Welcome to the ADAPT2CLIMA decision support tool

The aim of the ADAPT2CLIMA Decision Support tool is to enhance understanding of climate change and its impacts on agriculture in order to support farmers, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders (agronomists, agribusiness industry, etc.) in adaptation planning.

The impacts of climate change on crop performance, water availability and on the agricultural sector in general are presented through interactive visualization maps and graphs by means of the ADAPT2CLIMA tool. What is more, the tool may be used for exploring the available adaptation options for addressing climate change impacts and their efficiency in increasing the resilience of agriculture.

The main climate change scenarios examined refer to the average climatic conditions expected for the period 2031-2060 under RCP4.5 and 8.5 and therefore, the tool may serve for long-term adaptation planning. Additionally, extreme climatic scenarios (dry, wet, hot, cold) under RCP8.5 are examined in order for the tool to be used for short-term adaptation planning by farmers, in case such extreme climatic conditions occur in the near future.

The main results of the impact assessment are summarized and described in the website of the LIFE ADAPT2CLIMA project and may be assessed directly through this link.

The tool is currently applied in Cyprus, Crete (Greece) and Sicily (Italy) but it may be used by everyone wishing to develop a regional adaptation strategy for the agricultural sector of Italy, Greece and Cyprus, through the “apply the tool to your area” feature.

The tool has been developed in the framework of the project LIFE ADAPT2CLIMA “Adaptation to Climate change Impacts on the Mediterranean islands’ Agriculture” which is co-financed by the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Action (2014-2020).

Impacts & Adaptation

In this section you can discover useful information on the magnitude of climate change impacts for each crop under study (barley, wheat, grape, olive, potato and tomato) for the Mediterranean islands of Crete, Sicily and Cyprus, as well as assess the potential for enhancing their resilience through the implementation of selected adaptation measures.

Background information

In this section you can discover the crop and socio-economic indicators, as well as the selected adaptation measures used for the impact and adaptation assessment of agriculture to climate change (see left). Moreover, you can delve into complementary climatic and hydrologic indicators relevant to agriculture and climate change.

Explore current and future projections of climatic indices relevant to agriculture, based on state-of-the-art Regional Climate Models (RCMs) for the three islands and pilot areas under study.
Explore the future hydrological conditions related to agriculture for Crete, Cyprus and Sicily, based on the RCMs' output.
Explore crop performances under different climate scenarios for different sowing seasons and precocity levels.
Explore socio-economic indicators used in the climate change impact assessment of the agricultural sector.
Explore the adaptation measures available for addressing climate change impacts on crops and their evaluation against several adaptation related criteria.

Apply the tool to your area

The ADAPT2CLIMA tool may be used by everyone wishing to develop a regional adaptation strategy for the agricultural sector of Italy, Greece and Cyprus. In particular, the minimum data required for conducting a climate change impact assessment refer to the expected crop yield change (%) and the cultivated area at municipal level, as well as some economic data related to the examined crops.

Following the data are assessed based on the overall impact assessment methodology described here and the relevant results are presented in the form of maps and tables. The results may be downloaded for further processing or for inclusion in the adaptation strategy.

Based on the results of the assessment, the competent authorities may decide on the specific areas and crops where adaptation measures should be implemented. For the evaluation of adaptation measures, the results of the multicriteria analysis (MCA) may be used (see here).

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