Project

DISTENDER - DevelopIng STratEgies by integrating mitigatioN, aDaptation and participation to climate changE Risks

DISTENDER is an EU-funded project developing actionable strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The strategies will result from the integration of climate change adaptation and mitigation actions with participatory approaches bringing scientists, businesses, governments, policy makers and citizens together.

Introduction

Five Case Studies at the EU level will be involved for testing the holistic approach developed by the project against specific climate risks and 6 additional Follower Case Studies are first in line for replication. Finally, a Decision Support System will be developed to help policy makers to take the most out of the knowledge, tools and recommendations generated by DISTENDER and further replicate them.

As WUR, we are involved in the development and implementation of participatory methods, including the co-creation of visions and pathways to climate resilient futures as well as socio-economic scenarios. Furthermore, from stakeholder-derived scenario narratives we develop quantitative outputs such as land use maps.

Research challenges/Objective

  • Stakeholder engagement process & participation using co-creation
  • Participatory development of localized socio-economic scenarios
  • Produce localized climate storylines through a downscaling framework
  • Risk and vulnerability assessment based on a set of bio-physical, social and economic indicators produced by a wide range of multi-scale and cross-sectorial models
  • Robust adaptation and mitigation actions and policies from a suite of harmonized strategies constructed through participatory methods
  • Sectoral, integrated and economy-wide economic evaluation of climate strategies
  • Translate scientific results into policy relevant actions
  • Testing and replication of the outcomes of the project through case studies
  • Network to promote and exchange the outputs of the projects with other EU and international initiatives about CC

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