Projects
Solidarity in climate change adaptation policies: towards more socio-spatial justice in the face of multiple risks (SOLARIS). University of Antwerp
ACcurate Temperature REconstructions and climate change mapping in tree rings of Ancient bristlecone pines, the Longest-living trees in the world [ACTREAL] Ghent University
Climate change will have a destabilizing impact on society in the coming decades and therefore reliable climate change predictions are of utmost importance. Reconstructions of climate, that extend instrumental records to pre-industrial times, are key for the development of reliable climate models. Climate reconstructions using ancient tree rings as a climate proxy can address this issue. We will create a temperature reconstruction extending ...
Framing Climate Change Negotiations in Chinese News Media KU Leuven
Climate change is a pressing ‘wicked problem’ of our time. Given today’s controversies surrounding climate change, communication is part of problems as well as solutions. As a leading emerging economy and the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, China has been exerting growing influence on the area of global climate governance. Understanding how climate change is portrayed by Chinese media and how actors participate in the media ...
Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks (IRISCC). University of Antwerp
Assessing the sensitivity of forest plant populations to climate change using microclimate modeling and landscape genomics KU Leuven
Climate change has been identified as one of the most important human-induced global drivers of biodiversity loss. Moreover, climate models predict increases in frequency, intensity, and duration of climate-related disturbances in the next few decades. One of the main consequences of climate change is that temperature isoclines move towards the poles with unprecedented speed, driving species out of parts of their current distribution range. ...
PROTECT - Quantifying microbial food safety risks due to climate change KU Leuven
Climate change is the defining issue of our time with multiple effects on the food system. Food safety is both directly and indirectly affected by climate and climate change. This project aims to develop a quantitative framework to assess the effects of climate change on microbial food safety. The dairy sector in Belgium and Malta is considered as a case study. This project will deliver a framework to obtain appropriate climate projections to ...
Are terrestrial carbon cycle responses to climate change governed by soil properties and microbial symbionts? University of Antwerp
Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks Hasselt University
Global climate change hotspots in terms of multi-risk assessment of hydro-climatic hazards KU Leuven
The natural hazards can have devastating consequences on the society in terms of human health and mortality and also on the ecosystem and the economy. In the last decade, five billion people have been affected by natural disasters resulting in approximately $1 trillion of economic losses around the world. The hydro-climatic natural hazards are becoming more dangerous as a result of climate change and as population and infrastructure continue ...