SOCLIMPACT - Downscaling climate impacts and decarbonisation pathways in EU islands and enhancing socio-economic and non-market evaluation of Climate Change for Europe

The warming of the climate system is unequivocal and continued emission of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes. Islands are particularly vulnerable to Climate Change (CC) consequences, but the coarse spatial resolution of available projections makes it difficult to derive valid statements for islands. Moreover, science-based information about the economic impacts of CC in marine and maritime sectors is scarce, and current economic models lack of solid non-market assessment.

Policy makers must have accurate information about likely impact chains and about the costs and benefits of possible strategies to implement efficient measures. SOCLIMPACT aims at modelling downscaled CC effects and their socioeconomic impacts in European islands  for 2030–2100, in the context of the EU Blue Economy sectors, and assesses corresponding decarbonisation and adaptation pathways, complementing current available projections for Europe, and nourishing actual economic models with non-market assessment.

Outputs:

• Deliverable 5.3 https://soclimpact.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/D5.3-Data-Mining-from-Big-Data-Analysis-21022020.pdf
• SOCLIMPACT Webinar ‘ECONOMIC VALUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN EUROPEAN ISLANDS’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yspQzQQM6NE&feature=youtu.be
• Results (in italian) 

Period of the project: 2017-2021

Scientific Coordinator: Paolo Figini

Team of research: Alessia Mariotti, Armando Bazzani, Elisa Magnani, Laura Vici, Roberto Patuelli, Anastasia Arabadzhyan

Keywords: climate change; blue economy; blue growth; european islands

Lead partner: TiDES – Instituto Universitario de Turismo y Desarrollo Económico Sostenible

Partners:

• SPAIN: Universidad De Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Instituto Tecnologico De Canarias, S.A., Universitat De Les Illes Balears, Centro Tecnologico De Ciencias Marinas, Universidad De Castilla - La Mancha

• GERMANY: Gesellschaft Fuer Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung Mbh, Baltic Environmental Forum Deutschland Ev, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-universitatfrankfurt Am Main

• FRANCE: Tourisme Territoires Transports Environnement Conseil, Universite Des Antilles

• PORTUGAL: Agencia Regional Da Energia Eambiente Da Regiao Autonoma Da Madeira, Fundacao Da Faculdade De Ciencias Da Universidade De Lisboa Fp

• CYPRUS: The Cyprus Institute, Interfusion Services Limited

• GREECE: National Observatory Of Athens, E3-modelling Ike, Kriti (Greece)

• ITALY: Osservatorio Turistico Delle Isole Europee, Anci Sardegna, Agenzia Nazionale Per Le Nuove Tecnologie, L'energia E Lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, Università Di Bologna, Fondazione Centro Euro-mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici

• MALTA: Aquabiotech Limited, Universita Ta

• UK: Buckinghamshire New University  

Funding programme: Horizon 2020 - SC5-06-2016-2017 “Pathways towards the decarbonisation and resilience of the European economy in the timeframe 2030-2050 and beyond”

Website: https://soclimpact.net/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/soclimpactproject

From UNIBO Magazine: https://magazine.unibo.it/archivio/2018/03/29/isole-europee-cambiamenti-climatici-e-blue-economy ; https://magazine.unibo.it/archivio/2021/04/06/cambiamento-climatico-quali-pericoli-per-le-isole-europee