The Human-Tech Nexus – Building a Safe Haven to Cope with Climate Extremes

Project overview

To promote trans-disciplinary risk management tools and approaches, the project will use cutting-edge disaster risk reduction solutions. It will also integrate the best practices and successful experiences of leading European institutions and stakeholders. A set of ten demonstrators will constitute a multi-hazard arena wherein possible disasters associated with climate extremes will be dealt with jointly by representatives of the scientific and technical communities, practitioners, policy-makers and local communities.

Challenge being addressed

Climate change-influenced extremes require trans-disciplinary risk management tools and approaches to implement disaster risk reduction, focusing on prevention and preparedness.

Expected impact

• To promote trans-disciplinary risk management tools and approaches that could be adopted and used extensively across Europe.
• To employ innovative disaster risk reduction solutions, accounting for the potential variations induced by climate change.
• To focus on prevention and preparedness, explicitly considering climate change scenarios and integrating the proposed set of solutions.
• To consider trans-disciplinarity, systemic risk, co-production, cross-fertilization, transferability, and long-term legacy.
• To integrate and leverage best practices and successful multi-disciplinary experiences.

Funding details

European Union HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-02 - Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction for extreme climate events: from early warning systems to long-term adaptation and resilience building.

Project duration

1 October 2022 – 30 September 2026

Principal investigator

Prof Ilan Kelman

More information

• Project website

Image: The HuT project’s General Assembly 2023 in Valencia, Spain, by Ilan Kelman