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Adaptation Futures 2018: 5th International Climate Change Adaptation Conference
Adaptation Futures 2018 builds on the legacy and key messages
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MARCO Events: 1st Stakeholder Workshop in Milano, Italy
The MARCO 1st Stakeholder Workshop will take place on the 31st
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Companies vs Climate Change: Europe
Worldwide, people have come to understand that humanity faces a
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EU-MACS Seminar: “Towards Climate Services based on demand and guided by science”
MARCO’s sister-project, the EU-MACS, which studies how
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EMS ANNUAL MEETING 2017: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology
The EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied
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3rd European Climate Change Adaptation Conference
OUR CLIMATE READY FUTURE The theme of ECCA 2017 (from 5th to
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ICLEI Resilient City Conference 2017
Registrations are now open for Resilient Cities 2017, the 8th
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Climateurope Festival 2017
Climateurope Festival 2017: explore challenges and
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Fifth International Conference on Climate Services
The Fifth International Conference on Climate Services will
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Explore all MARCO infographics on five case studies!
During the span of the MARCO project, project partners successfully undertook qualitative and
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Adaptation to climate change
Adaptation means anticipating the adverse effects of climate change and taking appropriate action
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MARCO and EU-MACS to be presented at Climateurope Festival 2018
The MARCO project will be presented during the Climateurope Festival 2018 “Climate information at
Read moreTwo MARCO infographics now available!
Trying to make sense of pages and pages of data in reports can be a challenge. This is why we
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Save the Date – Final MARCO/EU-MACS stakeholder meeting 28 Sept 2018 – Berlin
The MARCO project is excited to announce its Final Stakeholder meeting, which will take place
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Reflection on climate service needs for the legal sector and how this may assist investment in adaptation
In June, Acclimatise, one of the MARCO project partners, had the opportunity to present the MARCO
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Why climate services?
Climate Services Serving a society in transition President Junker’s commitment of leading
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New study finds legal sector demand for climate services very likely to increase in near future
Law, and therefore legal services, will be indispensable to achieving a just transition to a
Read moreLow awareness of climate risks hampering resilience of critical infrastructure sector claims new study
Low levels of awareness of climate risks and the availability of climate services are significant
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MARCO infographics now available!
For the MARCO case study reports, qualitative and quantitative analysis of the existing and future
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MARCO Chats with Harilaos Loukos, Chair of the Advisory Expert Committee
In this section, we speak climate services with the MARCO project partners. Our second interview,
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2017 recap : MARCO is making the case for climate services in 2018
Since its starting date in 2016, the MARCO project had a lot of action in 2017! MARCO (Market
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Resilience building at risk? 5 key insights for addressing borderless climate risks
Borderless climate risks have the potential to severely hamper or completely roll-back progress
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Take action on climate change through entrepreneurship: join CKIC Summer School
Take action, join the Climate-KIC Journey: Europe’s largest summer school for climate innovation
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MARCO was represented at COP23!
The MARCO project was represented at COP23 by Suzi Tart (LGI), one of the project partners. During
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COP23 roundup: the outcomes and implications for climate adaptation
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the official UN climate talks came to an end. Proceedings
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Past climate lessons prompt present rethink
Climate scientists have been looking again deep into the Earth’s history. Those past climate
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2017 is set to be among the three hottest years on record
The year isn’t over yet, but we can already be sure that 2017 will be among the hottest years on
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Reducing flood risk with the help of ecosystems
While Houston is still reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Harvey, it appears that one of the
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A rundown of the MARCO 1st Stakeholder Workshop in 2017
The 1st MARCO Stakeholder workshop was organized in Milan (Italy) on 31st October 2017,
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Transforming climate science into services: Create value instead of pushing concepts
Climate services are promoted as a solution to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and
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The Maldives: Tensions between climate action and tourism
The Maldives are at the front lines of climate change. The nation is comprised of 1,200 coral
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MARCO’s looking for interviewees in the building and transport sectors
Do you work within the building industry or the transport and logistics sector? And do you use
Read moreMARCO Events: 1st Stakeholder Workshop in Milano, Italy
The MARCO 1st Stakeholder Workshop will take place on the 31st of October 2017, following
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Climate change in the Alps: Threatening winter tourism and boosting summer tourism
The Alps are famous for their pristine slopes, which facilitate many popular winter sports, such as
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Analysing existing data infrastructures for climate services
The Horizon 2020 project EU-MACS (EUropean MArket for Climate Services) is in full swing and our
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MARCO sister-project, EU-MACS now has public deliverables available!
The overarching EU call topic of climate services market research covers two topics, which are
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MARCO Survey: Mapping of EU-based climate services suppliers
Do you consider yourself a supplier of climate services? This survey aims to gain further
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MARCO Chats with Elisa Jiménez Alonso of Acclimatise
In this section, we speak climate services with the MARCO project partners. Our debut interview
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MARCO FAQs
In this section, we address frequently asked questions about the project. What is MARCO? MARCO
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Businesses must now get serious about climate change disaster preparedness
By investing in climate resilience businesses can unlock a ‘triple dividend’ that can protect
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Achieving urban resilience to climate change: focus on medium-sized cities
Cities are home to half of the world’s population and produce 75% of global GDP, as such
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C40 and CDP team up to uncover a 375 billion dollar investment opportunity in urban climate resilience
A new alliance between the global cities network C40 and the global environmental disclosure
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Recap: MARCO’s 1st Plenary Meeting in Valencia
“Valencia was a great city to hold the first plenary meeting. As Climate-KIC Spain hosted the
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Europeans say they already feel the impacts of climate change
A new study about climate change perceptions of European citizens in France, Germany, Norway, and
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Companies hit by rising water costs
Higher costs of water as a result of droughts and floods linked to climate change are severely
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EEA report identifies severe climate risks for ecosystems, human health, and economy in Europe
A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) finds that climate change is already having
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Low snow cover threatens Swiss ski resorts
The effects of continued global warming on Alpine snow cover could have a devastating impact on
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Podcast: WMO’s Johannes Cullmann on why wastewater is the hot topic for this year’s World Water Day
Climate change impacts on water are well documented, from floods to droughts hydrological climate
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Planning for yesterday: Why are we building as if we live in a stationary climate?
When planners, architects and designers build major pieces of infrastructure they, very prudently,
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At the crossroads: A 90 trillion dollar, once-in-a-century opportunity to make the world climate resilient
We are at a US$ 90 trillion infrastructure crossroads, according to a new report from the Global
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Urban climate change adaptation: The design angle
A few weeks ago, we published an article highlighting the importance of urban climate change
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ICAO warns of severe climate change consequences for air travel
A report recently published by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO; a United
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Building a value proposition for climate and weather services
Climate change, including extreme weather events compounded by ineffective risk management systems,
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Managing the legal risk of climate change
As outlined in two of our recently published articles, the legal landscape is becoming more
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Climate-related loss and damage: liability, compensation, and responsibility
Even though it does not feature prominently in public discourse, climate-related loss and damage
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Forensic climate science could leave businesses open to new waves of litigation
The end of last year was marked by the headline-grabbing COP21 agreement in Paris. Amongst the
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Report: NASA/NOAA/OSTP Climate data user study
Many groups — including federal agencies, state and municipal governments, private-sector
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MARCO’s sister project EU-MACS kicks off in Paris
The EU-MACS (European Market for Climate Services) and MARCO (Market research for a Climate
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Analysing the European climate services market to unveil opportunities for growth
PRESS RELEASE 2016-01 The new MARCO (Market research for a Climate Services Observatory) Horizon
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The MARCO project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement 730272.