Interoperable Tools and Governance for Disaster Risk Management
DIsaster Resilience for Extreme ClimaTe Events providing interoperable Data, models, communication and governance
The recent droughts and unprecedented floods in central Europe have disclosed our vulnerability to extreme weather events. Not only is climate change a driver of more frequent and intensifying weather extremes, demographic change and socio-economic development also exacerbate severe impacts. International frameworks for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (e.g. the SENDAI framework, the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change) acknowledge the critical need for integrating risk governance, communication and operational mechanisms to cope with extreme climate events throughout the entire disaster risk management cycle. DIRECTED aspires to foster disaster-resilient European societies by expanding the capabilities to
- utilize, communicate and exchange state-of-the art data, information and knowledge between different actors;
- boost the integration, accessibility and interoperability of models;
- improve dialogue and cooperation between actors involved at all levels based on enhanced community engagement and
- develop new governance and risk management strategies using a bottom-up, value-driven co-development approach.
Central to DIRECTED are four Real World Labs. They are located in European areas that have been affected by severe weather events in the recent past or have a high probability to be affected in the near future. These Real World Labs will co-develop new governance, interoperability and knowledge production frameworks as well as demonstrate their benefits for enhanced disaster risk governance. The Real World Labs ensure that the project continuously and actively involves key stakeholders in the co-development process and addresses topical problems of multi-hazard risk management and climate-change adaptation. Key to supporting the interoperability of information will be the development of an innovative federated cloud platform that enables secure and flexible access, transformation, combination and sharing of models and data. Tailored to the needs of the Real World Labs, the platform will be based on a federated architecture that meets particular requirements regarding the handling of sensitive data and models.
52°North leads the architecture design development, as well as the platform implementation and evaluation throughout the project. An inspiring kick off meeting in November 2022 provided a preliminary glimpse of the stakeholders’ needs. In cooperation with the project partners, our team then entered the first phase of documenting the current solution landscape in the Real World Labs. 52°North will also participate in defining interoperability standards for data and models in disaster risk frameworks, thus constituting an essential step towards establishing common risk management tools that combine different services, data and models in an harmonized manner.
Partners
Coordinator, Technische Universität Braunschweig (TUBS), Germany
Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Germany
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Denmark
GECOsistema SRL (GECO), Italy
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Germany
University College Cork (UCC), Ireland
Region Hovedstaden, Denmark
Agenzia Regionale per la Sicurezza Territoriale e la Protezione (ARSTPC-ER), Italy
GENILLARD & CO, Germany
International Intitute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
Erftverband, Germany
Zala Special Rescue Team (ZSRT), Hungary
Agenzia regionale per la prevenzione, l’ambiente e l’energia dell’Emilia-Romagna (ARPAE), Italy
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Germany