HORIZON EUROPE | 36-MONTH PROJECT
Turning climate data into actionable advice, for every field, every future.
ClimAurea develops climate adaptation intelligence for European agriculture, combining Earth Observation, climate modelling, and AI to support farmers, advisors, and policymakers in planning for a changing climate.
- 13 Partners
- 9 European countries
THE CHALLENGE
European agriculture is entering a period of profound transformation
Shifts in agro-climatic zones, altered precipitation patterns, and rising frequencies of extreme events are reshaping the ecological and economic conditions under which farming takes place in Europe. Recent floods in Thessaly, Greece (2023) and successive European heatwaves (2022, 2025) illustrate the limits of current resilience measures and the need for better anticipation of compound climate risks.
Agricultural planning and policy currently lack the tools to address the spatial and temporal complexity of these changes. Four gaps limit the sector’s capacity to prepare for the medium and long term:
Forecasts don't look far enough ahead
Most decision-support tools stop at seasonal forecasts. Farmers and planners need scenario-based intelligence that extends through 2100, not just next season.
Extreme weather is left out of the models
Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are intensifying, but they’re still rarely built into the resilience and planning tools farmers and advisors rely on.
What works in one region doesn't transfer to the next
Adaptation knowledge is fragmented and region-specific, so proven strategies are hard to reuse in other farming areas.
Climate data is too technical to act on
Climate and agricultural data are often too generic or too technical, so farmers and advisors struggle to put them to practical use.
OUR APPROACH
An integrated system linking climate science
to farm-level decisions
ClimAurea’s architecture is structured around three interoperable knowledge pillars that feed into a shared simulation and advisory system.
TARGET GROUPS
Developed for the stakeholders who shape agricultural adaptation
ClimAurea targets stakeholders across agriculture, climate science, digital innovation, and policy, and engages them throughout the project through workshops and co-design activities.
ClimAurea in Numbers
THE CHALLENGE
Tested in real farming systems, not just simulations
West Flanders Polders
Heatwaves, floods, and droughts across potato, sugar beet, and intensive livestock systems on polder and sandy-loam land.
Alentejo
Chronic drought and heat stress across cereal and Montado agroforestry systems, drawing on Europe’s largest irrigation reservoir.
Thessaly
Compound flooding, drought, and heatwaves across the Pinios River Basin, where cotton, maize, and kiwifruit systems face rising flood and salinity risk.
Țara Călatei
Drought and flood interactions across high-nature-value farmland, where mixed cereal and grazing systems rely on traditional land management.
CONSORTIUM
13 partners, 9 countries, one shared mission
Research organisations, universities, SMEs, and farmer networks working together across Europe’s agro-climatic zones.
