The EU is committed to transforming 150 European regions into sustainable and climate-resilient territories by 2030.

In line with this goal, the VALORADA project, funded by EU Horizon and coordinated by the GERICS Climate Service Center of Hemholtz-Zentrum Hereon, seeks to tap into the underutilised potential of existing data for effective climate change adaptation.

The project is developing FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) and customizable data-manipulation tools. These tools are designed to integrate climate datasets with locally-sourced socioeconomic, demographic, and Earth-Observation data, enhancing the ability to assess climate risks. The tools ensure the interoperability of various data types, aligning geographical and temporal references to facilitate the calculation of climate risk indicators.

Since 2023, the project and its regional partners have been collaboratively developing climate impact chains and risk narratives, which now underpin the ongoing creation of risk indicators. These indicators are being incorporated into sophisticated data tools and catalogues developed, aiding data-driven decision-making.

The project will enable the integration of diverse datasets that merge local knowledge with climate and non-climate datasets through co-developed data manipulation tools and climate data in five European regions: the Region of Central Greece, Gabrovo and Burgas Municipalities in Bulgaria, Molise Region in Italy, the Region of Occitanie in France, and the Cities of Prerov and Mladá Boleslav in Czechia.

Please contact Kimberly Tatum for more information about the project.