Climate Change and Impact Research: The Mediterranean Environment (CIRCE)
Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment (CIRCE) was an Integrated Project, funded under the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme from 2007-2011. CIRCE involved more than 60 partners in the Mediterranean region (including Europe, North Africa and the Middle East). CIRCE developed climate projections and impact assessments (including physical and social impacts) in the Mediterranean area.
Objectives:
- – to predict and to quantify physical impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean area;
- – to evaluate the consequences of climate change for the society and the economy of the populations located in the Mediterranean area;
- – to develop an integrated approach to understand combined effects of climate change;
- – to identify adaptation and mitigation strategies in collaboration with regional stakeholders
More detailed assessments are included in the Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean (RACCM) report (to be published by Springer in 2013)
CIRCE Foundation Papers
CIRCE Foundation Paper – Part I Introduction
CIRCE Foundation Paper – Part II Key Concepts
CIRCE Foundation Paper – Part III Socio-Institutional Learning
CIRCE Foundation Paper – Part IV Principles
CIRCE Foundation Paper – Part V Prototypes
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