Duration
36 months from 01/01/2009 to 01/12/2011
36 months from 01/01/2009 to 01/12/2011
Website:
http://www.lifetrust.it/cms/
http://www.lifetrust.it/cms/
General aims
- Development of adaptation strategies for the ground water of the Veneto and Friuli regions
- Development of innovative actions to arrest the slow but also progressive decline of the level of ground water in Veneto and Friuli regions
- The transfer of competencies to all the members of the consortium
- The creation of a group of stakeholders for the management of water in Friuli and Veneto regions
- to increase the knowledge of the effects of climate change on ground waters
CMCC Role
CMCC will be involved in climate modelling, by creating scenarios for the 20th and 21st century in the Mediterranean region. CMCC also collaborates for the evaluation of climate change impacts on ground water, by using the analysis of Regional Risk.
Activity
- Set-up of the conceptual framework and creation of the stakeholder group
- Acquisition and evaluation of the available data for the area of study
- Remote sensing and GIS for the mapping of the use of the soil and for the deficit evaluation for the irrigation water due to climate change
- Climate change scenarios
- Impacts of climate change on the future demand and on the water-bearing filling
- Instruments for the water balance
- Evaluation of objectives and measures for the artificial water-bearing filling and analysis of the costs-benefits
- Capacity building
- Dissemination
- Management and coordination
Partners
- Alto Adriatico RbA - Autorità di Bacino dei fiumi dell'alto adriatico