About REACHOUT
REACHOUT is a European Commission funded research and innovation project to advance user-oriented climate services to support the implementation of the Green Deal. Therefore, research partners, climate service providers and city stakeholders are co-developing a coherent set of services for seven city hubs across the EU.
Triple A-Toolkit: analyse, ambitions and actions
These services support cities to Analyze hazard, exposure and vulnerability to climate change, formulate Ambitions for Climate Resilient Urban Development, and identify, evaluate and select adaptation Actions for implementations. This so-called Triple-A toolkit builds upon and utilizes existing tools and services. To ensure sustainability beyond the lifetime of the project close cooperates with existing climate service platforms and develops business models for implementation of the services from the start.
The Triple-A approach is based on proven success in many cities across the world. At the start of the project the “toolkit” is compiled from a concrete set of proven successful tools, climate information branched off the C3S portal, and a set of background data layers on land use and socio-economic indicators. Additionally, the project is developing localized (city specific) ‘story maps’ which translate climate science into information that the local officials, water experts, advisors, citizens and companies can understand and work with.
REACHOUT brings together a highly experienced transdisciplinary Featured City Story
Amsterdam – APG
Milano
Athens
Cork
Gdynia
Lillestrøm
Logroño
Meet the team
Sophie van der Horst
CAS
Sophie van der Horst (Msc) (F) is advisor at CAS and works with climate data and visualizations. Sophie studied climate studies at Wageningen University where she focused on the physical climate…
Nieves Peña
Tecnalia
Nieves Peña (Senior Researcher) (F): BSc in Physics at Basque Country University and certified as team entrepreneur coach by Tiimiakatemia, University of Applied Sciences (Finland). During the first 8 years in Tecnalia she worked on the development of web services and semantic technologies.
Marit Heinen
CAS
Marit Heinen (Msc) (F) manages and contributes to different climate adaptation projects with the main focus of translating scientific knowledge into usable information for policymakers. She has been involved in the development of the Climate Impact
Hasse Goosen
CAS
Hasse Goosen (PhD)(M) is the founder and director of Climate Adaptation Services. Hasse has been the architect of the tools which reach out to hundreds of unique users per day. Hasse supported numerous cities in the Netherlands and internationally.
Isabel Parra
Resilient Cities Network
Isabel Parra is the Communications Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Resilient Cities Network. She is the Social Media lead for REACHOUT and will contribute to the communication and dissemination strategy of the project. Her goal is to help cities create urban policy narratives and climate stories to mobilise internal and external stakeholders.
John Tarpey
Ecologic Institute
John Tarpey (M) is a Researcher at Ecologic Institute, Germany. He works primarily on issues including water, climate adaptation and economics, and agriculture. At Ecologic Institute, John Tarpey works on Co-designing the Assessment of Climate Change Costs (COACCH), which is focused on the economic costs of climate change and climate actions.
Efrén Feliú
Tecnalia
Efren Feliu (Senior Scientist) (M) holds a Building Engineering Degree as well as different postgraduates including spatial planning and territorial development. He has a relevant professional background in consultancy and capacity development for public administrations and utilities, especially focused in the fields of local sustainability, spatial planning, climate adaptation and resilience.
Sadie McEvoy
Deltares
Dr. Sadie McEvoy is a researcher and climate adaptation specialist, who works on adaptive planning and decision making under deep uncertainty for water resources, coastal areas and urban spaces. Dr McEvoy’s work focuses on the involvement and representation of stakeholders in planning and decision making.
James Strout
NGI
James Strout has been employed at NGI since 1998, and has 18 years of experience in the offshore energy sector, and 4 years in the Natural Hazards sector.
Jan-Willem Anker
CAS
Communication officer and language expert. At CAS he writes news articles and informative texts about climate adaptation, conducts interviews and creates social media content for the Dutch national Knowledge Portal for Climate Adaptation.
Jorge Paz
Tecnalia
Jorge Paz works as Senior researcher at Tecnalia. He focuses on the analysis of climate change, associated impacts, the definition of adaptation measures and assessing their costs and benefits.
Amy Oen
NGI
Amy Oen has been employed at NGI since 2001 and has over twenty years of research and consulting experience within the environmental sector. Expertise in ecological risk assessment and environmental management of pollutants, as well as knowledge brokering to improve stakeholder involvement.
Thijs Endendijk
VU
Thijs Endendijk (M) is PhD candidate at the Instiute for Environmental Studies at VU Amsterdam. He is working on his thesis on the effects of climate change on financial sector investors.
Maria Wiśnicka
Sendzimir Foundation
Maria is a graduate of the Institute of Sociology at the University of Warsaw and political science at the Central European University. Maria co-created grant and educational programs, including the “Green Leader”, for which she is responsible at the Sendzimir Foundation. She supports local government and non-profit leaders in their activities for the protection of the environment and climate.
Nellie Body
NGI
Nellie Body (MSc)(F) works with geohazards research and consulting at NGI. She has earned a MSc in Geohazards and Geomechanics and a BSc in Geology and geophysics from the University of Oslo, as well as single courses in Disaster management from the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Felix van Veldhoven
CAS
Felix van Veldhoven (MA)(M) is an international climate adaptation expert, who specializes in bridging the gap between climate science and adaptation action. With a background in urban geography & planning, he uses his skills in data visualization and geo-information
Sarah Wright
Deltares
Sarah Wright is a junior researcher at Deltares, specializing in climate adaptation and water management. Sarah’s focus is centered around adaptation planning, especially using integrated approaches such as Climate Resilient Development and methods like Adaptation Pathways. She loves thinking about how to best present data in ways that are both useful and beautiful, translating science for non-technical decision makers and stakeholders.
Natalia Burgos
Ecologic Institute
Natalia Burgos is an International Fellow at Ecologic Institute. Thematically, she focuses on Climate Change Adaptation, Nature based Solutions..
Federico Aili
Rcities
Federico Aili is an urban planner with strong interest in sustainability and urban resilience. From 2018 to 2021 he worked for the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) and the ISOCARP Institute, where he mainly focused on EU-funded projects on Nature-based Solutions, research proposals and capacity-building programmes.
Lina Liakou
Resilient Cities Network
Lina leads the resilience practice in Europe and the Middle East for the Resilient Cities Network. She is also responsible for the organization’s global governance, city engagement and knowledge. Before joining R-Cities, Lina was Deputy Mayor and Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Thessaloniki, Greece
Sean Salazar
NGI
Dr. Sean Salazar (M) is a researcher and engineer at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI). He specializes in Earth Observation, remote sensing and geospatial analysis techniques for geohazards, and civil engineering infrastructure. Sean has participated in several EU research and innovation projects and currently coordinates a Horizon Europe project in the Digital, Industry and Space programme.
Denise McCullagh
UCC
Dr. Denise McCullagh is a researcher in the Impacts and Adaptation Group at MaREI, University College Cork, Ireland. Denise’s research focuses on climate adaptation in the public, private and third sectors, from local to international scales.
Chiara Mazzetti
Ecologic Institute
Chiara Mazzetti (F) is the Head of the Events Team and Communications Manager at Ecologic Institute. She is responsible for the strategic development and coordination of a vast array of events. As a communication expert, Chiara Mazzetti is also responsible for the coordination of large partner networks across Europe and the management of communication activities aimed at promoting the results and achievements…
Jenny Tröltzsch
Ecologic Institute
Jenny Tröltzsch (F) is a Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, Germany and coordinates the adaptation activities of the Institute. Jenny Tröltzsch works in projects pertaining to the costs and benefits of climate adaptation measures on the local, national and supranational (European Union, EU) level. Her project experiences include Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies for a Sustainable Europe (BASE) and Economics of Climate Change Adaptation in Europe (ECONADAPT).
Gaby Langendijk
Deltares
Dr. Gaby S. Langendijk is a climate scientist at Deltares, specialising in cities under climate change. Dr. Langendijk’s research is centred around the impacts of climate change on urban areas and developing adaptation strategies and climate services to enhance resilience.
Eva Boon
CAS
Eva Boon (Msc)(F) is advisor and researcher at CAS and focusses on the co-production of methods and tools with users in the field of climate services for adaptive delta management and urban adaptation. Eva combines working in CAS projects with a PhD…
Joshua Lizundia
Tecnalia
Joshua Lizundia (MSc) (M): Data Analyst and researcher on climate services in Tecnalia Research & Innovation. PhD student in Geographic Information Systems at the University of Alcala. Relevant experience in software development based on python, app development in the climate data store framework, and data analysis and management.
Leon Kapetas
Resilient Cities Network
A hydrologist by training, Leon Kapetas is Lead for Programs and Climate Resilience for the Resilient Cities Network in Europe and Middle East. His work focuses on Nature Based Solutions as a vehicle for climate adaptation, raising natural capital while also meeting socioeconomic community objectives.
Jaroslav Mysiak
CMCC
Dr. Jaroslav Mysiak (M) is the director of the research division ‘Risk assessment and adaptation strategies’, and external teacher at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Jaroslav holds a PhD from the University of Göttingen (Germany) and MSc. from the Technical University Zvolen (Slovakia).
Ad Jeuken
Deltares
Dr. Ir. A.B.M. Jeuken is an expert advisor in the field of climate change adaptation and water management. He has a master degree in environmental sciences from the Wageningen University and finished a PhD in Global Climate modelling at KNMI and the University of Eindhoven.
James Fitton
UCC
Dr. James Fitton leads the Impacts and Adaptation Group at MaREI, University College Cork, Ireland. James is the lead researcher on Climate Ireland, a climate service supporting local authorities and sectors adapting to climate change.
Katriona McGlade
Ecologic Institute
Katriona McGlade (F) is a Fellow at Ecologic Institute, Germany where she focuses on climate adaptation policy and practice especially in coastal regions. Her interests are in collaborative, stakeholder-centred adaptation processes to develop shared knowledge and solutions. Examples of her previous work on stakeholder-centred…
Francesca Larosa
CMCC
Francesca Larosa (F) is a PhD Candidate at Ca’ Foscari University in Climate Change Sciences and Management.She holds a MSc in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University (Milan) and she obtained her BA in Economics from Pisa University.
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