Interview on Radio Afera about the TeRRIFICA project and the « MapujKlimat » tool

Radio Afera is a student radio, implemented by students and for students since 1991 at the Poznań University of Technology. On July 7th, 2020 after 6:00 p.m., Radio Afera hosted a live interview to Prof. Paweł Churski. During the interview, Prof. Churski explained the work carried out within the framework of the TeRRIFICA project in … Lire la suite

Climate Change Education should focus more on mitigation, adaptation, and climate justice

Climate Change Education initiatives in addition to looking at causes of climate change need to expand to focus more on mitigation and adaptation, and help students understand that mitigation is not only crucial for future generations but is also essential for current disadvantaged populations on whom climate change is having the biggest impact. These are … Lire la suite

Responding to Covid19: Building social, economic and environmental resilience with the European Green Deal

In response to the Covid19 pandemic, the Board of the EEAC Network hosted a meeting of council members, secretary-generals and directors of its member bodies to discuss the pandemic and what it will mean for the sustainable development and environmental agendas. There was a consensus that the pandemic reinforces the need to actively pursue an … Lire la suite

Launch of the TeRRIFICA Stakeholder Mapping Report

With our network partners in six regions of Europe, the TeRRIFICA project has published the TeRRIFICA Stakeholder Mapping Report. TeRRIFICA – standing for Territorial Responsible Research and Innovation Fostering Innovative Climate Action – is a European project aiming at developing innovative climate action through stakeholder engagement and co-creation.Climate change is a raising issue in the … Lire la suite

Collaborative efforts to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change – launch of the TeRRIFICA Crowdmapping tool!

Jointly co-creating climate friendly regions! “Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. Mitigating its impacts and adapting to changes already taking place or impossible to avoid will require fundamental changes to societies and behaviours all over the world – as well as scientific breakthroughs, both technological and social” (Climate Change Adaptation – Directorate-General … Lire la suite

TeRRIFICA represented on GAP Seminar – Scientific Seminar of Faculty of Public Economy and Administration in Cracow (17-19 January, 2020)

On January 17-19, 2020, the 50th GAP Seminar was organized in City of Zakopane by the Faculty of Public Economy and Administration at the Cracow University of Economics.  The TeRRIFICA Project Team was represented by prof. Paweł Churski (AMU). In the Discussion Panel: Climate crisis and economics: how much is the future worth? participated i.e. … Lire la suite

The Infinite Learning Chain. Flipped Professional Labs for Learning and Knowledge Co-Creation

This article has a special mention to the TeRRIFICA project. Glad to see TeRRIFICA as a reference point in academia! [Source: Published Online: 2019-11-08 – DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/edu-2019-0011] Nowadays universities and other classical research institutions are changing their role in knowledge creation. In general terms we can characterize this transition as the path from “Closed Science” … Lire la suite

Implementing climate change action: A toolkit for Caribbean civil society organisations

This toolkit it an output of the « Climate ACTT: Action by Civil Society in Trinidad and Tobago to build resilience to climate change » project, which was implemented by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) in collaboration with Conservational International (CI) and BHP Billiton Trinidad and Tobago from August 2015 to January 2017 The Climate ACTT … Lire la suite

Fellowships for Activists & Investigative Journalists

Applications open on December 10, 2019 – International Human Rights Day – and close on February 10, 2020. The Bertha Foundation has launched the second Bertha Challenge: an opportunity for activists and investigative journalists to spend a year deep-diving into one pressing social justice challenge. Successful applicants will receive non-residential paid fellowships and project budgets to work independently and … Lire la suite

TeRRIFICA at the International Geographical Union Conference (IGU) on Natural Disasters, Marginalized Regions and Labor Migration in Nepal

On December 8-10, 2019, the International Geographical Union Conference (IGU) on Natural Disasters, Marginalized Regions and Labor Migration Urban Policy Congress took place in Kathmandu (Nepal). Paweł Churski, member of the TeRRIFICA project team, took part in the event. « Contemporary climate change forces us to act. Our passivity increases the degree of danger and irreversible … Lire la suite