The aim of the ECONADAPT project, funded by the EC DG Research and undertaken by a pan-European consortium led by the University of Bath, is to provide user-orientated methodologies and evidence relating to economic appraisal criteria to inform the choice of climate change adaptation actions using analysis that incorporates cross-scale governance under conditions of uncertainty.
Donor
EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7)
Project duration
2013 – 2016
Coordinator of the project in CUEC
Mgr. Milan Ščasný, Ph.D.
Project description
The aim of the ECONADAPT project, funded by the EC DG Research and undertaken by a pan-European consortium led by the University of Bath, is to provide user-orientated methodologies and evidence relating to economic appraisal criteria to inform the choice of climate change adaptation actions using analysis that incorporates cross-scale governance under conditions of uncertainty. A critical theme of the proposal is therefore to support the application of adaptation economics in the period following the publication of the EU’s 2013 Adaptation Strategy, focusing on key decision areas that need enhanced economic information, and on the key users of such information.
Key decision areas include: management of extreme weather events modified by climate change that have high impact costs in the short term; appraisal of projects where the costs of climate risks are borne over long time periods; appraisal of flows of large-scale EU funds where the case for climate resilience needs to be made; macro-economic effects of climate change risks and adaptation strategies at Member State and EU levels, and; appraisal of overseas development assistance aimed at reducing the damage costs of climate risks in less developed countries.
Environment Center is involved in two tasks. As a part of Work package 2, individual preferences for adaptive measures and actions will be examined in three EU countries. A special attention will be paid to preferences for adaptive measures implemented in flood risk area. In WP6, a case study is conducted to analyse costs and benefits of adaptation and flood risk averting measures in the Czech Republic.
http://econadapt.eu/
Research team
Milan Ščasný
Iva Zvěřinová
Jan Melichar
Kateřina Kaprová
Zuzana Martínková
Project outputs
