This course was offered in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Economic Development at BOKU University as part of the project “Participatory Development of Representative Agricultural Pathways for Austria - RAPs.AT” supported by the 8th ACRP Call [KR15AC8K12675].
RAPs.AT
Climate change research heavily depends on socio-economic and land use scenarios. The research project RAPs.AT develops Representative Agricultural Pathways (RAPs) for Europe aligned to the global Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) and based on a stakeholder process. The resulting RAPs will be publicly available for any quantitative climate change study. RAPs contribute to an improved comparability of methods and results, support qualitative studies, and better designed policies.
The goal of the course is for researchers to learn how to use the TOA‐MD model with data from
their own projects.
Key dates
| Dates | Activities |
| Oct 22‐ Nov 20 | Course announcement and applications due |
| Nov 21‐23 | RAPs.AT team will review applications and send acceptance letters |
| Nov 26‐30 | Participants shall register as TOA‐MD users and install software and learning modules on study Part 1 Basic Learning Module (BLM) and required readings. |
| Dec 3‐4 (TBC) | Webinar Introductions and the TOA‐MD. Participants are expected to have read the required papers |
| 4-Jan | Deadline for participants to submit questions on BLM and exercises |
| Jan 7‐8 (TBC) | Webinar on BLM and exercises and intro to CC Module |
| 7-Jan | Participants start working on CC Module |
| 25-Jan | CC Module exercises due |
| Jan 25‐Feb 3 | Participants prepare their own data to be used with TOA‐MD |
| 1-Feb | Participants submit PPT about project and System1 setup using own data (Template will be provided) |
| Feb 4 – 8 | TOA‐MD workshop at BOKU University |
TOA-MD Workshop Agenda, Feb 4-8, 2019 at BOKU, Vienna, Austria
| Monday | Introduction and presentations by participants (template will be provided). The goal of these presentations is for each participant to describe the project (location, systems, objectives) and data to be used during the workshop. Participants are expected to prepare a summary of their “system 1” data for this presentation. A template for this presentation will be provided, and will be due to the organizers by Feb 1. |
| Tuesday‐ Thursday | Each morning special topics will be reviewed, based on the participants’ interests. Tuesday and Thursday participants work on their projects and consult with instructors as needed. |
| Friday | Participants present results from their projects, with group discussion. Discussion about next steps and possible collaborations, publications, etc. Graduation ceremony! Non‐BOKU |
Participants
| Name | Affiliation |
| Martin Schoenhart | BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences |
| Hermine Mitter | BOKU - Institute for Sustainable Economic Development |
| Katharina Falkner | BOKU - Institute for Sustainable Economic Development |
| Malik Abdoul Quddoos | BOKU - Institute for Sustainable Economic Development |
| Claudine Egger | BOKU - Institute of Social Ecology (SEC) |
| Cinzia Zinnanti | Università degli Studi di Palermo |
| Franz Sinabell | Austrian Institute of Economic Research |
BOKU Institutsseminar: "New Methods to Assess Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation of Agricultural Production Systems:
The experience of AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessments in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia" by Roberto Valdivia. February 5, 2019
