On 27 November, this process becomes real in Naples at the Pathway Workshop.

Municipal teams, agencies, utilities and experts will test the insights together. Because climate transformation only works when the people who implement it help design it.

#KNOWING

The Horizon Europe project KNOWING was built around this challenge. We combine:

• Domain Models (land use, flooding, heat, etc.)
• A System Dynamics Model that reveals interactions, feedbacks & trade-offs
• A co-design process where scientists & local institutions iterate together

In KNOWING, Granollers, Naples, Tallinn and the South Westphalia region involve communities from the beginning, with the #ShapeYourFuture App.

It shows regional climate scenarios, planned measures, and lets practitioners gather people’s views before town-hall meetings even start 🔗 shorturl.at/HXvvz

What we gain, when involving civil society:

Locals bring knowledge experts miss
Conflicts can get solved early
Implementation becomes faster
Measures gain broader support

The key question is: How do we involve civil society effectively?

#Adaptation #Mitigation #ClimateAction
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Session ITS4.5/ERE6.8
Convener: Mattia Leone | Co-convener: Marianne Bügelmayer-Blaschek
📅 EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna
📄 Abstract Submission: shorturl.at/ROMQE

Many regions still treat adaptation and mitigation as two worlds. At #EGU26, we’re bringing them together. If your work links both sides of the climate equation, we’d love your abstract!
🔗 Session ITS4.5/ERE6.8
#Adaptation #Mitigation #Resilience

Forests here don’t just store carbon they stabilise slopes, absorb floods, and protect communities.

In South Westphalia’s plan for climate neutrality, keeping forests strong is as essential as building wind farms.

Regional modelling shows: with 500 new wind turbines, South Westphalia could cover its own energy demand and even export power.

This gives the region an advantage in regional policy.

At the KNOWING Pathway Workshop, stakeholders came to review flood simulations and solutions. Sound climate action is rooted in data and the local conditions & constraints.

Find out more about KNOWING and assess your region!
#KNOWING #climatechange #adaptation #mitigation

Granollers is now pairing green measures with "grey" infrastructure: modernising its sewer overflow system and reinforcing key upstream infrastructure.

The #modelling that shows the outcomes, comes from KNOWING. A realistic path forward, grounded in evidence.
#modelling #climate #risk #hazard

Climate transformation must be part of local policy.
How this can be achieved will be discussed #today at the #PathwayWorkshop in Granollers. With city departments, the Besòs-Tordera Basin Authority, and regional experts defining strategies for a resilient, low-carbon future.

The Granollers Demonstrator uses models from the KNOWING project to explore future pathways for micro-climate, transport, and flood resilience, connecting scientific data with real city decisions.

#KNOWING #pathway #climatedata

Climate transformation must become a core element of regional and location policy.
The KNOWING Demonstrator South Westphalia will discuss how to achieve this with key stakeholders this Wednesday.

#pathway #climateresilience #data

The densely forested region of South Westphalia is looking for answers. Especially for wind turbines in (future) forest areas.
Using comprehensive models from the KNOWING project, it’s exploring scenarios for energy, transport, and reforestation.

#KNOWING #modelling #climateaction

In this #ModellingMonday, Research Engineer Martin Zach from AIT Austrian Institute of Technology shows how System Dynamics brings these perspectives together, turning understanding into action.

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In KNOWING, we use #SystemDynamics to make this complexity visible, to explore how our actions ripple through the systems we live in.

The models we’ve shared over the past weeks are not just descriptions. They’re tools to understand, to intervene, and to imagine better futures.

#ClimateAction

In #KNOWING, the Behaviour Model helps to specify different pathways; for example, how population typologies shift in dealing with climate. The model results are tailored to the different demonstrators by using the distribution of behaviour types. shorturl.at/QcIfS #ModellingMonday #climate