A collabortive platform to support the socially aware creation and modelling of climate policy

   Extreme climate events are increasing and have a significant impact on national infrastructure and society. As a result, governments and industry are investing more into climate adaptation strategies. However, despite these challenges the ultimate longer-term solutions via climate transition policy are under increased scrutiny as negative effects on society with respect to economic growth are highlighted [1].

   For researchers this poses a challenge to strengthen the social and economic case for climate policy. More persuasive modelling is needed to make the economic case and greater understanding of social impact such as the potential greater impact of policy on specific parts of society are needed. A good example of this is vehicle access to cities based on car emissions and the perception such policies adversely target members of the population who are unable to afford a new compliant vehicle.

    An approach to address this challenge is through finer grained modelling of risk with respect to policy impact on a wide range of societal and economic factors are required. This modelling will help balance transition and adaptation strategies with economic and societal impact. The CROSSEU project aim to do this, CROSSEU a pan European research project addressing this issue by developing climate risk models collaboratively to strengthen cross stakeholder support for climate policy [2].

   CROSSEU is making the process behind this risk analysis transparent and open for wider collaboration. The project has developed an Integrated Assessment Framework (CROSSEU IAF) based on the Data Analysis for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) platform [3] to store both models and data.  However, the strength in the platform is that it provides a tool for the collaborative development of risk models and adaptation strategies based on models and data linked to the platform.

  This collaborative platform enables a wide range of stakeholders to provide inputs into the application of climate models in different scenarios. This is done by utilisation of data and models on the platform in workflows that represent different use cases and requirements. 

   The CROSSEU IAF platform is unique in that it is free to use and provides a base for research outputs to be integrated by other users providing industry and government access to these resources. This form of collaboration will strengthen the support for future climate action. Within the project, the CROSSEU IAF will make available outputs from 8 case studies spanning diverse geographies and multiple climate risks.  

  The presentation will describe the current utilisation of the CROSSEU IAF platform. How it is being used to better manage and understand social and economic impacts of climate policy. It will explore the projects case studies and identify work beyond the project in managing climate risk and the development of adaptation strategies.

• Weber, Pierre-François, et al. "The intersection between climate transition policies and geoeconomic fragmentation." (2025).
• Some, Shreya, et al. "Cross-Sectoral Climate Change Risk Hotspots in Europe: Insights from CROSSEU Case Studies." EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2025.