Our Research

The "Climate change IMpacts and ADAPTATION (CLIMADAPT)" group consists of Dr. Giannakopoulos, Research Director at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) accompanied by a number of Post-doctoral researchers, Ph.D. students, informatics experts and technical staff. Physicists, climatologists, environmentalists, environmental engineers, and informatics experts are contacting world class research and services within the strategic priorities set by the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD) of NOA in response to the current and future environmental challenges due to climate change for a sustainable future.

The CLIMADAPT group focuses on studies of the past, current and future climate trends and extremes, on the assessment of the environmental and social impacts of climate change and on adaptation and mitigation measures. We are involved in numerous research projects that have required extensive collaboration with several academic and research bodies in Greece and abroad, and we have steadily established strong links with the public and private sector and administrative authorities.

The research activities of CLIMADAPT concern a) Tools and methodologies to analyse data from meteorological stations and/or climate models using climate indicators to represent both mean, extremes and trends. b) Quantitative assessment of climate change impacts on several sectors e.g tourism, agriculture, health, forest fires, energy demand for the prelocal scales tailored for stakeholder/policy maker needs , including contribution in developing online web-tools for future climate change adaptation policies. ent and future periods (by 2100) based on regional to climate models projections, observations and statistical impact models. c) Production of detailed climate information for several sectors (such as agriculture and forest fires) at regional to local scales tailored for stakeholder/policy maker needs , including contribution in developing online web-tools for future climate change adaptation policies.

Climate Models - Climate data

Climate models are computer programs that simulate weather patterns over time and can estimate the Earth's average patterns - the climate - under different conditions(stimulating natural climate processes and reproduce atmospheric and oceanic conditions)

Climate Services

Group activities are targeted towards :

• Future mapping projections up to 2100 of climate change focusing on mean and extremes using various regional climate models and greenhouse gases scenarios.
• Regional climate model data provision for several greenhouse gases scenarios for specific case study regions in Greece and Mediterranean region upon request.
• Climate change impact indicators relevant to agriculture such as changes in the number of frost nights and length of growing season.
• Climate change impact indicators relevance to energy demand such as changes in the cooling or heating demands.
• Climate change impact indicators relevant to population health such as changes in discomfort associated with heat and humidity.
• Climate change impact indicators relevant to the tourism sector such as changes in the tourist comfort potential or the length of the tourism season.
• Climate change impact indicators relevant to forest fires such as changes in fire risk or fire season length.
• Tailored made products for stakeholders and policy makers such as the user-friendly Google-maps application (OIKOSKOPIO) constructed by NOA and WWF for the needs of forest fire planners and policymakers.
• Develop online web-tools to support decision making for climate change adaptation to various sectors (eg agriculture, urban environment (ADAPT2CLIMA tool, URBANPROOF toolkit), etc.
• Develop monitoring indices based on qualitative and quantitative data aimed to create an effective mechanism to monitor, evaluate and update climate change actions and policies at national level. (LIFE IP ADAPTinGR https://www.adaptivegreece.gr/en-us/)