Following the kick-off meeting in early February, the first in-person General Assembly of the Climate-Adapt4EOSC project was held on 9 and 10 July 2025 in Grenoble, France, hosted by Artelia. The meeting brought together project partners to review technical progress, align strategies, and strengthen their shared mission to deliver interoperable climate services through the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Dr Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Director-Technical and Dr Mostafa Kamal Sarker, the Head of AI at Technovative Solutions Ltd. (TVS) represented TVS at the event.
The opening day was convened with a welcome presentation by Artelia. This was followed by a comprehensive project overview from the National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) "Demokritos", which provided a setting for technical and strategic dialogue. The day continued with multiple partner presentations. TVS and CODATA presented on EOSC integration and the Stakeholder Forum, the University of Manchester presented on CLIMATE-ADAPTdata4EOSC (Work Package 2), and the University of Cambridge on CLIMATE-ADAPTservice4EOSC (Work Package 4). A Q&A session provided a platform for the participants to go even deeper on the partners’ presentations.
TVS convened a workshop covering the work of Task 1.3 (Requirement analysis and preparatory work at use case level), Task 1.4 (Exhaustive analysis of the architecture of European Data Spaces), and Task 1.5 (Define CLIMATE-ADAPT4EOSC system requirements and architecture for seamless integration between EOSC and Data Spaces, and related KPIs) on the day. The overall idea of the workshop was to analyse the different data types that will be used in the three use cases. The workshop also covers a thorough analysis of the EU data spaces that are essential to develop the overall architecture of the project.
One of the highlights of the day was a guided tour of ARTELAB, Artelia’s hydraulic modelling laboratory, offering a firsthand look into the innovation that supports implementing the project. In the afternoon session, several topics were discussed through workshops. LNECled the use case requirement analysis, and TVS led the seamless EOSC integration. Interfaces with European Data Spaces and system architecture & KPIs were also discussed.
The second day of the assembly started with the updates on three key use cases. In Greece, NCSR "DEMOKRITOS" and EGL are supporting the development of JustCURS, a digital twin-based service for climate resilience. In Portugal, LNEC, APA, and CNCAare co-developing OPENHIDRA, a user-orientated service that helps stakeholders anticipate and adapt to climate change impacts along vulnerable coastal zones. In France, Artelia, Data4 Group, BRGM, and CSTB are working on 3SES (Shrink-Swell risk service from Space2Earth), a satellite data-based service for managing soil deformation risks. For more clarification, the participants joined in an open Q&A session.
CODATA conducted a workshop on the organisational and legal interoperability of services and data in the second part of the day. After the workshop, representatives from G.A.C. Group (GAC) France provided insights into the planning and implementation of communication and dissemination activities from the beginning of the project. In the afternoon session of the second day, the delegates experienced the cutting-edge infrastructure for environmental modelling and testing through roaming around the CSTB laboratories.
The project coordinator, NCSRD, offered thoughtful reflections on the two days of collaboration and outlined a clear roadmap to guide the continued success of the Climate-Adapt4EOSC project at the closure of the general assembly.
About the Project:
The CLIMATE-ADAPT4EOSC project addresses several critical challenges that hinder the effectiveness of climate change adaptation research and action. These include the fragmentation of data across heterogeneous platforms and data spaces, the lack of interoperability between datasets and services, and insufficient infrastructural support for the generation and sharing of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data. Legal and organisational barriers also obstruct access to and reuse of sensitive climate-related data, particularly in cross-border and multidisciplinary contexts. Additionally, inconsistencies in metadata standards and file formats, combined with limited awareness of FAIR principles among data providers, further complicate the integration and usability of climate data. Without addressing these barriers, meaningful collaboration across scientific disciplines and policy domains remains difficult to achieve.
To know more: https://climate-adapt4eosc.eu/
The Climate-Adapt4EOSC project has received funding from the Horizon Europe Framework Programme under grant agreement No 101188248
