Accelerating Cuts in Greenhouse Gases (RESPONSES)

Overview

The RESPONSES project is an initiative to identify a variety of strategies to minimize the threats from climate  change. The research is being conducted by a consortium of seven European research institutes and two contributing institutes from China and India.

IIASA Research

Researchers from IIASA’s Risk, Policy and Vulnerability program are leading the project’s water and agricultural investigations by conducting a case study in Poland’s Upper Warta river basin. The challenge of the river basin, an area facing increasing risks from climate-related floods and droughts, is developing policies that lessen those risks while integrating the sometimes contradictory concerns of other sectors, such as environmental protection versus economic development. The Upper Warta study includes a baseline assessment of current European, Polish and local policies, a vulnerability analysis that examines the effects on water and agriculture of policies that cut carbon emissions, and finally an appraisal of options for future policies.

IIASA researchers are also involved in a case study appraising the synergies and conflicts between European renewable energy plans and the funding for renewable energy development as part of the European Union Solidarity Fund.

Last edited: 12 June 2012