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STatistical Early WArning systems of weather-related Risks from probabilistic forecasts, over cities in West Africa – STEWARd
With the increase in the severity and occurrence of natural disasters in recent years over West Africa, a better prediction of their impacts is of key challenge. This project aims to develop a forecast model on weather-related risk on population over high vulnerable cities: Abidjan, Dakar, Ouagadoug
Towards reducing CO2 emissions and the urban heat island of the Aix-Marseille metropolis – COoL-AMmetropolis
Most of the global population leaves in cities, expected to expand rapidly in the next decades. Cities and their industrial facilities are estimated to release more than 70% of fossil fuel CO2, although these estimates need to be verified at the city scale. Furthermore, cities are undergoing higher
The last european old-growth (“subnatural”) fir-BEech forests: a loNg-term and global stuDy for their better understandIng, conServation and management – BENDYS
For the past three decades, old-growth forests are at the center of debates about the struggle against global warming and the biodiversity crisis. Recent inventories show that they represent for less than 1% of Europe's forest area and that only 0.2% have survived in Central Europe. In addition to c
nature, agriculture and biodiversity in territorial socio-ecosystems transition – ANBioT
For a few years, the ecological transition processes called in the various socio-economic sectors of our society are generating institutional as well as spatial transformations and contributing to the creation of new landscapes’ materialities and representations. With a team of researcher colleagues
The memory of riverine sediments used to predict the environmental impact of new technologies – TRAJECTOIRE
Le projet TRAJECTOIRE vise à établir, aux exutoires des grands bassins versants français (Rhône, Loire, Seine, Garonne, Rhin, Meuse, Moselle), les trajectoires des contaminants apportés par l'Homme. Il s'agit d'étudier leur parcours, depuis leur introduction dans l'environnement, jusqu'à leur présen
Ruling on Nature. Animals and the Environment before the Court – RULNAT
The animal and nature protection debate has intensified across the world, and animal welfare and ecological issues are repeatedly brought before courts. These issues are now considered a complex and delicate matter involving animals’ or nature’s own interests, particularly (with regards to animals)
Can marine protected areas alleviate poverty in the context of land desertification? – MPA-POVERTY
We will follow a data-to-model-to-decision-making process where ‘putting fish back to the menu’ is a potential transformation pathway. Six main objectives will be reached within 5 years: 1. Delineating and characterizing all coastal and rural socio-ecological systems (CRSES) on the coasts of Madaga
Discontinuities and Vector-Borne Diseases in Urban Areas. A Simulation Model of a Complex Pathogenic System. – MO3
MO3 aims (i) to develop a simulation model to study the sensitivity of epidemic dynamics to targeted anti-vector control scenarios and (ii) to evaluate in a large metropolis where dengue is endemic, Bangkok ( Thailand), the effectiveness of these strategies. 1. Meta-analysis of the work relating dif
Secret Archives of the Basilica of Nicea provided by the Sediments of Iznik Lake – BASILIZNIK-SECRETS
The famous city of Nicaea (now Iznik) was established on the shore of the Lake Iznik (Turkey), 5 km north of the active Middle segment of the North Anatolian Fault (MNAF). In May 325 AD, the city has hosted the first Council of Christians, the founding event of Christian religions. The location of t
An inter- and transdisciplinary project to study collaborations in sustainability science – COLLAB2
We understand collaborations as complex social processes, which need to be understood over time. The main objectives of the project are to 1. characterise inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations in the field of sustainability sciences: content, stages of projects where collaboration takes pl
Social Interactions, Social Norm and Sustainable Food Consumption – SocialFood
The current situation of the world is a joint context of climate change and an expansion of the world population. A move toward more sustainable food systems, i.e. systems where food products have pro-environmental or pro-social attributes, would be desirable. Our project aims at finding means to pr
Evaluating the asbestos risk in Sibate – ERASEd
The municipality of Sibaté is located in the department of Cundinamarca, south of Bogotá. Its total population is about 38,000 inhabitants. On the outskirts of this municipality there is an asbestos cement factory that has been manufacturing roofing for about 50 years. This factory has been (and con
