TRANSrisk
Project name: | TRANSrisk - Transitions pathways and risk analysis for climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies |
Project leader: | Karl Steininger (Teilprojektleitung Uni Graz) |
Project team: | Gabriel Bachner, Birgit Bednar-Friedl, Jakob Mayer, Andreas Türk, Brigitte Wolkinger |
Partners: | Science Techn. Policy Research, University of Sussex – SPRU; Basque Centre for Climate Change - BC3; Cambridge Econometrics – CE; Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands – ECN; Swiss Fed. Institute of Techn. (funded by Swiss Gov’t) - ETH Zurich; Institute for Structural Research – IBS; Joint Implementation Network – JIN; National Technical University of Athens – NTUA; Stockholm Environment Institute – SEI; University of Piraeus Research Centre – UPRC Pontifical Catholic University of Chile - CLAPESUC |
Sponsor: | EU Horizon 2020 |
Duration: | Sep. 2015 – Aug. 2018 |
TRANSrisk, aims to understand the costs, level of public acceptance, and the risks, uncertainties and co-effects associated with different mitigation pathways and low-carbon technologies. In order to help policymakers manage uncertainties TRANSrisk will gather data via 15 case studies from the EU and other regions, and employ a variety of different models to explore scenarios and pathways. TRANSrisk will also engage a wide range of stakeholders to help develop credible transition pathways, thus integrating quantitative and qualitative analysis in a unique and innovative way.
The TRANSrisk objectives are to:
- create an innovative assessment framework for analysing the risks and uncertainties, as well as costs and benefits, of low carbon transition pathways;
- engage with policy makers to embed consideration of risk and uncertainty at the heart of policy design;
- establish an assessment framework that brings together quantitative models and qualitative approaches, focusing on participatory consultations with stakeholders as a link between the approaches;
- design decision support tools to help policymakers better understand uncertainties and risks, therefore supporting robust policy design.
TRANSrisk expected results are:
- enhanced support for technological, institutional and socio-economic “climate-action” innovation;
- reduced uncertainties in the assessment of costs, benefits and economic values of mitigation options;
- support for the EU and global climate policy goals;
- scientific underpinning for implementation of the EU’s “Roadmap for moving to a low - carbon economy in 2050”