Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment – CIRCE

CIRCE aims at developing for the first time an integrated assessment of the climate change impacts in the Mediterranean area based on the contributions provided by a wide range of expertises from hard and social sciences.

The project objectives are firstly to predict and to quantify future climate change physical impacts, then to evaluate the associated social and economic implications for the societies and the populations located in the area. The third, and final aim of CIRCE is to identify appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies where expert opinions are supported by collaboration and involvement of regional stakeholders.

Project results will be incorporated in a decision support system tool and disseminated to the relevant users. The integrated results discussed by the project CIRCE will be presented in the first Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean area.