KlimaKonform II

Climate adaptation presents municipalities with growing challenges. Extreme heat, heavy rainfall, and flooding threaten built infrastructure and the functioning of municipal systems. At the same time, adaptation measures must be designed to remain economically viable at a regional level and transferable to other areas. In its second funding phase, KlimaKonform II addresses this complexity by deepening the approaches established in Phase I and further developing them into practical and scalable methods.

The interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary joint project KlimaKonform II aims to enable municipalities in low-mountain regions to independently, practically, and comprehensively implement climate adaptation processes. To this end, customized approaches – from climate-based data and participatory real-world labs to robust simulation models and digital decision-making tools – are developed, tested, and made transferable.

Within this framework, the subproject at the IOER aims to enhance and improve the applicability of model-based analyses of building adaptation and regional economic evaluation. In addition, participatory system modelling will support local decision-making processes. The project results are intended to better anchor climate adaptation in practice and make its positive effects transparent.

The project uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods:

Participatory system modelling (PSM): Real-world labs with local stakeholders identify cause-and-effect relationships, and causal loop diagrams are co-developed.

Building simulations and field measurements: The heat and flood risks for typical school buildings are investigated through modelling, and the effectiveness of structural adaptation measures is assessed using representative case studies.

Regional economic model: The existing multisectoral general equilibrium model is extended to additional regions and developed into a user-friendly online tool that enables the evaluation of the costs and benefits of climate adaptation.

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Pennekamp, S., Falkenburg, V., Furkert, M., Mertens, M., Korzhenevych, A., Alimov, N., 2024. Daten für die Umsetzung des Bundesraumordnungsplans für den Hochwasserschutz. ARL. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.10941130