STARS4Water “Supporting Stakeholders for Adaptive, Resilient and Sustainable Water Management” is a collaborative project funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. The project begun in October 2022 and will run for 4 years.
STARS4Water aims to improve the understanding of climate change impacts on water resources availability and the vulnerabilities for ecosystems, society and the economy at river basin scale, including two distinctive elements:
HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01,
European Research Executive Agency
4,584,730 €
4,580,979 €
48 months
www.stars4water.eu
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101059372
October 1st, 2022
21 partners from 10 countries
Stichting Deltares
The overall implementation of the project is structured in 7 Work Packages (WP). Central in the project are the 7 River Basin Hubs, which will serve as living labs for co-creation and validation of new services, models and tools that support climate resilient water resources planning. A wide range of upscaling, capacity building and dissemination activities are foreseen to foster the uptake and exploitation of the project results and deliver a wider impact.
WP1 – Co-creation with stakeholders in river basin hubs
WP1 main objective is to work with stakeholders through a co-creation approach to address the main points in their water resources information system where new data, tools and indicators can increase the effectiveness and timeliness of their water management decisions concerning climate resilient water resources planning. The specific objectives are:
WP2 – Unlocking and improving data services
WP2 is dedicated to data sets and services that form the basis for water resources management. The specific objectives are:
WP3 – Developing next generation models
Within WP3 we will develop next generation and tools for water resources management under climate risk. The specific objectives are:
WP4 – Integrated assessment of future water resources
Within WP4 we will validate and apply the new data services and modelling tools for an integrated risk assessment of the future Europe’s freshwater resources. The specific objectives are:
WP5 – Upscale and uptake for preparedness
WP5 will synthesize the results from risk assessments at river basin and pan-European level and promote uptake and upscaling to support river basin managers and EU member states in preparing for climate change impacts with respect to water resources management. The specific objectives are:
WP6 – Dissemination and communication
WP6 will disseminate the project results, products and knowledge to a broad audience, and maximize the uptake of the foreground and the potential for future exploitation. The specific objectives are:
WP7 – Project management and coordination
WP7 will facilitate, support, monitor and guide the project’s progress towards achievements of its aims. It will manage all technical, scientific, administrative, legal and financial matters in a professional and efficient way, ensure that all deadlines for deliverables and reports are met, and ensure adequate and appropriate resource uses. The specific objectives are:
STARS4Water aims to improve the understanding of climate change impacts on water resources availability and the vulnerabilities for ecosystems, society and the economy at river basin scale
This project has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON
Research and Innovation Actions Programme under Grant Agreement No. 101059372