I-CHANGE
Individual Change of HAbits Needed for Green European transition
Funding: Horizon 2020
Period: November 1st 2021 - April 30th 2025
Total project budget: € 4 949 998
Total budget CNR IIA: € 415
Scientific Responsible: Paolo Mazzetti

Abstract of the project

The I-CHANGE project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Framework Program, aims to promote the active participation of citizens to address climate change, sustainable development and environmental protection in the framework of the European Green Deal, the European Climate Pact and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Citizens and civil society have a central role in protecting the environment and their direct involvement is essential to lead a true change and promote environmentally sustainable behavior. I-CHANGE represents a paradigm change that can be achieved through a multidisciplinary and participatory approach that includes improving the usability of data; raising awareness among citizens by observing the environmental impacts of human activities; the active participation of citizens with their active involvement through a set of Living Labs located in different socio-economic contexts; raising awareness of climate change by developing a clear understanding of the scientific processes underlying this phenomenon and of the need for environmental protection.

CNR-IIA participates in the I-CHANGE project as leader of a grouping of CNR institutes which also includes the Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (IGAG), the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection (IRPI) and the Institute of Mathematics Applied and Information Technologies "Enrico Magenes" (IMATI). CNR-IIA coordinates the activities for the integration and interoperability of data aimed at the creation of an Environmental Impact Hub capable of providing access to remote sensing and in-situ observation data useful for assessing the impact of climate change and for building applications
addressed to the citizen.
Promote the active participation of citizens to tackle climate change and sustainable development environmental protection in the framework of the European Green Deal, the European Climate Pact and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
• International Center for Environmental Monitoring - CIMA Foundation
• ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
• TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
• NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
• UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
• WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT
• EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS
• LUONNONVARAKESKUS
• FONDEN TEKNOLOGIRADET
• DEN INSTITUTE
• KAJO SRO
• TECHNE CONSULTING SRL
• CMF CLIMATE MEDIA FACTORY UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT) GMBH
• WEST AFRICAN SCIENCE SERVICES CENTER ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTED LAND USE

Paul Mazzetti
Henry Boldrini
Robert Roncella
Lena Rettori