TY - JOUR
T1 - User-Driven Climate Resilience Across Southern European Regions
AU - Xekalakis, Georgios
AU - Molina Lopez, Patricia
AU - Argamasilia, Manuel
AU - Tötzer, Tanja
AU - Kaleta, Patrick
AU - Karystinakis, Konstantinos
AU - Moumtzidou, Anastasia
AU - Forjan, Renata
AU - Christou , Petros
AU - Anastasiou, Christos
AU - Pavone, Venera
AU - D'Angelo, Gigliola
AU - Solano Cobos, Francisco
AU - Bügelmayer-Blaschek, Marianne
AU - Boutsis, Socrates
AU - Vurnek, Marija
AU - Murano, Ivan
AU - del Prete, Paola
AU - Kutschera, Peter
AU - Leonidis, Dimitrios
AU - Kazamia, Evi
AU - Warde, Adam
AU - Hawkes, James
AU - Colonna, Pietro
AU - Petruso, Vincenzo
AU - Russo, Beniamino
AU - Leone, Mattia
AU - Schneider, Martin
AU - Hochebner, Andrea
AU - Zucccaro, Giulio
AU - Havlik, Denis
PY - 2024/12/27
Y1 - 2024/12/27
N2 - This study presents the ClimEmpower project, a user-driven initiative aiminged at enhancing climate resilience in five climate-vulnerable European regions: Andalusia (Spain), Central Greece, the Troodos Mountains (Cyprus), Osijek-Baranja County (Croatia), and Sicily (Italy). Recognizing the critical need for localized adaptation strategies, ClimEmpower integrates community insights with scientific data through a structured Community of Practice (CoP) model, enabling stake-holders to co-develop climate resilience applications tailored to regional needs. The project ap-plies a multi-faceted methodology, including climate risk assessments, resilience evaluations, and user-centered application design to address specific regional challenges such as water scarcity, extreme heat, and flooding. Preliminary/First Ffindings reveal significant gaps in high-resolution data, cross-sectoral collaboration, and community engagement, which impede effective adapta-tion. By fostering knowledge exchange and improving data accessibility, ClimEmpower enhances regional adaptation capacities and supports broader European climate resilience goals. This study underscores the importance of community-driven approaches in climate resilience planning and proposes a scalable model for empowering vulnerable regions through tailored applications and multi-stakeholder engagement.
AB - This study presents the ClimEmpower project, a user-driven initiative aiminged at enhancing climate resilience in five climate-vulnerable European regions: Andalusia (Spain), Central Greece, the Troodos Mountains (Cyprus), Osijek-Baranja County (Croatia), and Sicily (Italy). Recognizing the critical need for localized adaptation strategies, ClimEmpower integrates community insights with scientific data through a structured Community of Practice (CoP) model, enabling stake-holders to co-develop climate resilience applications tailored to regional needs. The project ap-plies a multi-faceted methodology, including climate risk assessments, resilience evaluations, and user-centered application design to address specific regional challenges such as water scarcity, extreme heat, and flooding. Preliminary/First Ffindings reveal significant gaps in high-resolution data, cross-sectoral collaboration, and community engagement, which impede effective adapta-tion. By fostering knowledge exchange and improving data accessibility, ClimEmpower enhances regional adaptation capacities and supports broader European climate resilience goals. This study underscores the importance of community-driven approaches in climate resilience planning and proposes a scalable model for empowering vulnerable regions through tailored applications and multi-stakeholder engagement.
KW - climate resilience
KW - regional adaptation
KW - community of practice
KW - climate risk assessment
KW - climate data services
KW - user-driven applications
U2 - 10.3390/cli13010002
DO - 10.3390/cli13010002
M3 - Article
SN - 2225-1154
JO - Climate
JF - Climate
ER -
