Adaptation
Climate change and its expected impacts present one of the greatest challenges of our century, necessitating a host of adaptation solutions and cross-sectoral collaboration. Governing climate change is thus a complex process encompassing different contexts and factors relating to space and time.
Ecologic Institute's research focuses on a transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach to analyzing adaptation policies, programs, and strategies in policy areas such as water management, coastal protection, agriculture, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions. A key area of the Institute's research is performing economic assessments of climate impacts and adaptation activities at different political levels (global, EU, national, local). In addition, we develop monitoring concepts and indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of adaptation activities. Ecologic Institute also develops scientific methods and tools to support the co-design of user-friendly and target-group-oriented climate services and to foster successful innovative climate adaptation within Europe. In addition, Ecologic Institute works closely with local public and private stakeholders to strengthen climate resilience within cities and municipalities.
Selected Projects for Adaptation
Innovation in Climate Services Provision (INNOVA)
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
CO-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs (COACCH)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Bridging the Gap for Innovations in Disaster Resilience (BRIGAID)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Co-designing Locally-tailored Ecological Solutions for Value-added, Socially Inclusive Regeneration in Cities (CLEVER Cities)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Enabling Green and Blue Infrastructure Potential in Complex Social-ecological Regions (ENABLE)
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Making Society an Active Participant in Water Adaptation to Global Change (BeWater)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Ecosystem Services Assessment for Local Climate Adaptation Measures in the Caribbean
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KfW Development Bank (KfW), Germany Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), International
Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts – toolKIT (RISC-KIT)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast (RADOST)
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Economics of Climate Change Adaptation in Europe (ECONADAPT)
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Policy Mix for an updated Adaptation Action Plan
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German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Integrated Water Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation
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The Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom
Benefit of Governance in Drought Adaption (DROP)
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European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG Climate), International
Selected Publications for Adaptation
Adaptation and nature-based solutions
Davis, M.; Abhold, K.; Mederake, L.; Knoblauch, D. (2018): Nature-based solutions in European and national policy frameworks. Deliverable 1.5, NATURVATION. Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement No 730243, European Commission, 50 pp.
Ecologic Institute 2018: Urban Nature Atlas – NATURVATION. URL: https://naturvation.eu/atlas
Knoblauch et al. (2019). Multi-level policy framework for sustainable urban development and nature-based solutions -- Status quo, gaps and oppor-tunities. Deliverable 1.2, CLEVER Cities, H2020 grant no. 776604.
English version: Iwaszuk, E., Rudik, G., Duin, L., Mederake, L., Davis, M., Naumann, S., Wagner, I., 2019: Addressing Climate Change in Cities. Catalogue of Urban Nature-Based Solutions. Ecologic Institute, the Sendzimir Foundation: Berlin, Krakow.
Polish version: Iwaszuk, E., Rudik, G., Duin, L., Mederake, L., Davis, M., Naumann, S., Wagner, I., 2019: Błękitno-zielona
infrastruktura dla łagodzenia zmian klimatu w miastach. Katalog techniczny. Ecologic Institute, Fundacja Sendzimira: Berlin, Krakow.
Kabisch, N., N. Frantzeskaki, S. Pauleit, S. Naumann, M. Davis, M. Artmann, D. Haase, S. Knapp, H. Korn, J. Stadler, K. Zaunberger, and A. Bonn. 2016. Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas: perspectives on indicators, knowledge gaps, barriers, and opportunities for action. Ecology and Society 21(2):39.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08373-210239
McKenna Davis and Sandra Naumann 2017: Making the Case for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems as a Nature-Based Solution to Urban Flooding in: Nadja Kabisch, Horst Korn, Jutta Stadler, Aletta Bonn (eds.): Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas. Linkages between Science, Policy and Practice.
Adaptation and water management
Stein, Ulf and Ruta Landgrebe 2019: European Actors and Institutions Involved in Water Scarcity and Drought Policy. In: La Jeunesse, Isabelle and Corinne Larrue (eds.): Facing Hydrometeorological Extreme Events: A Governance Issue. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, New Jersey. 157-170pp.
Trémolet S. et al. (2019). Investing in Nature for Europe Water Security. The Nature Conservancy, Ecologic Institute and ICLEI. London, United Kingdom.
Stein, U.; Davis, M.; Tröltzsch, J.; Sánchez, A.; Verkerk, H.; Libbrecht, S.; Broekman, A.; Magjar, M.; Giannakis, E.; Jebari, S.; Tarpey, J.; Lukat, E.; Bruggeman, A.; Zoumides, C.; Suhadolnik, P.; Vidaurre, R.; Rouillard, J. (2016). Handbook for drafting participatory adaptation plans. Deliverable D4.4, BeWater, FP7 project no. 612385 -SIS.2013.1.2-1 European Commission, 48 pp.
Economic assessment of climate impacts and adaptation
COACCH (2019). The Economic Cost of Climate Change in Europe: Synthesis Report on Interim Results. Policy brief by the COACCH project. Editors: Paul Watkiss, Jenny Troeltzsch, Katriona McGlade, Michelle Watkiss. Published October, 2019.
Watkiss, P.; Hunt, A.; Rouillard, J.; Tröltzsch, J.; Lago, M. 2015: Overview of costs and benefits of adaptation at the national and regional scale. In: OECD (2015), Climate Change Risks and Adaptation: Linking Policy and Economic, OECD Publishing, Paris.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264234611-en, pp. 37-75.
Tröltzsch, J., Rouillard, J., Tarpey, J., Lago, M., Watkiss, P., Hunt, A. (2016). The economics of climate change adaptation: Insights into economic assessment methods. ECONADAPT Deliverable 10.2
Rouillard, J., Tröltzsch, J., Tarpey, J., Lago, M., Watkiss, P., Hunt, A. Bosello, F., Ermolieva, T., Goodess, C., Mechler, R., Parrado, R., Sainz de Murieta, E., Scussolini, P. (2016). The economic analysis of climate adaptation: Insights for policy-makers. ECONADAPT deliverable 10.3
Coastal adaptation
Martinez, Grit; Peter Fröhle and Hans-Joachim Meier (eds.) 2014: Social Dimension of Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Regions. Findings from Transdisciplinary Research. [Klimawandel in Regionen zukunftsfähig gestalten 5]. Munich: oekom Verlag.
Knoblauch, Doris and Stelljes, Nico 2014: "Regional perspectives concerning climate change and coastal adaptation. A comparison between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein", in: Grit Martinez; Hans-Joachim Meier and Peter Fröhle (eds.): Social Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Regions – Findings from Transdisciplinary Research. Munich: oekom verlag, 45-60.
Stelljes, N.; Martinez G.; McGlade, K. (2017). Introduction to the RISC-KIT Web Based Management Guide for DRR in European Coastal Zones. RISC-KIT Project.
Stelljes, Nico: Using Active Public Participation in the Co-development of Coastal Protection Strategies for a Touristic Beach City. Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. in: Ng, K., Campos, I., & Penha-Lopes, G. (Eds.). (2016). BASE adaptation inspiration book: 23 European cases of climate change adaptation to inspire European decision-makers, practitioners and citizens. Lisbon: Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 122-125.
Grit Martinez and Michael J. Paolisso 2015: "Cultural Dynamics of Adaptation to Climate Change: An Example from the East Coast of the US", in: Bernd Sommer (ed.): Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in Northern America. [Climate and Culture 3]. Leiden: Brill, 304-332.
Selected Events for Adaptation
Presenting IPCC results
Digital Event:New Findings from the IPCC Special Report 1.5 °C Global Warming
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Digital Event:Policy-relevant Findings from the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL)
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Digital Event:Policy-relevant Findings from the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
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Economic assessment of climate impacts and adaptation
Workshop:COACCH – 1st Interactive Co-design Workshop
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Workshop:COACCH – 2nd Interactive Co-design Workshop
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Participatory adaptive river basin management
Conference:River Basin Adaptation Planning through Stakeholder Engagement
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Workshop:Engaging Citizens in Adaptive River Basin Management in the Mediterranean
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Conferences and launch events
Conference:European Climate Change Adaptation (ECCA) Conference 2015
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Conference:EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change - Launch Event and Livestreaming
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Discussion:Nature-based Solutions and Multi-level Governance for Carbon-neutral and Resilient Cities and Regions
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