The organization of BC3
Research Lines and Groups, responds to the Overall objectives, which
aims to fulfill its missions and the challenges and demands that addressing
climate change requires in a post-Paris period.
While the BC3 2014-2017
strategic framework, included four main research lines (Low Carbon; Climate and
Natural Environment; Health and Climate; and Climate Policy), the BC3’s
2018-2021 strategic plan (SP 2018-2021), research is organized within five main Research Lines and two Cross-cutting
themes.
The rationale for this
evolution is to better exploit BC3’s interdisciplinary human capital and
optimize the centre´s contribution to the co-generation
of new scientific knowledge and the consolidation of scientific support relevant to policy making at different scales,
which includes understanding and linking social and policy processes and
promoting regular communication between stakeholders at all governance levels,
in the post-Paris and SDGs era.
Research Line Climate Basis
Coordinated by S.H. Faria (Ikerbasque
Professor), it is responsible for the implementation of Objective 1 and its two
activities. It includes two Research Groups: RG Cryosphere that will lead the implementation of Objective 1
Activity 2; and RG Climate Change
Modelling, will be expanded from the analysis of climate records (Objetive
1 Activity 1) to climate model processes
The GIGAKU-TGU Secretariat and the IzotzaLab are both under this Research Line.
In general, learning form past lessons and methodologies, as well as
potentially climate scenarios will be shared with all relevant other
Objectives.
Research Line Low Carbon
Coordinated by M. Gonzalez (BC3 Professor), it is
responsible for the implementation of Objective 2 and its two activities. It
includes two RGs: RG Assessment/Meth
tools that will carry on the Activity 1, and; RG Interaction of LCE and SD that will be responsible for the
Activities 2 and 3. The Research Line will contribute to SIP 1 (Objective 6)
and contribute to Objective 3 Activity 6.
Research Line Terrestrial Ecosystems
Coordinated by M.J. Sanz (Ikerbasque Professor)
is responsible for the implementation of Objective 3. It includes three research
groups that will undergo research in relation to: the understanding of
ecological processes, RG Ecological
Processes that will be responsible for activities 1 and 2, and; RG Agriculture, Land Use and Forestry that
will be responsible for activities
3, 4, 5 and 6.
Research Line Adaptation Lab
Coordinated by M. Neumann (Ikerbasque Professor) is
responsible of the implementation of Objective 4. Includes four research
groups: RG Adaptation that will be
responsible overall Objective 4 (exposure and vulnerability, adaptation processes and dynamics, and
economics of adaptation), contribute also to Objective 2 (in particular
Activity 3) and work on some adaptation related aspects on Objective 3; and RG Health and Climate that will
contribute strongly to Objective 4 (particularly Activity 4.2) and Objective 6
SIP1.
Research Line Integrated
modelling of coupled human-natural systems
Coordinated by F. Villa (Ikerbasque Professor) is responsible for the implementation of Objective 5 and SIP 2. This Research Line will also contribute to SIP 1 and Objective 3 (Activities 4, 5 and 6), and to some activities of Objective 2. It includes two main research activities: RG Integrated Modelling and Ecoinformatics, responsible for instrumenting a transition towards interoperable data and models through artificial intelligence and cloud-based infrastructure, and RG Human-Natural Systems, responsible for the development of products aimed at actionable policy support in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Cross-cutting themes
The former Research Line Climate Policy became a Cross-Cutting Theme (CCT)
during the Strategic Plan 2018-21 (Climate Policy), and a second CCT
(Governance) was also established. CCTs are led by Senior Researchers
(Governance by U. Pascual, Climate Policy by I. Galarraga/M.J. Sanz).
