CLEWs-EU Model Documentation
Welcome to the CLEWs-EU Documentation
This documentation provides the complete technical manual for the CLEWs-EU model, developed under the Horizon Europe project DIAMOND. It includes model structure, data sources, methodology, sectoral modules, assumptions, and instructions for running and modifying the model.
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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Project Information
Grant Agreement Number: 101081179
Acronym: DIAMOND
Funding Scheme: Horizon Europe, RIA – Research and Innovation Action
Topic: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02
Project Duration: December 2022 – November 2026
Project Website: http://www.climate-diamond.eu/
Project Coordinator: Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece
EU Project Advisor: Silvia Vaghi (CINEA)
Deliverable: D3.5 – CLEWs-EU Final Version & Documentation
Work Package: WP3 – Update & Upgrade
Lead Beneficiary: The Cyprus Institute (CYI)
Responsible Author: Constantinos Taliotis
Contact: c.taliotis@cyi.ac.cy
Contributors
Vignesh Sridharan, Leigh Martindale, Nathan Johnson (Imperial); Anastasios Karamaneas, Thomas Nikolakakis, Sophia Kokoni (ICCS); Marios Karmellos, Irene Gkiouleka, Elias Kousoulos, Ioanna Konstantinou, Theodoros Zachariadis (CYI)
Preface
DIAMOND will update, upgrade, and fully open six Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) that are emblematic in scientific and policy processes, improving their sectoral and technological detail, spatiotemporal resolution, and geographic granularity. It will further enhance modelling capacity to assess the feasibility and desirability of Paris-compliant mitigation pathways, their interplay with adaptation, circular economy, and other SDGs, their distributional and equity effects, and their resilience to extremes, as well as robust risk management and investment strategies. This will be done via integration of tools and insights from psychology, finance research, behavioural and labour economics, operational research, and physical science. The project will develop a transdisciplinary scientific approach to legitimise the implementation process and co-create research questions that stretch the frontiers of climate science, as well as establish vibrant communities of practice to transparently open model enhancements and to develop capacities, thereby lowering the entrance barriers to the established IAM community.
Consortium
ICCS – Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (EL) BC3 – Basque Centre for Climate Change (ES) CESAR – Kratena Kurt (AT) CICERO – Centre for International Climate Research (NO) CYI – The Cyprus Institute (CY) E4SMA – Energy Engineering Economic Environment Systems Modelling (IT) HOLISTIC – Holistic IKE (EL) COMILLAS – Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ES) ISINNOVA – Istituto di Studi per l’Integrazione dei Sistemi (IT) SEURECO – SEURECO SARL (FR) UM – Maastricht University (NL) ESMIA – ESMIA Consultants (CA) USMF – University of Maryland Foundation (US) UMD – University of Maryland (US) EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH) ETH Zurich – Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (CH) UNIBAS – University of Basel (CH) Imperial College London – UK University of Oxford – UK UCL – University College London (UK)