Projects
Strengthen IUNG’s proficiency on “Managing the Production of Food and feedstuff, their safety and quality under global Climatic Change” Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
This project is about the European collaboration that supports the Polish research institute IUNG (Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland). ILVO is a partner in this FP7-REGPOT project (website http://proficiency-fp7.eu/). ILVO’s role is to coach IUNG researchers, together with a panel of other European research institutions. ...
Climate change and the legitimacy challenge. An empirical investigation into the threat of climate change to perceived democratic legitimacy and potential procedural solutions. KU Leuven
Climate change poses a challenge for democratic governance: On the one hand, it is essential to get citizens on board with transformative policy decisions to deal with climate change. On the other hand, citizens might start to question the legitimacy of democratic institutions and demand new types of governance if they feel that existing institutions cannot adequately protect them from the consequences of climate change. This presents a ...
Who sponsors climate change? An investigation into the representation and reception of climate change in news media. University of Antwerp
Climate & Biodiversity Initiative: Climate change Adaptation & Mitigation with BIOdiverse forest plantations (CAMBIO) Ghent University
This project studies how afforestation may form a major nature-based solution for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Building on a global network of forest biodiversity experiments (TreeDivNet), it will determine which tree species associations sequester more carbon, while coping with climate variability such as droughts.
Impact of climate change and climate extremes on the Agriculture and Forestry in the Europe-Russia-Turkey Region Ghent University
The ongoing climate change has widespread and consequential impacts all over the world including increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate and weather events. Despite positive impacts in some regions of Europe, Russia and Turkey, future warming will create multiple risks for natural and economic systems, in particular for agriculture and forestry sectors. Decision-makers and stakeholders are interested in a comprehensive, ...
Towards a high temporal and spatial climate resolution to asses hygrothermal building degradation risks for climate change in Europe Ghent University
The ongoing climate change has widespread and consequential impacts all over the world including increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate and weather events. There is an urgent need to understand environmental risks (e.g. freeze-thaw, wood decay, mold growth, corrosion) that determine the service life of building materials. However, fundamental knowledge gaps prevent this analysis from being carried out. Firstly, there exists an ...
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 ...