Julia Kraatz (52°North) How the I-CISK project bridges the gaps between People, Climate, and Disaster Risk Please take a moment to picture these two scenarios. Scenario 1 You are part of the civil protection authority and a pluvial flood (a
Faheed, an MSc student at the Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente (ITC) in the Netherlands, recently completed an internship at the Netherlands Red Cross’ data and digital team, 510, within the I-CISK project.
I-CISK, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 program as part of the European Green Deal, is dedicated to delivering customized climate services (CS) that are trustworthy, understandable, replicable, and effective. Across seven distinct regions spanning Europe and Africa, the
From April 3-8, 2024, CENN and the NEA hosted representatives of the Delft Institute of Water Education (IHE Delft). The purpose of the visit was to assess the progress and plan the next steps to develop a drought and seasonal
On March 7, 2024, the second plenary workshop of the Andalusia - Los Pedroches Living Lab took place at the CICAP headquarters in Pozoblanco, organized within the framework of the I-CISK Project, with the title “Advances in the development of
We are happy to inform you that the Los Pedroches Rural Development Group, a member of the Spanish Living Lab, will be part of the MONALISA project - 101157867 - GAP-101157867, recently funded in a competitive Horizon Europe call. Invited
The week of November 20, Nikoletta Ropero, from the UCM I-CISK team, visited the Los Pedroches region again for the second campaign to measure the groundwater level in the Los Pedroches aquifer. Without drinking water in the taps since April,
by Katharina Demmich 52°North’s contribution to the OGC Disaster Pilot 2023 Climate change is increasing the likelihood of natural disasters and their severe environmental and social consequences worldwide. This is why preparedness for such events is becoming increasingly important. The
On November 9 and 10, 2023, researchers from CREAF and the Complutense University of Madrid who participate in the I-CISK project in the Los Pedroches Region (Córdoba), were in the Region to work with members of the COVAP and OLIPE
Climate Services (CS) are crucial to empowering citizens, stakeholders, and decision-makers in defining resilient pathways to adapt to climate change and extreme events. Despite advances in scientific data and knowledge (e.g., Copernicus, GEOSS), current CS fail to achieve their full
In August and September, Sumiran Rastogi (PhD candidate, IHE Delft) along with I-CISK living lab leads at CENN, Miranda Apakidze and Vakho Chitishvili, carried out workshops and interviews with the multi-actor platform and members of the local community in Alazani
The European project “Innovating Climate Services through Integrating Scientific and Local Knowledge” (I-CISK) held its general assembly on October 5-6 in Madrid, Spain. UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID (UCM), representatives invited project partners to present their progress and to discuss open
52°North currently works on the first developments of mock-up climate services for different I-CISK Living Labs. Recently, our developers met remotely with the GECO team from Italy to review the architecture designed earlier this year. We discussed necessary adjustments, organized
From June 26 to June 30, 2023, the second Data Week took place in the historic New City Hall in Leipzig, Germany. The main theme of the conference was urban development and planning. On Monday, presentations and keynotes focused on
52°North’s Ben Gräler opened the IZG summer program with his presentation "Turning Data through Models into Information for Improved Climate Change Adaptation". Approximately 15 students, PostDocs and professors gathered to hear about 52°North’s current work in the DIRECTED and I-CISK
At the EGU conference in April, 52°North’s Katharina Demmich presented the current status of the cloud-based web platform implemented within the I-CISK project. The I-CISK project aims to bridge the gap between science and society in the development of adaptation
The Italian Living Lab continues to make strides successfully. In July 2023, an insightful field trip was carried out at the hydraulic around the Castellarano weir on the Secchia River with the support of the Emilia Central Reclamation Board. Visit
The latest research paper led by SMHI is now available in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The study is a part of the I-CISK initiative and aims to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time, accurate forecasting
From September 13 -15, 2023, the global hydrological community turned its eyes toward Norrköping, Sweden, where the highly anticipated HEPEX workshop “Forecasting across spatial scales and time horizons” took place. The event drew a crowd of more than 100 experts
Marc van den Homberg, Balbina Nyamakura (IHE) and Riccardo Biella (CNDS, UU) carried out a visit to Lesotho where they attended the kick-off meeting of the Lesotho Living Lab and carried out important research. In the Lesotho Living Lab, I-CISK is supporting the Lesotho Red Cross Society and the 510 initiative in their project
Nikoletta Ropero from UCM will present her work on the characterization of the hydrology/hydrogeology of the Comarca de los Pedroches at the Adaptation Futures Conference 2023, organized by the United Nations International Adaptation Science Programme and the World Meteorological Organization
In August 2023, under the framework of the I-CISK project, we embarked on a groundbreaking mission to measure heat emissions across two central districts of Budapest, Hungary: Terézváros and Erzsébetváros. This task was accomplished as part of the Budapest Living
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.
We are very happy to share that from 19 – 21 April, 2023, staff of IHE Delft – Micha Werner, Ilyas Masih and Sumiran Rastogi (PhD Candidate) participated in the UNESCO conference ‘International Conference on Climate Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience
The I-CISK project coordinators, Dr. Micha Werner and Dr. Ilyas Masih, participated in an EU policy event held online on 28-29 March, 2023. This 1st climate change clustering event was the fifth edition of the EU Knowledge Sharing Event, organised
The Hungarian Living Lab focuses on the problem of urban heat islands and urban heat stress in the inner district of Budapest. The Living Lab is working on educating people on the urban heat phenomenon, the mapping of urban heat
Since our last update in November 2022, the Rijnland Living Lab, together with Water Authority Rijnland, has made great progress in co-creating a climate service with representatives from agriculture and water recreation sectors. Earlier stakeholder workshops/meetings were mono-discipline oriented, but
On March 14th 2023, an on-line meeting was held with the Hydraulic Works division of the Development Organization of Crete (OAK), in order to work together on a decision time-line exercise which is undertaken in close collaboration with other Work
In a meeting with the Hellenic National Tourism Organization's (HNTO) Head of Tourism Coordination and Programming Department, on February 15th 2023, details about the project progress were shared. The future contribution of EOT served as the focal point of the
The Crete Living Lab (Greece) lunched a wide, open hybrid multi-stakeholder platform meeting on November 11th 2022. The meeting was a great success, bringing together a diverse group of individuals from across various industries to discuss the creation of a
Thanks to all the Stakeholders and invited speakers joining the successful Italian Lab on Water Resources Workshop held on 29th March 2023! Figure 1 – Castellarano Weir, an hydraulic node view from upstream While Italy is preparing to another year
The I-CISK project overall approach and objectives, as well as the progress of Los Pedroches living lab were presented at the XII Iberian Congress of Water Management and Planning organized by the New Water Culture Foundation on January 25-27, 2023
As part of our consortium, I-CISK is happy to welcome a pool of young researchers – Balbina Nyamakura and Nikoletta Ropero Szymañskawho will be intricately linked with several core activities of the project, and will be instrumental in helping the
On October 25th the Andalucía-Los Pedroches living lab organized its first multi-stakeholder platform (MSP) meeting. Thirty-one participants, representing 18 organizations, gathered at the headquarters of CICAP, in the town of Pozoblanco, Los Pedroches. The workshop successfully achieved an important first
Smallholder maize plots before the October/November planting high in the mountains of Lesotho (photo: Micha Werner) The Lesotho Red Cross Society, supported by 510, recently established the Lesotho Living Lab. To continue the setting up of the multi-stakeholder platform in
Erzsébetváros, BudapestSource: www.kozossegitervezes.budapest.hu The Hungarian Living Lab was established in the inner city of Budapest, called Erzsébetváros. The district is greatly affected by the summer heat waves and urban heat silands due to the low coverage of green infrastructure and
From October 10-13, 2022, CENN and the NEA hosted I-CISK experts working in the field of hydrology. The purpose of the visit was to plan the development of a streamflow prediction system in the Alazani River basin. Within the framework
On September 28, in the wake of one of the most severe droughts in the Netherlands, I-CISK team hold a first meeting with Rijnland agricultural stakeholders, supported by Rijnland water-authority. This meeting was organized to get to know each other
“Drought in summer 2022”, courtesy of Emilia Romagna Region Late July 2022, during the worst drought ever, meeting with Stakeholders took place in Italian Living Lab for an open discussion in the frameworks of the ongoing extreme drought. The drought
The European project “Innovating Climate services through Integrating Scientific and local Knowledge” (I-CISK) recently held its general assembly in Münster. 52°North invited representatives from all partners across Europe to present their progress and to discuss open questions from the first
The first 6 months of 2022 have been quite challenging for water resources in Italy, progressively facing the worst drought season of the past decades, the Italian living lab has been setup and moved its first steps the Multi Actor
As part of our consortium, I-CISK is happy to welcome a pool of young researchers (PhDs) – Lotte Muller, Ricardo Biella, and Sumiran Rastogi who will be intricately linked with several core activities of the project and will be instrumental
In February 2022 members of the UCM and CREAF teams traveled to the region of Los Pedroches and to the Cazorla National Park, in south-central Spain to meet with some key stakeholders and launch the Andalucía Living Lab. The Andalucía
During the first months of 2022, I-CISK partners collaborated with decision-makers, stakeholders, and citizens in each Living Lab region, to learn from their experiences of using existing climate services, and how the I-CISK project can co-produce improved climate services that
I-CISK team members presented the project ambition at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, which was held at the end of May in Vienna, Austria. At the event, Micha Werner, the I-CISK project coordinator, held a presentation about the project
Memorandum of Understanding was signed between CENN and the National Environmental Agency (NEA) to work on climate services. The goal of the Memorandum is to expand and strengthen the existing cooperation between CENN’s I-CISK project and the NEA. Within
Climate change is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. To take climate smart decisions in the face of extreme events today and in the future, relevant and tailored climate information is needed. Climate science developed globally, however,