, while in others they are diffuse. Ecosystem boundaries can change […]
Enabling conditions
Conditions that enhance the feasibility of adaptation and mitigation options. Enabling conditions include finance, technological innovation, strengthening policy instruments, institutional capacity, multi-level governance and changes in human behaviour and lifestyles. Source: IPCC AR6 Glossary
Zadar county
This pilot aria is about water management. The managing partner implements innovative solution Aquaweb for collecting water from air and purchased a water tank for water distribution in rural areas during summer season.
Marche Region
Marche Region’s Pilot Area is the whole regional territory, with a detailed focus on coastal area.
Kaštela Bay
The pilot area of intervention is Kaštela Bay. A broader scope of Kaštela Bay, covering the municipalities of Split, Solin, Kaštela, and Trogir, is the largest one and the most populated on the Croatian coast. It represents an economic and territorial unit, with the city of Split as its dominating center.
Seminar: The modelling of the Emilia-Romagna pilot
On Thursday 24th March 2022 Jacopo Alessandri (Arpae) will present, as part of the Unibo team, the model that will be used in the framework of the AdriaClim project for the Emilia-Romagna pilot area. You are all welcome to join and share the event with any interested contacts.The seminar will be held in Ravenna at Laboratori […]
WeADAPT: Climate change adaptation planning, research and practice
weADAPT is an online ‘open space’ on climate adaptation issues (including the synergies between adaptation and mitigation) which allows practitioners, researchers and policy makers to access credible, high quality information and to share experiences and lessons learnt with the weADAPT community. It is designed to facilitate learning, exchange, collaboration and knowledge integration to build a professional community of research […]
Climate-ADAPT Case study explorer
The case study explorer visualises the geographic location and distribution of Climate-ADAPT case studies. It also enables users to filter case studies through three criteria: 1) the sectors addressed by the case studies in terms of climate change adaptation, 2) the climate change impacts they cope with and 3) the categories of adaptation options implemented. Once criteria are set, the map […]