Summary of the TeRRIFICA Summer School in Poznan (Poland) “National Summer School Szkoła Letnia TeRRIFICA” #NaszKlimat2030

On May 6-7, 2021, the first part of the TeRRIFICA #OurClimateFuture2030 Summer School in the pilot region of Poznan took place as part of the Planner’s Days: Environment-Climate-Space organized by the Academic Scientific Circle of Spatial Management. On the first day of the meeting, students and doctoral students from all over Poland had the opportunity … Read more

“TeRRIFICA: The Belarusian Experience” featured at the “Tackling Climate Action at the Local Level: Education for Sustainable Development Projects”

A new publication from the Education for Sustainable Development Project at UNU-IAS was launched in April 27th 2021, featuring a number of outstanding climate education projects from Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs). It features the contribution “Territorial Responsible Research and Innovation Fostering Innovative Climate Action: The Belarusian Experience” within the … Read more

“Effective Community-Academic Partnerships on Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation: Results of a European Delphi Study”

The TeRRIFICA partners at Vechta University, Marco Rieckmann, Hannah Hoff, and Karin Bokop, have published the article at the “Sustainability and Climate Change. Apr 2021”, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to sustainability, sustainable development, and climate change. The article is based on the Dephi study “Effective practices in community-academia research partnerships on climate change adaptation and … Read more

Co-creation and climate change activities in Brittany, Pays de la Loire and Normandy

Sciences Citoyennes leads the pilot region in France, (i.e three French administrative regions: Brittany, Pays de la Loire & Normandy). Based on information on co-creation and climate change activities and frameworks in the pilot regions collected at the beginning of the TeRRIFICA project, Sciences Citoyennes continued in 2020 to implement a co-production of knowledge process … Read more

Round table “Adaptation to Climate Change in Belarus: Practices of Public Engagement”

The round table “Adaptation to Climate Change in Belarus: Practices of Public Involvement” was held on March 26, 2021 at the Belarusian State University within the international conference “Geographical Studies in Belarus in XX – XXI Centuries”; the round table was moderated by PhD. Alexei YAROTOV, associate professor at Belarusian State University. The roundtable was … Read more

Advisory councils sent letter to EU co-legislators to share views on added value of European Climate Change Council

In the context of the ongoing negotiations on the EU climate law, governmental and parliamentarian advisory councils have been following the debate on the establishment of a Climate Change Council at the European level. Following these negotiations, the advisory councils sent a letter to the European Council, The Portuguese Minister on the Environment, The European Commission’s EVP … Read more

AMU supports the development of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan of the Poznań Metropolis

Adam Mickiewicz University has entered into an agreement with the Poznań Metropolis Association on multiple cooperation in the scientific research concerning priority issues related to the planning and implementation of development policy within the communes of the Poznań Metropolis Association. Adam Mickiewicz University has entered into an agreement with the Poznań Metropolis Association on multiple … Read more

Sis.net publishes “Success story: TeRRIFICA – innovative climate action through territorial RRI”

The latest SiS.net success story is an interview with Norbert Steinhaus, the coordinator of the TeRRIFICA project, which aims to raise awareness of Responsible Research and Innovation and to convey that responsibility means finding solutions together when it comes to climate issues. In an interview with Norbert Steinhaus, SiS.net learned about the valuable work done … Read more

Building a Climate-Resilient Future – A new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change

The European Commission adopted today a new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, setting out the pathway to prepare for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. [Originally published 2021-02-24 European Commission:https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_663 While the EU does everything within its power to mitigate climate change, domestically and internationally, we must also get ready to face its … Read more

Polish Radio Four: Climate change on your smartphone? Engage in observing them

On February 11, professor Paweł Churski from the Polish team TeRRIFICA (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) gave an interview to the fourth program of Polish Radio. In an interview, he talked about the TeRRIFICA project and the MapujKlimat campaign. The collected data will be used to create a climate change adaptation plan for the Poznań … Read more