Projects
FORBIO CLIMATE: Adaptation potential of biodiverse forests in the face of climate change Ghent University
FORBIO CLIMATE FORBIO CLIMATE: Adaptation potential of biodiverse forests in the face of climate change Fed. Wet. Beleid BR/132/A1
Climate change is expected to have a large impact on the distribution, composition and functioning of forest ecosystems
worldwide due to the limited migration and adaptation potential of trees. Creating resistant and resilient forests is thus a
key challenge for forest management. It has ...
Future climate extremes based on high-resolution climate modeling to support climate services over Belgium KU Leuven
Provision of climate services and adaptation planning are high priorities for Belgium in the coming decade.
It is therefore key to provide the envelope within which the climate is likely to evolve in Belgium at
different global warming levels. This envelope is determined by uncertainties related to changes in synoptic
scale circulation, which are already accounted for in existing datasets from global climate model and ...
Coherent integration of climate projections into climate adaptation planning tools for Belgium. KU Leuven
A valorisation of the CORDEX.be project results is proposed by integrating the climate model projections into existing online tools for climate adaptation. More specifically, based on the needs of the stakeholders, the aim is to first decide with the consortium an a best methodology to represent the climate change results from the high-resolution (RCM) CORDEX.be projections. Maps and data will then be produced that serve as direct input for ...
Advancing Regional climate modeling to High resolution with Worldwide Applications - ARCHWAy Ghent University
Climate change affects the spatial and temporal characteristics of rainfall globally, for instance through an intensification of the water cycle in the tropics and a drying of the subtropics. Locally, however, these changes may vary depending on the local environments and land-atmosphere interactions. Regional climate models are the main tools to investigate the climate in local environments and understand underlying physical processes. ...
Climate Impact on Built Heritage (CLIMPACTH). University of Antwerp
Solidarity in climate change adaptation policies: towards more socio-spatial justice in the face of multiple risks (SOLARIS). University of Antwerp
FOrest cold and URban heat island effects on Climate Adaptation of biodiversity at different Spatial and Temporal scales - FOURCAST Ghent University
Climate change is expected to have profound amplified impacts on densely populated and urbanised regions such as Belgium. With this project we aim to combine advanced high resolution climate modeling with past long term (100 yrs), medium term (25 yrs) and contemporary changes in species composition and functional characteristics of plants and animals. First, a tool will be developed to produce high-resolution historical climate data for any ...