Clim4Vitis is a three-year Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Union Research and Innovation programme nder the Grant Agreement number 810176. Clim4Vitis finds its framework within the Twinning instrument under the all topic: WIDESPREAD-05-2017.
It is coordinated by Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) (Portugal), with the support of Potsdam Institut fuer Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) (Germany), Universita degli studi di Firenze (UNIFI) (Italy), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) (Luxembourg) and Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) (Portugal).
Clim4Vitis´s main objective is to strengthen and raise UTAD´s – and more specifically its research group CITAB´s – science and technology (S&T) capacity and performance in two main specific fields of research in viticulture & climate:
• Grapevine modelling;
• Methods and tools for assessing climate change impacts on European viticulture, in general, and on grapevine productivity, quality attributes and risk of diseases and pests in particular.
Clim4Vitis´ main objective will be achieved through the following specific objectives:
• Transfer knowledge and implement capacity building for the enhancement of S&T capacity
• Lay the foundations of Clim4Vitis´ long-term sustainability
• Increase the reputation, attractiveness and networking channels of UTAD and enhance the visibility of Clim4Vitis
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The 1st Clim4Vitis webinar “Horizon Europe – Opportunities for Researchers” was held on 30th June 2020. The webinar had more than 50 registered participants from several universities and research institutes. The main aim of the webinar was to provide an overview of Horizon Europe focused on the researchers. Furthermore,...
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The stakeholder meeting “Climate change and viticulture: the role of UNIFI” has been held online on the 11th December 2020 involving several agronomists, oenologists and local winegrowers. The aim of the meeting, organized by UNIFI, was to strengthen the collaboration among researchers and Tuscan winegrowers for facing up the...
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Project VISCA is organising its ‘VISCA Final Conference’ on 15th December 2020. The aim of the conference is to present the results of the DSS demonstration and the agronomic techniques and how VISCA supports viticulturists in climate change adaptation. The conference will bring other potential users from different fields (agriculture, climate services, commercial...
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The Clim4Vitis Open Day will be held on the 22nd of November 2021 at UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal. In this event, wine companies and scientists will share knowledge and outline some of the most important challenges that the viticultural & winemaking sector is facing and will have to respond to during the next few decades, […]
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Clim4Vitis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, under the Grant Agreement number 810176. This website reflects only the author’s view and the Commission is not responsible for any use that maybe made of the information it contains.
