Consortium
The FAIR2Adapt Consortium
The FAIR2Adapt Consortium consists of 18 partners from 13 different European countries, namely Norway, Germany, Spain, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Poland. Each of the project partners serves a specific and unique purpose to the F2A project.
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Simula Research Laboratory
Simula Research Laboratory is a Norwegian institution globally recognized for excellence in research, specializing in communication systems, scientific computing, and software engineering. With a mission to tackle scientific challenges of long-term impact and practical relevance, Simula combines fundamental research, education, and innovation to develop solutions for real-world problems.
Simula hosts prestigious research initiatives, such as the Centre for Resilient Networks and Applications, which monitors Norway’s national telecommunication infrastructure, and contributes to other high-profile centers like the Centre for Cardiological Innovation. In collaboration with universities worldwide, Simula has guided over 200 doctoral and 600 master’s graduates. The Simula Academy complements this by offering specialized training in communication, leadership, and career development.
Simula is equally committed to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. Through partnerships with global leaders such as General Electric Healthcare and Cisco, and through initiatives like the Simula Garage and Simula Innovation, the institution supports over 35 startup companies.
With its focus on advanced technologies, education, and innovation, Simula actively addresses complex societal challenges and drives sustainable progress.
Role in the Project
Simula Research Laboratory is at the forefront of the FAIR2Adapt project, acting as the project coordinator and leading efforts to bridge technological partners with climate adaptation and related communities. Simula ensures that the advanced tools and methodologies developed within the project are effectively aligned with the needs of stakeholders, enabling meaningful collaboration and practical application.
By fostering communication and understanding between technology developers and climate adaptation experts, Simula plays a key role in maximizing the project’s impact. This approach ensures that the benefits of improved data sharing, interoperability, and FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs) extend across sectors, empowering communities to implement effective, data-driven strategies for climate resilience. Through its leadership, Simula reinforces its commitment to creating sustainable solutions and advancing societal progress.
TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library
The Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology, University Library (TIB) represents and operates a national research infrastructure facility providing scientific information in the domains of engineering, information technology, mathematics, physics, chemistry and architecture. TIB is a member of the German research organization “Leibniz Association” comprising over 90 leading institutes from all areas of science. TIB preserves and organizes information, data and knowledge in its target domains and provides direct access to these large-scale information spaces through digital services. With its vast collections and innovative services, TIB supports the complete life-cycle of research and the digitization of science and technology. As the world’s largest specialized information center in the aforementioned domains, TIB has outstanding expertise in developing, managing and preserving knowledge, particularly in key areas such as grey literature (e.g. conference and research reports), big research data, vocabularies and ontologies, films and 3D objects, as well as patents and standards, offering comprehensive consulting, research and technology transfer pathways.
Role in the Project
In FAIR2Adapt, TIB leads the Work Package on User-facing Knowledge Services in Support for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), supporting CCA with user-friendly knowledge services for data analysis and knowledge synthesis and Web-based publishing and knowledge integration in relevant Knowledge Hubs. This encompasses translating user requirements from case studies into concrete service specifications, developing and deploying digital services that facilitate efficient data analysis and knowledge synthesis in CCA, including developing plugins for popular community tools like QGIS, Python and R packages, or Excel Add-ins. By means of a knowledge service clinic, TIB actively supports the case studies in service use, including developing code snippets that explain how to interact with specific APIs or HOWTOs detailing usage of a package or tool. Moreover, TIB leads FAIR2Adapt’s Outreach, Communication, and Dissemination, encompassing technology transfer approaches that ensure the uptake and scaling of project results collaborating with diverse, relevant, and local stakeholders, including the EU Adaptation Mission and EOSC.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
The Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) was founded in 1971 through the integration of various Schools of Engineering and Architecture, many of which have been in existence for centuries. It is the leading Spanish public university in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, and Fashion Design. The university comprises 15 Schools, 1 Faculty, and 1 affiliated Center, distributed across several campuses in Madrid (Ciudad Universitaria, Montegancedo-Boadilla, Campus Sur-Vallecas, and Madrid City). In 2022, it solidified its position in the international QS university ranking by subject, placing among the top 60 universities worldwide in Engineering and Technology according to the QS World University Ranking 2022.
The Ontology Engineering Group (OEG-UPM) is based at the Computer Science School at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). It ranks eighth among the two hundred research groups from UPM and it is widely recognised in Europe in the areas of Ontology Engineering, Semantic Infrastructure, Linked Data, and Data Integration. Our main research areas are: Ontological Engineering, (Social) Semantic Web and Linked Data, Natural Language and Open Science.
Role in the Project
The OEG-UPM has extensive experience in projects related to Open Science, FAIR Data Management, and Research Objects. Leveraging this background, the OEG-UPM leads WP3 – the FDO-driven FAIRification Framework. It is responsible for developing the FDO FAIRification Framework and the FAIR Assessment Service. This service builds upon the previous work of FAIROs (https://w3id.org/FAIROS), a tool designed to assess the FAIRness of Research Objects. Additionally, OEG contributes to the development of the AI-supported information extraction service.
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea)
From the abyss to the surface, from the coast to the high seas, IFREMER is the only French research institute entirely dedicated to knowledge of the ocean and ocean-related activities. The Institute was created in 1984 and is a Public Institution of Industrial and Commercial Nature, supervised by the government ministries responsible for research, the ocean, and the environment. The women and men of IFREMER are trailblazers, carrying on the tradition of French oceanography and advancing research frontiers with modern proficiency in deep-sea ocean exploration technologies, and with support from the French Oceanographic Fleet, operated by IFREMER, and its cutting-edge exploration vehicles. IFREMER also uses its scientific expertise to clarify maritime public policy and devise ocean-based solutions to help create a greener future.
Key figures in 2023: 1572 employees (of which 47% are women), 797 scientists, 137 PhD students, 24 locations worldwide, 260 M€ budget in operating costs and 3 M€ in investments.
Role in the Project
IFREMER contributes to the FAIR2Adapt project by leveraging its expertise in managing and exploiting large-scale geoscientific datasets. Building on its active participation in the Pangeo community, IFREMER develops tools and workflows to enable the efficient use of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
A key focus of IFREMER’s role is the RiOMar case study, which assesses coastal water quality and marine ecosystems under climate change scenarios. This study supports biodiversity conservation and the development of scientifically-based climate change adaptation (CCA) strategies. Using over 250 TB of data processed through the CROCO model, IFREMER transforms datasets into Analysis Ready Cloud Optimized (ARCO) data to create risk and vulnerability maps. These outputs facilitate decision-making for stakeholders such as oyster farmers and other coastal businesses impacted by climate change.
IFREMER also provides training and technical support to FAIRify RiOMar data and tools, ensuring their accessibility for external stakeholders, including the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) and regional river agencies. By aligning with platforms like Pangeo@EOSC, JERICO-RI, and CoastPredict, IFREMER ensures that data and tools are interoperable, accessible, and reusable, advancing collaborative climate adaptation efforts.
Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej PAN – Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
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Alpha Consult
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Expert System Iberia Slu
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Universität Hamburg
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As part of FAIR2Adapt, UHAM is working to strengthen cooperation with the City of Hamburg and demonstrate the added value of FAIR and open data sharing for future applications and research. This involves increasing UHAM’s participation in projects related to regional climate change impacts, with a focus on developing knowledge and tools for risk assessment, e.g. building a Hamburg Risk Mapping methodology.
Analysis and adaptation at city level requires very fine-scale (high-resolution) data. Granular data on exposure and vulnerability of urban sectors, infrastructure and population as well as data on climate-related stressors are managed by different city authorities under the Hamburg Senate and are not always publicly available. Here, our cooperation with the State Office for Geoinformation and Measurement (LGV) should lead to a common database and an actualization of ongoing research.
The project develops and deploys digital services that facilitate efficient data analysis and knowledge synthesis in CCA, including the development of plugins for popular community tools. In addition, FAIR2Adapt enables the expansion of the relevant contact network of stakeholders and scientists and learning from projects in other cities and countries.
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (FC.ID)
FCiências.ID (FC.ID) is a Portuguese non-profit private research association. FC.ID was set up as a joint initiative of the Faculty of Sciences – University of Lisbon (FCUL) and 6 private companies, to support its partners’ Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) activities.
FC.ID’s team in FAIR2Adapt is part of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C), a research unit at FCUL. We integrate multiple areas of knowledge, sectors, scales and disciplines, focusing on Climate Risk Management, Adaptation, Environmental Sciences and Sustainability. We combine our scientific expertise with a strong understanding of the practical needs of stakeholders across a wide range of environmental and climate policy processes, both public and private.
With a long-standing experience in national and international Climate Change research, we provide the scientific cooperation background of having coordinated the EU projects PLACARD (2015-2020) and CIRCLE2 ERA-Net (2010-2014), and the scientific expertise of having led work packages, task and case studies in MAGICA (2022-2026), REGILIENCE (2021-2025), RETHINKAction (2021-2025), PROVIDE (2021-2024), SOCLIMPACT (2017-2021) and IMPRESSIONS (2013-2018), among other projects.
Role in the Project
In FAIR2Adapt, FC.ID leads Work Package 6 on ‘Case studies and end-user applications’, leveraging and testing the FAIR2Adapt FAIRification framework and open data sharing protocols to support regions, cities and local authorities in their practical efforts to build resilience against current and projected risks of climate change. WP6 uses six case studies, covering a broad range of adaptation-relevant stressors, socio-ecological systems, geophysical scales and data management challenges. Within WP6, FC.ID tests, in practice, the FAIR2Adapt approach to examine the design of Portugal’s first National Adaptation Hub. Past work with national and local authorities in climate change adaptation is essential in this process, as well as FC.IDs’ participation in the upcoming EU projects REGILIENCEplus and AdaptationHubs, (to be started in 2025).
SEI Oxford Centre
SEI is an international non-profit research institute that tackles environment and sustainable development challenges.
SEI empowers partners to meet these challenges through cutting-edge research, knowledge, tools and capacity building. Scientific quality and integrity are foundations of the organization’s work. Partnership is at the heart of SEI’s approach, leading to change that lasts.
SEI’s work connects science to policy and practice, aiming to drive tangible impacts. It spans climate change, natural resources, water, air, and health, and addresses questions of governance, innovation, finance, poverty, gender equality and social equity.
Through SEI’s HQ and seven centres around the world, the organization engages with policy, practice and development action for a sustainable, prosperous future for all.
SEI Oxford conducts frontier research to develop new tools, networks, and platforms to generate broader insights, and to steer policies and practices toward sustainability. SEI’s expertise spans a wide variety of disciplines, among them: Climate services; Adaptation decision support; Institutional strengthening and capacity building; Vulnerability analysis and adaptation screening; Knowledge “brokering” to improve communication and learning; desinging transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes for decision-making; creating connections between climate change adaptation and disaster risk resilience; and, analysis of cascading, cross-border risks from climate change.
Role in the Project
In FAIR2Adapt SEI Oxford Centre maps ongoing adaptation decision-making processes and to collect knowledge requirements on enablers and barriers to creating comprehensive and scientifically sound climate adaptation strategies and plans using FAIR data. SEI Oxford also leads a case study on the weADAPT platform and the Climate Connectivity Hub tool.
Plan4all
Plan4all is a Czech-based nonprofit driving innovation in geospatial data, Earth observation analytics, and GeoAI. By harnessing AI to extract insights from satellite and sensor data, Plan4all powers smarter decision-making in climate resilience, precision agriculture, and sustainable development. Active in EU projects, they focus on making geospatial data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and building digital solutions that bridge science, policy, and communities. Their work transforms complex spatial data into actionable knowledge for a more sustainable future.
Role in the Project
Plan4all enhances the consortium’s capacity to handle diverse geospatial datasets crucial for climate change adaptation (CCA). Plan4all contributes by improving geospatial data tools and their integration with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Specifically, Plan4all is responsible for the FAIRification of geospatial tools like QGIS and Hub4Everybody, ensuring these are fully compliant with FAIR principles and aligned with the INSPIRE directive. Their efforts focus on enhancing data interoperability and supporting the creation of geospatial services that facilitate efficient data sharing and knowledge reuse across various climate adaptation use cases.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens was founded in 1837 and it is the oldest university in Greece. The Department of Informatics and Telecommunications has been active since 1986, and it is widely recognized as the top Computer Science department in Greece. The department has a long-standing tradition in research and teaching, and it is equipped with a number of contemporary research and teaching laboratories. It offers an excellent environment for undergraduate and postgraduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels). Many of the department faculty members are world leaders in their individual research areas, and have been awarded distinguished professional society fellowships (ACM, IEEE, EurAI among them), prizes and awards. Four junior and one senior faculty members have been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant and ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. Many of the department’s alumni have gone on to distinguished careers in industry and academia, in Greece, Europe and elsewhere. NKUA participates in Fair2Adapt with the AI team led by Prof. Manolis Koubarakis. The AI team works in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, and it has been a pioneer in applying AI technologies to Earth Observation in the last 15 years.
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Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
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In FAIR2Adapt, NERSC leads Case Study 1 Spread of radioactive isotopes in the Arctic under different climate scenarios, and the Transfer Case Marine heatwaves putting pressure on marine life in Arctic and North Atlantic waters. This includes engaging with stakeholders to elicit requirements for observations and predictions, tools and services that can support assessment of climate change and planning measures to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts. Furthermore, it provides well documented data products for the two case studies through open data repositories offering standard APIs for search and extraction. To back the case studies of the F2A project, NERSC implements services for accessing, processing, analysing and presenting the generated data products using widely used tools such as Jupyter Notebook and QGIS. The project results are presented at relevant conferences, workshops and stakeholder events, and disseminated by other media such as webinars, websites and scientific publications.
Go Fair Foundation
The GO FAIR Foundation (GFF) guides people and organisations on solutions making data universally Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable [FAIR].
GFF assists organisations with the interpretation of the FAIR Principles. These FAIR Guiding Principles provide guidance when improving Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability of digital resources. But they do not dictate specific technological implementations. The GO FAIR Foundation believes that whatever FAIR implementation choices are made, they should always ensure as much as possible, interoperability, machine-actionability, global participation and convergence towards accessible, robust, widespread and consistent FAIR implementations.
The interpretation of the FAIR Guiding Principles by the GO FAIR community, and adopted by the GO FAIR Foundation as a reference for guiding FAIR implementation. The interpretation of the FAIR Guiding Principles by the GO FAIR community, and adopted by the GO FAIR Foundation as a reference for guiding FAIR implementation.
Role in the Project
GFF plays a role in the FAIR2ADAPT project, by being involved in a number of Work-Packages. The main responsibility for GFF is taking the lead in WP 5, whereby “User Requirements” and “Community Capacity Building” are the main focus points.
WP5 aims to streamline the FAIR2Adapt user experience, fostering an interactive and responsive community environment.
FT – Fresh Thoughts Consulting GmbH
Fresh Thoughts Consulting (FT) is an international environmental consultancy offering scientific and policy advice to address environmental challenges. We believe that science and policy are key to environmental protection. As an independent and forward-thinking consultancy, Fresh Thoughts specialises in climate change adaptation, agriculture, environmental economics, freshwater and marine management, and sustainable tourism & sports. We deliver high-quality, innovative solutions by connecting scientific research with policy-making in sustainable development. The team of FT includes experienced scientists, engineers, policy advisors, and event managers. We have a deep understanding of the scientific basis of environmental issues and the political processes needed to address them. We create lasting positive impacts through interdisciplinary, demand-driven, and future-oriented work. We combine a broad understanding of environmental policies with knowledge of local conditions to ensure practical relevance. Our extensive network of experts supports this approach. Since our founding in 2010, we have carried out several projects at local, regional, EU, and national levels for government agencies, NGOs, and private clients. FT’s services include scientific analysis, policy assessments, environmental strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge-based helpdesk services. The organization also support effective communication of scientific information through tools, brochures, and handbooks, and offer event management services.
Role in the Project
At Fresh Thoughts, we lead the Task 6.3 and Task 7.2 ensuring cooperation with the EU Adaptation Mission and EOSC Partnership.
In Task 6.3, Fresh Thoughts spearheads the upscaling of results from six case studies to a wider European context. Our focus is on promoting the FAIRification frameworks through transfer cases considering additional European socio-ecological systems and climate risks. We do engage key actors, particularly in climate-vulnerable regions and cities, ensuring that the project’s outcomes are effectively transferred and taken up across Europe. Our extensive networks and established partnerships are pivotal in facilitating cooperation with stakeholders.
In Task 7.2, Fresh Thoughts plays a central role in engaging with the EU Mission Adaptation to Climate Change. As active participants in the MIP4Adapt Community of Practice, we promote Technical Working Group (TWG) exchanges on climate change adaptation (CCA) data management. Additionally, we support Mission projects and signatory regions through capacity-building activities, providing tailored guidance and leveraging project results to enhance climate adaptation strategies.
Fresh Thoughts is committed to ensuring that our work strengthens Europe’s climate resilience and fosters cooperation among diverse stakeholders.
adelphi research gemeinnützige GmbH
adelphi research is an independent think tank for environmental and development policy research and analysis. Founded in 2001, the research institution has introduced new findings and ideas into politics. With application-oriented research and concrete proposals for action, adelphi research promotes sustainable development and helps improve environmental and development policy in practice.
adelphi’s climate adaptation team is working on projects for German ministries and the EU Commission among others – always true to the motto “avoid the unmanageable and manage the unavoidable”. The team deals with the impacts of climate change. The goals are to contribute to reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience or adaptive capacity through scientific analyses for the identification of climate impacts and assessment of adaptation options, strategic advice on the design of political processes, the establishment of this new policy field and communication and exchange formats to motivate or empower policy-makers, businesses and local authorities to act.
This requires activities at different levels: research needs data and methods for the assessment of climate impacts, politics needs to mainstream the topic in legal,
economic and planning instruments, and implementation measures.
Role in the Project
By accompanying two businesses in preparing climate risk assessments as part of their EU taxonomy/CSRD reporting, we provide an overview on the sources that are being used for the assessments, from local to national to European sources. Furthermore, we shall document important data gaps and highlight possible difficulties when combining the different datasets during the assessments, e.g. problems because of different temporal or spatial scales. Strategies to make the most valuable data FAIR are developed, using a vocabulary that is consistent with the requirements in the EU taxonomy/CSRD.
The goals are to:
1) provide insights into data used and needed by businesses and consultants to perform climate risk assessments for reporting under EU taxonomy/CSRD for sustainable activities;
2) collect local hazard data that is being used in such analyses;
3) improve accessibility to key datasets for climate risk analyses under the EU taxonomy/CSRD.
DeSci Labs AG
DeSci Labs is dedicated to accelerating scientific progress by reimagining the research publishing process to prioritise accessibility, innovation, and reliability. Recognising the need for systemic change, DESCI has developed Publish, the first fully open-access publishing infrastructure powered by Web3 technology.
Publish transforms how scientists share and interact with research by enabling the open dissemination of articles, data, and code without paywalls or publication fees. Through a peer-to-peer network, Publish ensures data sovereignty, long-term preservation, and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. By integrating advanced analytics and tools, scientists can enrich their work with dynamic datasets and receive meaningful insights, including unique novelty scores.
DESCI’s platform empowers researchers to adopt best practices in open science effortlessly, boosting publication opportunities, amplifying research impact, and redefining open access journals and peer review. With incentives to reward high-quality validation and curation, Publish fosters a transparent, collaborative, and sustainable scientific ecosystem.
Founded in 2021 by scientists for scientists, DeSci Labs has grown to a multidisciplinary team of 16 engineers and researchers committed to reshaping the future of scientific publishing.
Role in the Project
DeSci Labs supports the project by developing and providing technical digital infrastructure that supports the efforts of FAIR2Adapt partners in sharing and publishing work publicly, according to FAIR principles. Available infrastructures – DeSci Publish Application and CODEX Protocol – are used and tested for optimisation, usage and functioning by all parties.
The DeSci Publish Application is an open-source web application that enables creating, sharing, evaluating, curating, and consuming versionable research objects that support all file types (e.g. data, code, manuscripts, images). The application is FAIR-enabled by design, thanks to automatically assigned persistent identifiers for every version of every file and the ability to add rich, machine-readable, meta-data to each file. The DeSci Publish web application is a graphical user interface for the CODEX protocol (see below).
The Collaborative Open Data Exchange (CODEX) protocol functions as an open-source operating system for decentralised science, enabling the creation, storage, and retrieval of versionable research objects on a peer-to-peer network with content-based identifiers.