Climate Research and Applications - Projects

Recent and ongoing Projects of the Group

EU FP 7

  • EWENT Aims at assessing the impacts and consequences of extreme weather events on EU transport system
  • FUME Examines forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe

EU Life+

  • VACCIA, Vulnerability Assessment of ecosystem services for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
  • Climate Guide, Climate change information dissemination portal

National funding

  • ACCLIM, The changing climate in Finland: estimates for adaptation studies. The main outcomes of the ACCLIM project include; (i) return periods of extreme weather events based on observations at twelve weather stations, (ii) climate scenarios and probabilistic estimates of changes in climate over Finland based on an analysis of global and regional climate model simulations, (iii) guidance in the use of climate information in climate change impacts and adaptation research.
  • EXWE, Extreme weather and nuclear power plants. The overall objective of the research is to produce a comprehensive study about the frequency, intensity, spatial and temporal variation and the impacts of the extreme weather and sea level events that are relevant from the point of safety of nuclear power plants, as well as clarify the influence of climate change on these.
  • Climate projections in the scale of 300 to 100.000 years to be used in design of the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The study utilizes both paleoclimatological records and climate model simulations.
  • FRAME Future envelope assemblies and HVAC solutions. One aim was to produce Up-to-date weather data for building energy calculations representing typical weather conditions in Finland in the current climate and in the anticipated future climate

Participation to international consulting

  • Water and Adaptation Interventions in Central and West Asia, our task in the project is to provide climate data and climate scenarios for the Central Asian countries to be used in hydrological modelling
  • Strengthening the resilience of people living in urban and semi-urban areas to weather-related disasters in Malawi and Mozambique
  • Adaptation to climate change, A review of activities in Mozambique and Zambia
     

 

29.11.2011