Climate change is one of the defining issues of the 21st century, with the climate becoming more variable and severe weather events such as floods, droughts and extreme heat occurring more frequently. Adaptation to climate change requires climate smart decisions foster resilience to the future climate.
I-CISK’s ambition to innovate how climate information is used, interpreted and acted on through a next-generation of Climate Services that follow a human centred, social and behaviourally informed approach; integrating the knowledges, needs and perceptions of climate information.
In I-CISK we take an action research approach to fast-track research to impacts by co-developing a framework for human centred climate services in and with the users of seven Living Labs in Europe and Africa. Each living lab is located in a climate change hotspot with specific geographical and climatic settings, and with a focus on key socio-economic sectors.
Upper and Middle Guadalquivir Basin, Spain
A workshop at the premises of the Organization for the Development of Crete S.A. (OAK) at Chania (Crete, Greece) was held on 29/5/2023. After a discussion on aspects of the advanced climatic information, which is produced within I-CISK presented by
Since the upstream of the Alazani River basin is not regulated by the reservoir, the main goal of the Living Lab is to establish a proper streamflow prediction system, which will improve the efficiency of the irrigation system during the
On the week of April 24-28, 2023, members of the UCM I-CISK team Lucia De Stefano and Nikoletta Ropero visited the Andalucía-Los Pedroches Living Lab (ALPLL) to collect data on groundwater levels and interview farmers and residents in the region.
