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SUSTAINABLE AND LOW ENERGY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FOR WARM CLIMATES (LIFE CELSIUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

...on is lagging in some countries. Many southern European countries have not taken sufficient measures to achieve good water status in their water bodies. In the countries of southern Europe with warm climates, and in non-EU countries with similar climates, conventional waste water treatment systems could be implemented and/or upgraded to tackle water pollution problems. However, these conventional ...
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Industrialised energy efficient retrofitting of resident buildings in cold climates (E2REBUILD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

The vision of E2ReBuild is to transform the retrofitting construction sector from the current craft and resource based construction towards an innovative, high-tech, energy efficient industrialised sector.E2ReBuild aims to- investigate, promote and demonstrate cost effective and advanced energy efficient retrofit strategies that create added value for existing apartment buildings and endorse end-u ...
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Opening New Markets for SMEs: Intelligent Ice Sensing and De-icing System to Improve Wind Turbine Efficiency in Cold Climates (WINDHEAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Technical limitations constrain the use of wind turbines (WT) in extreme (cold) climates. These arise in Northen (Scandinavia, Scotland) as well as high altitude (Switzerland, south Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria) regions in the EU. The main challenge is ice formation on the WT blades which significantly reduces their performance and can ultimately cause shutdown. Power losses related to i ...
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MOnitoring Crops in Continental Climates through Assimilation of Satellite INformation (MOCCCASIN)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

"Information on the outlook of yield and production of crops over large regions is essential for government services, food relief agencies, and international organizations monitoring the world food production and trade. In 2007, unbalances in the global production of agricultural commodities caused the marked prices of agricultural commodities to peak. Given this background the need for a global ...
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"Landscape connectivity for Cat species: transcending structures, scales and climates" (CONTRASST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...l scale(s) at which connectivity needs to be maintained to mitigate climate change effects on species. These issues are best addressed through comparative studies across a range of landscapes and climates, using umbrella species requiring large areas. Using lynx species in North America and Europe as models, this project will establish an integrative approach across scales to predict functional co ...
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HUMAN STATUES in CHANGİNG CLİMATES-İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİNDE İNSANDAN HEYKELLER

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Depending on the degradation of the natural balance between the elements for various reasons, our world has been the major changes in climate. Indeed, during the period until the present day period of human history began, that the earth covered with glaciers, glacial and inter-glacial period occurred in natural and human environment is affected greatly. Natural factors that are associated with the ...
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Integrated anaerobic system for wastewater reclamation at ambient temperature in European climates (LIFE SIAMEC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

... Objectives The LIFE SIAMEC project will demonstrate the anaerobic treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater at ambient temperature in European climates in order to obtain a technology that consumes less energy, produces less biomass and has a lower integrated footprint for wastewater reclamation. This technology will overcome the main drawba ...
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Evaporative Cooling Technologies for dry and humid climates (ECOOL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...nability and economic viability. As well as, the management team and the value propositionECOOL technologies comprise two novel (patent WO2015005791 A1) evaporative cooling systems: the RIDEC for dry climates and DEC for semi-humid and humid atmospheric conditions. The RIDEC and DEC systems can generate cooling energy as effective as than any commercial model of MVC, consuming 5-10 times less of e ...
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Past Interglacial Climates at Key Sites: Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity Reconstructions from the Northern North Atlantic during MIS 5e and MIS 11 (PICKS)

Start date: Feb 11, 2013, End date: Feb 10, 2015,

"The northern North Atlantic ocean represents a key region in the Quaternary climate system because changes in the intensity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) occurring here, finally determine glacial-interglacial global changes. The AMOC intensity is mainly conditioned by a combination of sea surface temperatures and salinities of the warm water inflow (the North Atlantic ...
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Tree range dynamics under changing climates: a new modelling framework for reconstructing the past and predicting the future (MOVINGTREES)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"Climate change is currently considered one of the main threats for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Despite intense research aimed at predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution and abundance of many species, we are still lacking a comprehensive framework for understanding and predicting species responses to climate changes. In this regard, one of the most promising research ...
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Bringing Local and Sustainable Produce Back to the City (InstaGreen)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...itical mass in B2B market, we can start a B2C offering. This strategy has been validated by Ogilvy & Mather. We will target big cities that have a strong food culture as well as those that are in climates that make it difficult to have fresh produce year round. As it is a food-on-demand-service, food is supplied on a subscription basis. The InstaGrow unit is leased 20€/mo, the GrowCartridges are s ...
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School of the Future – Towards Zero Emission with High Performance Indoor Environment (SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...ldings and their primary users pupils - the next generations - are in the focus of the project. Both, the energy and indoor environment performance of 4 demo buildings in 4 European countries and climates will be greatly improved due to holistic retrofit of the building envelope, the service systems, the integration of renewables and building management systems. The results and the accompanying re ...
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Vegetable oil initiative for a cleaner environment (VOICE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2006, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

...economical feasibility of extraction and direct use of vegetable oils (other than rape oil) in adapted technologies, transferring the know how from central European to southern European countries and climates. Encouraging the promotion of incentive measures by the local, regional and national authorities of Florence, Tuscany and Italy to stimulate the use of pure vegetable oil for clean transport ...
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Integrating Ecosystem Heterogeneity to Enhance ESM Performance (iEcoH)

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

...hemistry and ecosystem ecology to model developers and scientists internationally with the goal of creating synergies. The end goal of this action is to ultimately improve our ability to model future climates bringing our predicted climate scenarios closer to reality in order to better inform key policy.
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Vertebrate isotopes and the environment (VISE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

...he Palaeozoic will be evaluated. The results of this project will provide a critical and timely test of the use and limitations of vertebrate biogenic apatite proxies in the reconstruction of past climates. Our project will provide training to a promising Lithuanian researcher in experimental methods in isotope geochemistry within state of the art isotope laboratories and a unique integration of m ...
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Reuniting our geological heritage (Drifting Apart)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...Arctic Region.The geology of the Northern Periphery and Arctic provides a common link between diverse regions. Millions of years of moving continents, mountain building, volcanic activity, changing climates and sea levels, erosion and deposition have shaped our landscape. Not only does the resultant geodiversity help us understand the history of our Earth but it also profoundly shapes the world ar ...
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Un procédé innovant de traitements des effluents phytopharmaceutiques et de nouveaux usages pour les agriculteurs (LIFE-PHYTOBARRE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...e and maintain; and Develop a solution that efficiently reduces pollution risks from farms working with different crops and phytosanitary products, as well as in various geographic locations and climates. The project's solution will be implemented at three demonstration sites to test its efficiency for farmers. As well as working to ensure the technology’s ease of future uptake by farmers, p ...
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Achieving near Zero and Positive Energy Settlements in Europe using Advanced Energy Technology (ZERO-PLUS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

...et uptake, within its four-year scope, of the innovative solutions that will be developed. These solutions will be implemented in four different demonstration projects throughout the EU, with varying climates and building types. The results of their implementation will be monitored, analyzed and disseminated. A comprehensive market analysis and business plan will support the commercial exploitatio ...
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Restore desertified areas with an innovative tree growing method across the Mediterranean border to increase resilience. (LIFE The Green Link)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

...gning specific ecological interventions to respond to the demands of climate change adaptation through selection of indigenous and resilient species that will survive in the predicted bio-climates for 2050-2100; Integrating novel methodologies to measure biodiversity, soil carbon stock, soil loss and human well-being in the mid-term, while allowing assessment of climate change impact and resilien ...
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Restoring Active Blanket Bog in Ireland (Blanket bog)

Start date: Jul 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

... economic return on these marginal lands. Today Ireland's blanket peatlands constitute a vital resource that is recognised as a genetic reserve, an important wildlife habitat and a barometer of past climates and environments. Indeed, the peatlands in the west of the country are among the most important intact areas of active blanket bog to be found in Europe. Along with the peatlands of Caithness ...
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Human subsistence and climate change in European refugia: late Neanderthals and early modern humans (EUROREFUGIA)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

...ng competition or resource depletion could have caused Neanderthal populations to diminish.5. A comparison between two geographic regions that share a similar topographic relief but have different climates.
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Stress-Induced Plant Volatiles in Biosphere-Atmosphere System (Sip-Vol+)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...xtending “leaf economics spectrum”, a hotspot of current plant ecology research. The second part provides quantitative information on large-scale importance of plant VOCs in globally changing climates with major relevance for understanding the role of plants in the Earth’s large scale processes.
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ROADEX Network Implementing Accessibility 4.1 (ROADEX IV)

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

... 15 June 2010 and has been populated will all ROADEX materials to date. This website aims to be the one stop shop for all matters pertaining to the management of rural low volume roads in cold climates. The hits on the website is around 2 500 hits per month. See www.roadex.org The ROADEX Consultancy – the Consultancy has been established and is giving advice to the Partner organisations on a ran ...
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The end-Cretaceous extinction and Paleogene recovery of mammals: evolution during a period of intense environmental change (BRUS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

...time that witnessed a sudden mass extinction that killed off the dinosaurs and an ensuing recovery that vaulted mammals into a dominant role in terrestrial ecosystems during a time of fluctuating climates. This project aims to better understand the end-Cretaceous extinction and Paleogene recovery of mammals by integrating information from a wealth of new fossils, phylogenetic analyses that put the ...
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Modelling the response of biodiversity to environmental change (RANGESHIFT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

"Climate change is considered to be among the largest threats to biodiversity, and the primary response of the species to changes in regional climates is to shift their ranges.However, to date projections of species’ responses to changes in the environment are typically based merely on the species’ association with environmental conditions, and do not take account for either biotic interactions or ...
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Effects of Climate Change on Air Pollution Impacts and Response Strategies for European Ecosystems (ECLAIRE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

...ile high resolution studies will investigate how climate change alters local patterns of pollutant exposure and threshold exceedance.A network of European experiments for contrasting ecosystems and climates, combined with meta-analysis of unpublished datasets, will quantify how climate change alters ecosystem vulnerability to tropospheric O3 and N deposition, including interaction with increased C ...
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Leaderboat- resonance leadership as a way for social inclusion

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2015,

...t there is a strong link between a leader’s emotional maturity, exemplified by such capabilities as self-awareness and empathy, and his or her work. High levels of emotional intelligence create climates in which information sharing, trust, healthy risk-taking, and learning flourish. In our vision, in such environments, youngsters at risk of exclusion can find the guidance to face their fears and t ...
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Sustainable technologies and combined community approaches take off (STACCATO)

Start date: Nov 7, 2007, End date: Nov 6, 2012,

...rd renovation project. Thus, the energy performances will even be better than the requirements for new housing projects.The building envelopes will be improved drastically resulting in healthy indoor climates and low energy bills. The heat distribution based energy infrastructure will be modernised. All three cities will integrate large solar thermal systems in their energy supply. Additionally Am ...
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Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply (CC-WaterS)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

.... The joint actions to produce this technical system will be performed on a transnational level in the Alps, Danube Middle and Lower Plains and coastal areas representing different SEE-characteristic climates and topography. In CC-WaterS, SEE governmental bodies, water suppliers and research institutions work together and implement jointly developed solutions, hence to be applied on a regional or ...
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Solar thermal collectors with a ZERO electricity heat pump & energy storage for sustainable heating and cooling (SUNCOOL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Mar 1, 2016,

...ed temperature difference that allows for freezing temperatures (suitable even for retrofitting of existing buildings and new applications such as food cooling) and heating also in colder climates. The technology can be sold through existing market channels by trained installers.
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Water Harvesting for Rainfed Africa: investing in dryland agriculture for growth and resilience (WAHARA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...ts, research will concentrate on four geographically dispersed study sites in Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Zambia, covering diverse socio-economic conditions and a range from arid to sub-humid climates. The project emphasizes: i) participatory technology design, i.e. selecting and adapting technologies that have synergies with existing farming systems and that are preferred by local stakeho ...
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Minimize the water footprint of the impactful H2O waste in the cutting cycle of natural stone blocks (LIFE of water is man life)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...the new process aims to save water and to produce recyclable powders, as well as improving working conditions by reducing the amount of sprayed water and avoiding the creation of local micro-climates due to the high moisture content. Expected results: The main expected result of the project is to demonstrate the feasibility of extracting large blocks of stone and marble with a technique that dra ...
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An integrated strategy for the conservation and use of underutilized Latin American agrobiodiversity (LATINCROP)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

...cultivars and wild relatives, and associated traditional knowledge at the farm level, has a noticeable impact on food security of small hold farming communities and their ability to cope with adverse climates. LATINCROP will address the following themes: (A) Environmental - Conservation of agro-biodiversity, (B) Economic - Sustainable development of bio-economy, (C) Social - Improved food security ...
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Volunteers for European Employment (VERSO)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

... agreed to renovate the houses accordingly and pay for the work with money saved on energy, thereby also creating more jobs in the local area. The citizens mentioned advantages such as better indoor climates, lower energy costs and more local jobs. Middelfart Municipality is famous in Denmark for being the first to renovate 100 public buildings for "free". A private partner guarantees the energy ...
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Foresight of Evolving Security Threats Posed by Emerging Technologies (FESTOS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

...scanned. FESTOS will stimulate an ""out of the box"" anticipatory thinking and construct threat scenarios by analysing the impact of the identified threats on the background of envisioned “security climates” (societal context of security issues). The threat scenarios will be evaluated in terms of their levels of impact and uncertainty. In conjunction with each scenarios critical early-warning indi ...
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Diversity and beneficial properties of bacterial endophytes of arctic plants (ARCTIC ENDOPHYTES)

Start date: Mar 15, 2009, End date: Mar 14, 2011,

... and arctic microbiota has been recognized as an untapped resource for sustainable industrial, agricultural and pharmaceutical applications. Unfortunately, the research on microbial diversity in cold climates has not included endophytic bacteria of arctic plants. The diversity and role of endophytic bacteria in arcto-alpine ecosystems is virtually unknown, even though many important traits of arct ...
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Let´s get school outdoor

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...sons as well as learning through various outdoor and out-of-school activities. It is designed for three years. The first year deals with using Outdoor education in different seasons, countrysides and climates. The partners work on common activities, for example the sample book of naturel dyers, land-art, orienteering. The outcomes will be shared on the common blog. The partners will have the oppor ...
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Forecasting Societies Adaptive Capacities to Climate Change (FutureSoc)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

...y: Should the significant funds allocated for adaptation be invested in enhancing existing infrastructure or currently practiced agricultural strategies (some of which may not be tenable under future climates), or should they invest alternatively in enhancing human empowerment through education and health which in consequence will enable affected societies to better cope with whatever challenges t ...
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European Integrated Business Growth for Female Owned Enterprises

...e (e.g., access to finance and confidence issues) remain in place when they wish to grow. There is alarming evidence in the UK that women are being disproportionately affected by the current economic climates. In Bulgaria, currently there are no business growth programmes specifically tailored to female entrepreneurs. In N Italy, rural female owned businesses experience difficulties in accessing s ...
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Climbing the Asian Water Tower (CAT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

... the huge scale gap that exists between studies for individual glaciers that are not representative of the entire region and hydrological modelling studies that represent the variability in Himalayan climates. In CAT, I will bridge this knowledge gap and explain spatial differences in Himalayan glacio-hydrology at an unprecedented level of detail by combining high-altitude observations, the latest ...
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