CliC: Project Details Back Projekt Print View Climate Collaboratorium: Co-creation of Applied Theatre Decision Labs for Exploring Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Funded by

DFG (Link)

Duration

2024 - 2027

Press release for start of project

At News Portal of TU Dresden

Project description

The advancing global climate change is accompanied by considerable problems for drinking and industrial water safety. The consequences for individual regions vary greatly. In addition, droughts and flood events are increasing significantly, but their actual occurrence is difficult to predict. According to current research, it is unclear what consequences this will have for society, especially local citizens and their long-term security of supply. However, it is undisputed that regional solutions for water security must be developed.

An international research team led by Canadian scientists Prof. Lori Bradford and Prof. Graham Strickert from the University of Saskatchewan is now tackling this task. Researchers from TU Dresden and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig (UFZ) are also involved in the project on climate adaptation and water security. The "Climate Collaboratory: Joint Development of Applied Theater Decision Labs for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Research" project, with a budget of around two million euros, is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the USA, the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) in Canada and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) in the UK. The DFG is providing around 500,000 euros for the German research team.

It is crucial that the ideas for solutions to water security and climate adaptation are not developed by individual scientists alone, but that the local population is actively involved in the process. "The involvement of local citizens is the key to developing sustainable solutions. Together, we can create realistic and relevant approaches to water security," explains Prof. Sina Leipold from the Department of Environmental Policy at the UFZ. A combination of natural and social science findings as well as theater methods will lay the foundation for success.

Together with Prof. Andreas Hartmann from the Institute of Groundwater Management at TU Dresden, Prof. Leipold is leading the German team, which is focusing on the Sorbian community of Rietschen in the district of Görlitz. The project is being carried out in collaboration with Mayor Ralf Brehmer, the local residents, Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG) and the lower water authority in Görlitz. Prof. Sina Leipold is covering the social science and theater issues: "The theater methods help people to better understand climate problems and contribute their own experiences," she explains. Prof. Hartmann from the TUD is responsible for the water management simulations and projections using a groundwater model. His expertise in modeling groundwater resources helps to develop realistic scenarios for water availability and demand. "These simulations are crucial to assess the impact of climate adaptation measures on groundwater availability and provide informed recommendations to local communities," he explains.

The project is scheduled to start in October 2024. It is planned to run for three years. The data on water management scenarios collected during the project will then be analyzed and translated into various models for climate adaptation and water security in order to test their feasibility. "The water management simulations help us to provide local communities with realistic scenarios for their future water supply and to develop practicable options for action together with the citizens," Prof. Andreas Hartmann is convinced

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Hartmann

Professorship Groundwater Systems

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