How the Foresight-on-Demand team supported the Mission Board on Climate Change Adaptation incl. Societal Transformation

This foresight project was set up and implemented to support the Mission Board for “Adaptation to Climate Change including Societal Transformation” with forward-looking evidence. The project was initated in response to the European Commission's Request for Service for a Specific Contract under the Framework Contract Foresight on Demand 2018/RTD/A2/OP/PP-07001-2018-Lot 1.

The major activities comprised preparing and conducting a foresight workshop with key experts to map drivers/trends of climate change and barriers to adaptation, and a real-time online Delphi study involving more than 300 experts on the key systems social infrastructures, health, water, agriculture and food, and ecosystems.

Team:

• DI Dietmar Lampert (project leader)
• Mag. Manfred Spiesberger (project leader)

Section: Research Policy & Development

Funding institutions and customers:

• European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

• Austrian Institute of Technology
• Istituto di Studi per l'Integrazione dei Sistemi (ISINNOVA)

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Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, foresight, health, missions, participation, water