Addressing Climate Change in European Supply Chains

COACCH Workshop

Event: Workshop
Date: 19 March 2021
Location: online

As a part of the COACCH project, Ecologic Institute, University of Graz and Deltares organized a workshop with stakeholders and interested parties on the topic of "Addressing climate change in European supply chains".

Climate change impacts such as floods, high temperatures, and water availability, will all impact business, industry, and infrastructure. The balance of risks will vary across sub-sectors and locations, and sites and operations will be affected differently. Risks extend along supply chains, with impacts in non-European countries affecting production and transport of raw materials and intermediate goods. The COACCH project is analysing climate change impacts and adaptation activities in manufacturing industries, supply chains and intermodal transport hubs.

The workshop was held on 19 March 2021 in a virtual format, and welcomed more than 20 participants from seven European countries. The participants included a range of stakeholders including researchers, representatives from companies and industry associations, as well as public authorities. The workshop was split across four sessions addressing different aspects tied to European supply chains and aimed to address the following main questions:

What is the exposure of European industries to supply chain shocks due to climate extremes?
How can industries adapt to transboundary risks from climate change? What are the needs, options, and locations of adaptation?
How may the flood risk for road transport infrastructure in Europe change as a result from climate change?
Which sets of measures can increase climate resilience of intermodal transport hubs, particularly for ports and their associated infrastructure?

The interim results of the COACCH work have been summarized for the workshop in a short background document [pdf, 166 kB, English].

The four presentations are available for download below.

The COACCH project (CO-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs) aims to improve the downscaled assessment of the risks and costs of climate change in Europe. A key focus is to work together with end users to shape results that are directly useable by research, civil society, business, investment and policy.

Findings from Thematic Working Groups and Deep Engagement Case Studies

Deliverable of the H2020 COACCH project

Year 2021

Publication:Report

Cover of the deliverable D5.8 Guidelines for best-practice in co-design

To develop challenge-driven and solutions-orientated research, the COACCH project has sought to proactively involve stakeholders in a process of co-design, co-production and co-delivery. This report summarises insights and key messages from the evaluation of this collaborative process and proposes guidelines with practical steps for best practice in collaborative research.

Best-practice Guidelines for Co-design

Deliverable of the H2020 COACCH project

Year 2021

Publication:Brochure

A team at Ecologic Institute has produced new best-practice guidelines for co-creating research. The guidelines are based on experiences gathered in the Horizon 2020 project COACCH (Co-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs). The authors summarise an in-depth evaluation carried out over the four-year collaborative research process. Based on this evaluation, the Ecologic Institute team highlights lessons learned and proposes step-by-step guidelines for best-practice in co-creation.

Co-creating Research: Best-Practice-Guidelines

Insights from the Horizon 2020 EU project COACCH

Year 2022

Event:Workshop

As a part of its co-design process, the COACCH project organized a series of interactive stakeholder workshops to discuss research objectives, activities, and outputs. The first three co-design workshops between 2018 and 2020 produced key insights to guide the COACCH project. In this fourth and final workshop, held on 9 and 10 September 2021, the project team presented their concluding research findings and together reviewed the final outputs to be produced. More than 40 participants from eight European countries joined the workshop.

Adaptation Policy Assessments and COACCH Co-design Process

4th Interactive Co-Design Workshop

9 - 10 September 2021
online

Event:Workshop

COACCH has designed a series of interactive workshops to co-design the project's direction, activities and outputs. The third interactive COACCH workshop was held on 3 and 4 December 2020 in a virtual format. More than 40 participants from nine European countries joined the workshop, representing all four COACCH working groups: policy makers, investors, business and industry, research and civil society.

COACCH – 3. Interaktiver Co-Design-Workshop

3 - 4 December 2020
online

Event:Digital Event

COACCH Project (CO-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs) has launched a webinar series to share its results on economic assessment of climate change and adaptation. The second COACCH webinar was held on 14 May 2020 and focused on "Insights from the COACCH project II: Climate impacts on labor productivity and energy." The webinar presented results on sectoral economic assessments.

Climate Impacts on Labor Productivity and Energy

14 May 2020
online

Event:Digital Event

COACCH Project (CO-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs) launched a webinar series to share its results on economic assessment of climate change and adaptation. On 30 April 2020, the project hosted its first webinar "Insights from the COACCH project I: Climate change impacts on agriculture, forestry, fisheries and coastal areas" and focuses on sectoral economic assessments.

Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Coastal Areas

30 April 2020
online

Publication:Policy Brief

This policy brief synthesises the latest results from the COACCH project on the economic costs of climate change in Europe and identifies areas of possible discussion to explore with stakeholders at the second COACCH workshop. The policy brief is available for download.

The Economic Cost of Climate Change in Europe

Synthesis Report on COACCH Interim Results

Year 2019

Event:Workshop

On 24 October 2019, research partners and stakeholders from the COACCH (CO-designing the Assessment of Climate CHange costs) project met in Brussels for the second interactive co-design workshop. In this second stakeholder workshop, the COACCH researchers presented first findings on climate change costs in different sectors, and explored ideas for the next phase of work focused on the assessment of policies and tipping points.

COACCH – 2nd Interactive Co-design Workshop

24 October 2019
Brussels, Belgium

Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Partner: University of Graz (Uni Graz), Austria

Deltares, Netherlands
Team: Jenny Tröltzsch

John Tarpey
Date: 19 March 2021
Location: online
Language: English
Participants: 20
Project: CO-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs (COACCH)
Project ID: 2811
Keywords: Adaptation

Climate

Economics

climate change, climate adaptation, robust decision making, Co-design, participatory approach

Europe

Attachments

COACCH_Workshop_Background paper_final.pdf (166.86 KB)

Birgit Bednar Friedl: Climate change adaptation to transboundary climate risks: (1.2 MB)

Stefan Borsky: The role of global supply chains in the transmission of weather induced production shocks (2.12 MB)

John Tarpey: Climate adaptation pathways of intermodal transport hubs (1.2 MB)

Kees van Ginkel: Flood impacts on road transport infrastructure (3.39 MB)