TEMP-MOMO · Drivers of spatiotemporal variation in temperature-related morbidity and mortality in Europe: analysing early adaptation to climate change
Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2022-09-01 → 2024-09-30
- EU contribution
- €195,915
- Participants
- 2
- Scheme
- HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF
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Results in brief
Drivers of spatiotemporal variation in temperature-related morbidity and mortality in Europe: analysing early adaptation to climate change
Recent report by the European Committee of the Regions (2020) about the challenges in adaptation to climate change concluded that there is still insufficient understanding of the impacts of climate change on human health throughout the European Union (EU), particularly at local level, and that this gap in knowledge continues to hinder adaptation efforts of the local and regional authorities (LRA). The report also highlighted the need for easily and freely accessible data and tools to support climate change impact and vulnerability assessments, which would be valuable for LRA policymakers and practitioners. The MSCA project TEMP-MOMO came to fill these critical knowledge gaps by assessing the recent evolution in morbidity and mortality risk and burden associated with ambient temperatures and its main demographic and socioeconomic drivers in France and Spain, using a multi-scale spatial analysis approach. As such, TEMP-MOMO is tightly aligned with the mission “Adaptation to climate change including societal transformation” of the 2021-2027 Horizon Europe framework program, which contributes to the transition to a climate prepared and resilient Europe.
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Project objective
Europe emerges as a major climate warming hotspot. The temperature rise in the region has occurred at a rate faster than any other continent in recent decades, with 2020 being the warmest year on record at more than 1.6C above the period between 1981 and 2010. Such a change in temperature has serious implications for health, wellbeing and quality of life of the European populations, as warmer conditions are expected to contribute to an increase (decrease) in heat-related (cold-related) burden of disease (morbidity and mortality). However, there is still insufficient understanding of the impacts of climate change on human health throughout the European Union, particularly at local level, and this gap in knowledge continues to hinder adaptation efforts of the local and regional authorities (LRA). The purpose of TEMP-MOMO is to assess the recent evolution in morbidity and mortality risk and burden associated with ambient temperatures and its main demographic and socioeconomic drivers in France and Spain, using a multi-scale spatial analysis approach. Towards this aim, TEMP-MOMO will generate a massive database with daily counts of death and hospital admissions, together with the best available climate, demographic and socioeconomic datasets. The project will greatly contribute to the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change by addressing knowledge gaps and providing customised data and tools that help decision makers to take informed decisions at all levels of governance from local to country level to protect human health. Specifically, by the end of the project all the local administrative units (LAU) and regions (NUTS) in France and Spain will have easy access to data and climate risk profiles through an interactive mapping tool, the Temperature and Health Vulnerability Atlas, to better prepare for climate change related shocks and disruptions.
Original text from CORDIS.
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Links
- View on CORDIS
- DOI: 10.3030/101065876
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e511600802&appId=PPGMS
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5f86ad2d1&appId=PPGMS
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5f86ad9f4&appId=PPGMS
Data: CORDIS, © European Union