Challenges being addressed
Finding effective strategies to manage the risks associated with extreme climate events is not easy. Within The HuT project, European research groups, institutions, and stakeholders will collaborate to integrate and leverage best practices and successful multi-disciplinary experiences.
UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction’s contribution
Co-leading Work Package 2 ‘Human behaviours’ to examine how human-centric disaster risk reduction activities for climate can be better implemented to build long term adaptation and resilience building capacities.
Research impact
To develop and promote a set of trans-disciplinary warning and risk management tools and approaches that could be adopted and used in as many situations as possible. Specific attention will be devoted to assessing the transferability of the developed innovations across territorial contexts and hazards.
Funding
This project is funded by the European Union underwritten by NERC.
Project duration
1 October 2022 - 30 September 2026.
Project team and collaborators
- Michele Calvello, University of Salerno
- Carina Fearnley, UCL
- Ilan Kelman, UCL
- Maryam Rokhideh, UCL.
The HuT project
The HuT unites European experts to create human‑centred tools for managing extreme climate risks and building resilience.
Visit project site