DIAMOND: D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings

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Grant Agreement Number 101081179 Acronym DIAMOND Full Title Delivering the next generation of open Integrated Assessment MΟdels for Netzero, sustainable Development Topic HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02 Funding scheme HORIZON EUROPE, RIA – Research and Innovation Action Start Date December 2022 Duration 48 Months Project URL http://www.climate-diamond.eu/ EU Project Advisor Silvia Vaghi Project Coordinator Institute of Communications and Computer Systems - ICCS Deliverable D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings Work Package WP1 – Manage & Coordinate Date of Delivery Contractual 30/11/2023 Actual 30/11/2023 Nature Report Dissemination Public Lead Beneficiary Institute of Communications and Computer Systems - ICCS Responsible Author Anastasios Karamaneas Email [email protected] ICCS Phone +30 210 7723612 Contributors Konstantinos Koasidis, Alexandros Nikas (ICCS) Reviewer(s) Natasha Frilingou (ICCS) Keywords project meetings; communication; project management; SAB meetings Page ii D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings EC Summary Requirements 1. Changes with respect to the DoA No changes with respect to the work described in the DoA. 2. Dissemination and uptake This report can be used for internally reviewing the project’s progress and as a reference point for project partners on their tasks’ completion regarding the agreed conditions by the consortium and as set out in the DIAMOND Grant Agreement. 3. Short summary of results (<250 words) According to the project’s Quality Management Plan, physical (in a hybrid format) and online meetings are organised regularly so that project partners can communicate and cooperate during the project’s lifespan. Therefore, Executive Board (EB) meetings are hosted monthly as well as General Assembly (GA) meetings twice per year. The former are mainly hosted virtually, in one-hour sessions via Microsoft Teams, while the latter are either hosted online as two-day meetings or physically back-to-back with other physical events organised in the context of DIAMOND (as oneor two-day events), such as workshops. In-person GA meetings with no other backto-back physical events are avoided for sustainability reasons. EB meetings are held to update all project partners on the progress of all Work Packages and to ensure that all deliverables and milestones are delivered on time as well as corrective actions—if necessary—are taken timely. In this context, the ICCS administration team hosts these monthly meetings and drafts their agenda, before finalising it with the entire consortium. During the project’s first year, two physical meetings took place: the Kick-Off Meeting in Athens, Greece on the 15th and 16th of December 2022, as well as the 1st General Assembly Meeting, in Bilbao, Spain on the 16th and 17th of May 2023. Moreover, 8 EB Meetings were organised via Microsoft Teams. Physical and online meetings alike feature high levels of attendance from the entire consortium, with all partners showcasing important dedication to the project’s goals. 4. Evidence of accomplishment This report is evidence of the accomplishment of DIAMOND’s meetings as prescribed in the Grant Agreement. Additionally, the progress and completion of actions discussed in these meetings are and/or will be presented in the project’s deliverables and milestone reports, which showcase the insightful research work accomplished in this project. Page iii D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 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 Pariscompliant 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. ICCS INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS EL BC3 ASOCIACION BC3 BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE - KLIMA ALDAKETA IKERGAI ES CESAR KRATENA KURT AT CICERO CICERO SENTER FOR KLIMAFORSKNING NO CYI THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE CY E4SMA ENERGY ENGINEERING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS MODELING AND ANALYSIS SRL IT HOLISTIC HOLISTIC IKE EL COMILLAS UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS ES ISINNOVA ISTITUTO DI STUDI PER L'INTEGRAZIONE DEI SISTEMI (I.S.I.S) - SOCIETA'COOPERATIVA IT SEURECO SEURECO SOCIETE EUROPEENNE D'ECONOMIE SARL FR UM UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT NL ESMIA ESMIA CONSULTANTS INC. CA USMF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATIION INC US UMD UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND US EPFL ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE CH ETH EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH CH UNIBAS UNIVERSITAT BASEL CH Imperial IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE UK Oxford THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UK UCL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON UK Page iv D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings Executive Summary According to the project’s Quality Management Plan, physical (in a hybrid format) and online meetings are organised regularly so that project partners can communicate and cooperate during the project’s lifespan. Therefore, Executive Board (EB) meetings are hosted monthly as well as General Assembly (GA) meetings twice per year. The former are mainly hosted virtually, in one-hour sessions via Microsoft Teams, while the latter are either hosted online as two-day meetings or physically back-to-back with other physical events organised in the context of DIAMOND (as oneor two-day events), such as workshops. In-person GA meetings with no other backto-back physical events are avoided for sustainability reasons. EB meetings are held to update all project partners on the progress of all Work Packages and to ensure that all deliverables and milestones are delivered on time as well as corrective actions—if necessary—are taken timely. In this context, the ICCS administration team hosts these monthly meetings and drafts their agenda, before finalising it with the entire consortium. During the project’s first year, two physical meetings took place: the Kick-Off Meeting in Athens, Greece on the 15th and 16th of December 2022, as well as the 1st General Assembly Meeting, in Bilbao, Spain on the 16th and 17th of May 2023. Moreover, 8 EB Meetings were organised via Microsoft Teams. Physical and online meetings alike feature high levels of attendance from the entire consortium, with all partners showcasing important dedication to the project’s goals. Page v D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose and scope ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Structure of the Document .................................................................................................................. 1 2 Physical Meetings ......................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Kick-Off Meeting, 15-16 December 2022 .................................................................................................................... 2 2.1.1 Agenda ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1.2 Minutes ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 1st General Assembly Meeting: 16-17 May 2023 .................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3 Remote (Online) Meetings ......................................................................................................... 21 3.1 Executive Board Meeting – 25 January 2023 ................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Executive Board Meeting – 08 February 2023 ................................................................................................................. 25 3.2.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.2.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.3 Executive Board Meeting – 22 March 2023 ....................................................................................................................... 29 3.3.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 3.3.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 3.4 Executive Board Meeting – 28 June 2023 .......................................................................................................................... 33 3.4.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 3.4.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 3.5 Executive Board Meeting – 26 July 2023 ........................................................................................................................... 37 3.5.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 3.5.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 3.6 Executive Board Meeting – 20 September 2023 ............................................................................................................. 41 3.6.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 3.6.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 3.7 Executive Board Meeting – 25 October 2023 ................................................................................................................... 45 3.7.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 3.7.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 3.8 Executive Board Meeting – 22 November 2023 .............................................................................................................. 50 3.8.1 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 3.8.2 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 4 Scientific Advisory Board meetings ........................................................................................... 54 4.1 1st SAB Session: 17 May 2023 ................................................................................................................................................ 54 4.1.1 Minutes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Page vi D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 4.2 Meeting with SAB members at the IAMC 2023 meeting: November 2023 .......................................................... 56 Table of Tables Table 1: DIAMOND Project Meetings (covering period December 2022-November 2023) ............................................... 1 Page 1 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 1 Introduction As indicated in the Grant Agreement, regular and ad hoc meetings are organised during the project’s lifespan. General Assembly (GA) meetings are organised twice a year in order to oversee the progress of all actions realised as well as to aid partners in fully comprehending the scientific work conducted in the context of DIAMOND. The Project Coordinator (ICCS) is in charge of formulating the meetings’ agenda, organising the meetings (in collaboration with Work Package leaders and all other partners), as well as informing all involved parties about the meetings’ time and location; the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) members are also invited to attend these meetings. In addition, regular online meetings are organised (via Microsoft Teams), allowing partners to discuss specific issues regarding project deliverables, milestones, and tasks. Among these, monthly online Executive Board (EB) meetings are hosted by ICCS for partners to report, be informed on, and align with the project’s actions and progress. ICCS record all meetings and sessions, in the context of various work packages and activities as well as the project’s coordination and management. This report documents the latter (i.e., GA and EB Meetings), for which the project’s administration team records meeting minutes and then shares them with the project’s partners via the internal data management system (MS2), ensuring that the entire consortium is up to date with the project’s timelines, agreed plans, and overall progress. The following table depicts the meetings that took place during the project’s first twelve months. EB meetings take place on a monthly basis, unless a GA meeting is held in the same month. Additionally, no EB meeting was organised in April 2023 and August 2023 due to limited availability related to Easter and summer vacations. Table 1: DIAMOND Project Meetings (covering period December 2022-November 2023) Type of meeting Date Physical Kick-Off Meeting 15th and 16th of December 2022 Online Executive Board Meeting 25th of January 2023 Online Executive Board Meeting 8th of February 2023 Online Executive Board Meeting 22nd of March 2023 Physical 1st General Assembly Meeting 16th and 17th of May 2023 Online Executive Board Meeting 28th of June 2023 Online Executive Board Meeting 26th of July 2023 Online Executive Board Meeting 20th of September 2023 Online Executive Board Meeting 25th of October 2023 Online Executive Board Meeting 22nd of November 2023 1.1 Purpose and scope This deliverable aims to showcase a periodic report of all project meetings (physical and online), including the meetings’ agenda, list of attendees, and meetings. Moreover, this deliverable includes any feedback provided by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) from any online and physical communication, especially during dedicated SAB sessions typically held within GA meetings. 1.2 Structure of the Document This document comprises three sections. Section 2 is dedicated to presenting the agenda and minutes of physical meetings, Section 3 showcases all details from online meetings, and Section 4 presents the SAB’s feedback. Page 2 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 2 Physical Meetings 2.1 Kick-Off Meeting, 15-16 December 2022 The project’s Kick-Off Meeting was held on the 15th and 16th of December 2022 in Athens, Greece, where ICCS, the project’s coordinator, is based. The main objective of this two-day meeting was for the consortium partners to discuss each other’s expertise areas as well as their roles in the project and formulate a roadmap the DIAMOND’s first twelve months. All partners (except UNIBAS, whose team members participated online) were represented physically by at least one of their team members. 2.1.1 Agenda Day I: Full Project Overview Virtual participants: Join us via Microsoft Teams (link) Thursday, December 15, 2022 (all times in CET) 08:30 – 09:00 Arrival, coffee, get together 09:00 – 09:10 I.1 Welcome, agenda, introductory notes ICCS 09:10 – 10:20 I.2 Roundtable: Partners’ Introduction Expertise, role, and expectations in DIAMOND (4’ per partner) All Partners 10:20 – 10:45 I.3 Project implementation for Horizon Europe Presentation and Q&A with Project Advisor CINEA 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 11:15 I.4.1 Project Overview, Vision & Objectives ICCS 11:15 – 11:30 I.4.2 WP1 – Manage & Coordinate Including coordination, management, quality processes ICCS 11:30 – 11:50 I.4.3 WP2 – Codesign A mechanism for co-developing new model capacity and novel scenario exercises ISINNOVA & ETH 11:50 – 12:10 I.4.4 WP3 – Update & Upgrade Improving the adequacy of Integrated Assessment Models BC3 12: 10– 12:30 I.4.5 WP4 – Integrate & Expand Going beyond the structural limitations of Integrated Assessment Modelling Imperial 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 – 13:50 I.5.1 WP5 – Apply & Explore Stretching the frontiers of the climateeconomy modelling science CICERO 13:50 – 14:10 I.5.2 WP6 – Open Establishing new business models for IAM transparency and legitimacy ICCS & HOLISTIC 14:10 – 14:30 I.5.3 WP7 – Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit Academic, policy, and broader societal outreach, communication, dissemination, exploitation HOLISTIC 14:30 – 15:00 I.6 Wrap-up, Q&A, Discussions ICCS For those joining Day I virtually, please use Microsoft Teams. Page 9 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings documentation still remain a black box. Dr Xexakis replied that the advantage of the platform is that it provides a portal, without the need to replicate GitHub info but create other tools missing from GitHub (less technical, easier to navigate interface), and making the models more transparent and understandable. the platform can thus act as a mediator and also connector of several modelling communities, providing enough flexibility to accomandate such needs. Prof Doukas suggested that we should create a structured protocol with all the necessary inputs required to enhance transparency. Dr Mittal raised that transparency relates to the policy representation in each model and to model parameters and variables (like the discount rate), while Dr Peters suggested that we could focus on the most important aspects people are interested. Dr VienniBaptista noted that through WP2, we could better understand what stakeholders want to know, and help them understand how the models end up with specific results. Dr Nikas summarised the discussion concluding that by opening the models, we don’t just mean provide an open-source code, but participating in communities of practice and promote collaboration and exchange. WP7 – Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit Ms. Georgia Polytanou (HOLISTIC) presented WP7Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit which will focus in the development and delivery of an impactful plan for CDE and a visual identity for the project, explain that Task 7.1 will creating the DIAMOND visual identity and website, Task 7.2 will develop an effective CDE plan and Task 7.3 will focus on academic, policy, and overall societal outreach she mentioned that DIAMOND has already started a series of infographics connected to World Cup, showing per capita GHG emissions of the two countries in each match. Ms. Polytanou requested that partners submit visual identities and media channels for their institutions. Regarding academic publications, Dr Nikas (ICCS) commented on the new (game-changing) Horizon Europe guidelines for scientific publications, pending the response from the EC and requested that partners provide a list of journals that their institutions have agreements to cover the costs of the APCs Creation of website and visual identity Create project templates Each organization's logo, short description, and website link; media channels used. Identify institutional agreements for APCs HOLISTIC HOLISTIC All partners All partners Day II Challenges & Opportunities Starting the day, each Work Package Leader took the floor and shared what are they most excited, as well as what are they most concerned about their WP & the project. A quick summary of Year 1 deliverables & milestones, and Early project Mr Koasidis (ICCS) presented an overview of key tasks starting during the first year of the project, associated with seven deliverables and five milestones (D3.1, D6.1, D7.1, D2.1, D1.1, D7.2, and D1.2). Dr Isabela Butnar (UCL) asked whether it is possible to share early Provide contact information to ICCS for mailing lists All partners Page 10 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings management requirements on in the project which stakeholder groups are included and how each modelling group should interact with each stakeholder group. Mr Cassolà replied that they will distribute the list of stakeholders and the most pressing questions we receive from them as soon as these are available. Mr Koasidis then moved on to the early project management requirements, around MS1, MS2, D1.2 and D1.1, stressing the importance of a continuously updated internal mailing list. Dr Steve Pye (UCL) suggested to engage with NAVIGATE project. Model Development Roundtable For each one of the core six IAMs, partners took the floor and presented the current state-of-the-art in their models planned developments, potential synergies with WP4 modules. Dr Jon Sampedro (BC3) presented how we move from GCAM to GCAM-Europe, Dr Cassetti (E4SMA) presented the ambition of Open MuNdus Integrated Assessment (OMNIA) model to be a customised, openaccess global IAM based on the TIMES framework, Dr Taliotis briefly presented Climate, Land, Energy and Water Systems (CLEWs), a Nexus modelling framework and the envisaged CLEWs-EU version, Dr Vielle (EPFL) presented GEMINIE3 and the ambition to disaggregate main EU Member States, Dr Boitier (SEURECO) discussed the main ambition to provide NEMESIS-World the first open-source, global, large-scale, macrosectoral model, and Dr Fragkos (ICCS) presented OPEN-PROM a the background of PROMETHEUS model, its regional and sectoral coverage, its focus on energy demand, as well as the model inputs and potential outputs. He then focused on OPEN-PROM and the spatiotemporal and technological updates from the core PROMETHEUS model. Within the discussions, colleagues raised numerous questions to which the presenters responding, regarding the way different aspects are modelled in each case, and the structure of the new models. Wrap-up, Q&A, Discussions Dr Shivika Mittal (Imperial) suggested that a modelling survey should be created and completed by all modelling teams to enhance understanding among them; Dr Steve Pye (UCL) stressed that indeed small thematic workshops among modelling groups would really help enhance communication and exchange. Dr Sanders agreed that overlaps should be identified, data collection efforts combined, touchpoints to be established to operationalise communication, and he also proposed to host one such workshop in September 2023 at Maastricht. Dr Ulf Hahnel also commented that UNIBAS will catch up with the modelling teams during the workshops and address them by email, that they could join the OMNIA workshop planned in February if needed, and they could also organise a workshop on their behavioural module next year. Dr Sampedro also commented that each model would need to keep a degree of flexibility on how to integrate different aspects, as for example finance could be included through relatively simpler model tweaks but also though hard-coding new macroeconomic modules in the model. Page 11 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings Finally, Dr Nikas thanked the consortium for their time, and commented that ICCS will start communicating with everyone via a weekly update and regular emails in the next following days. 2.2 1st General Assembly Meeting: 16-17 May 2023 The 1st General Assembly Meeting was held in Bilbao, Spain, while after the GA the kick-off meeting of the GCAMEurope model also took place. Team members who were not able to attend physically had the ability to participate through MS Teams. An SAB session also took place on the second day of the meeting (briefly presented here and in detail in Section 4), where SAB members were given the opportunity to provide feedback to the consortium regarding the project’s objectives and progress. 2.2.1 Agenda Day I Virtual participants: Join us via Microsoft Teams (link) Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Barceló Bilbao Nervión (all times in CEST/local) 10:00 – 10:30 Arrival, coffee, get together 10:30 – 10:45 I.1 Welcome BC3 task10:45 – 11:00 I.2 WP1 – Manage & Coordinate • Coordination • Management • Quality processes (including review, review times, etc.) ICCS 11:00 – 11:45 I.3 WP2 – Codesign • Multi-layered Stakeholder Engagement Strategy • Planned stakeholder engagement activities • Synergies with and feeding information to WP3 & WP4 ISINNOVA & ETH 11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 – 13:00 I.4 WP3 – Update & Upgrade • Model Development Strategy • Models’ kick-off meetings E4SMA & BC3 13:00 – 14:00 I.5 WP4 – Integrate & Expand • Progress on module discussions • Climate module discussions (Task 4.4) Imperial & CICERO 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break 15:00 – 15:30 I.6 WP5 – Apply & Explore • Early initiatives • Plan for kicking off WP5 in Year 2 CICERO 15:30 – 16:15 I.7 WP6 – Open • Choosing Open Licenses • I2AM Paris Platform progress • OA publication strategy ICCS & Holistic 16:15 – 16:45 I.8 WP7 – Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit • Visual Identity • CDE plan Holistic Page 12 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings • Website 16:45 – 17:00 I.9 Concluding Remarks ICCS Day II Virtual participants: Join us via Microsoft Teams (link) Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Barceló Bilbao Nervión (all times in CEST/local) 09:30 – 10:00 Arrival, coffee, get together 10:00 – 10:15 II.1 Synopsis of Day I ICCS 10:15 – 11:45 II.2 Focusing on the consumer-side • Household Heterogeneity • Consumer preferences and behaviours • Well-being • Labour and finance UNIBAS, CESAR & UM 11:45 – 12:00 Coffee break 12:00 – 12:30 II.3 Circular Economy • The ENGAGE model UCL 12:30 – 13:00 II.4 Land use and agriculture • The MAgPIE model Imperial 13:00 – 13:30 II.5 Electricity module • The openTEPES model Comillas 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 – 15:30 II.6 Scientific Advisory Board Introduction, project planning/implementation & feedback SAB members, ICCS, all partners 15:30 – 16:45 II.7 Roundtable on WP3-WP4 collaboration • Integration of modules to the core models • Planned coverage expansions Imperial, all partners 16:45 – 17:00 II.8 Wrap-up, Q&A, Discussions ICCS, BC3 2.2.2 Minutes Present on Meeting Name and Surname Organisation 1 Alexandros Nikas ICCS 2 Konstantinos Koasidis ICCS 3 Anastasios Karamaneas ICCS 4 Natasha Frilingou ICCS 5 Themistoklis Koutsellis ICCS 6 Anastasis Giannousakis ICCS 7 Panagiotis Fragkos ICCS 8 Eleftheria Zisarou ICCS 9 Dirk-Jan van de Ven BC3 Page 13 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 10 Jon Sampedro BC3 11 Claudia Rodes BC3 12 Russell Horowitz BC3 13 Ignacio Cazcarro BC3 14 Kurt Kratena CESAR 15 Glen Peter CICERO 16 Jan Ivar Korskbakken CICERO 17 Ben Sanderson CICERO 18 Constantinos Taliotis CYI 19 Alessandro Chiodi E4SMA 20 Gabriele Cassetti E4SMA 21 Alessia Elia E4SMA 22 George Xexakis HOLISTIC 23 Georgia Polytanou HOLISTIC 24 Andrés Ramos Comillias 25 Daniel Cassolà ISINNOVA 26 Carlo Sessa ISINNOVA 27 Valentina Maclotti ISINNOVA 28 Stefano Faberi ISINNOVA 29 Pierre le Mouel SEURECO 30 Paul Zagamé SEURECO 31 Baptiste Boitier SEURECO 32 Mark Sanders UM 33 Sascha Serebriakova UM 34 Prescott Morley UM 35 Tania Treibich UM 36 Eoghan O’Connell UM 37 Friedemann Polzin UM 38 Marie Pied ESMIA 39 Marc Vielle EPFL 40 Sigit Perdana EPFL 41 Stephanie Briers ETH 42 Bianca Vienni-Baptista ETH 43 Ulf Hahnel UNIBAS 44 Rui Mata UNIBAS 45 Julius Fenn UNIBAS 46 Lukas Engel UNIBAS 47 Leigh Martindale Imperial 48 Adam Hawkes Imperial 49 Shivika Mittal Imperial 50 Vignesh Sridharan Imperial 51 Mark Howells Imperial 52 Alexandre Koberlë Imperial 53 Michael Obersteiner Oxford 54 Matthew Winning UCL 55 Alvaro Calzadilla UCL 56 James Price UCL 57 Steve Pye UCL 58 Olivier Dessens UCL Page 14 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 59 Isabella Butnar UCL 60 Hannah Daly SAB 61 Cecilie Mauritzen SAB 62 David McCollum SAB 63 Brian O’ Gallachoir SAB Minutes: Main issues discussed Item Description Action What Who Day I WP1 Dr Alexandros Nikas (ICCS) greeted the partners and briefed them on the meeting’s agenda. Next, Prof. Mikel González-Eguino (BC3) from the host partner institute welcomed all partners. Dr Nikas proceeded to the presentation on the progress of WP1, starting with Task 1.1 about the project’s administration, reports and other processes (e.g., cost statements), as well as the bimonthly updates and the biannual calls between the project coordinator and the project advisor. He continued his presentation with Task 1.2 to confirm that all deliverables and milestones were submitted on time, and presented a list of deliverables and milestones that must be submitted in the project’s 1st year. We also discussed the use of MS SharePoint. Dr Nikas mentioned that the internal review process in Task 1.3 has been effective so far since with only non-consequential delays that were well handled. He concluded his presentation with a brief summary of the current SAB synthesis which is expected to be finalised shortly. Finalise the synthesis of the SAB ICCS WP2 Next, Mr Daniel Cassolà (ISINNOVA) took the floor and started the presentation of WP2. He commenced with an overview of the WP’s objectives and then proceeded to a more thorough presentation of each Task. Mr Cassolà started with Task 2.1 regarding the stakeholder engagement plan and Deliverable 2.1, briefing the consortium on the knowledge integration process and the DIAMOND Participatory Foresight Space in which three groups of stakeholders will be involved: researchers, policymakers and citizens. Next, he proceeded to Task 2.3, explained to the partners how citizens will be involved as well as the stakeholder mapping process, and presented the timeline of the three workshops. In this context, Dr George Xexakis (HOLISTIC) and Mr Cassolà discussed the importance of stakeholder mapping and engagement in the formation of the stakeholder database. Following this discussion, Dr Stephanie Briers (ETH) presented the 1st phase of the codesign process, and the associated foresight workshops to produce stakeholder-informed research questions. Then, she proceeded to a schematic presentation of the Joint Problem Framing focusing on ETH’s discussions with 4 IAM teams. Finally, Dr Briers mentioned that 23 online workshops will be Prepare the stakeholder database and template for the mapping Preparations for the mutual understanding workshops ISINNOVA, All partners ETH (to organise), all partners (to respond) Page 15 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings organised between August and September to support mutual understanding between partners. Prof Sanders (UM), Dr Briers (ETH), Dr VienniBaptista (ETH), Dr Xexakis (HOLISTIC), Mr Koasidis (ICCS), and Dr Nikas (ICCS) discussed the purpose of the workshops, how these relate to other planned workshops, as well as the structure and length. Dr Briers stressed the importance of understanding the goals of each consortium partner and stated that stakeholder engagement will start to be reflected in the next deliverable. Mr Koasidis stressed the ensure that feedback from stakeholder engagement is on time t o inform other project activities and Mr Cassolà followed up with a summary of an initial timeline. WP3 Next, Dr Jon Sampedro (BC3) took the floor, starting by presenting an overview of WP3 Tasks focusing on Deliverable 3.1 and the Model Development Strategy, the running survey monitoring the updates of the models and also requested that each modelling team keep the survey updated. Next, Dr Dirk-Jan van de Ven (BC3) continued by presenting specifics on the 6 IAMs that will be upgraded by presenting the regions and sectors covered by the old and new versions and the interconnections of the 6 IAMs with the modules in WP4. In this context, Dr Constantinos Taliotis (CYI) mentioned that CLEWs-EU will also consider some data for non-EU countries such as the UK, Norway and Switzerland due to their proximity and interconnections with EU countries. Afterwards, Dr Gabriele Cassetti (E4SMA) took the floor and briefed the consortium on the Kick-off meetings organised for the 6 project IAMs. The meetings for OMNIA and CLEWs have already taken place and the meeting for the GCAM EU model will take place the day after the General Assembly meeting, while the other three models (singlepartner teams), there is no need for a similar meeting , but he requested that when decisions are made, the rest of the partners will be informed. Specifically, he proceeded to a short presentation of the OMNIA meeting and what was discussed. Dr Cassetti also mentioned that the survey will be expanded to cover the Integration and Expansion strategy (link with WP4). Next, Dr Shivika Mittal (Imperial) suggested that it would be beneficial that a presentation for GEMINI-E3 EU and NEMESIS-World to take place since they are important components for WP4. Dr Nikas suggested that this could be done online. A discussion followed around the expansion of the survey to include aspects of WP4 with Prof Sanders (UM) and Dr Isabela Butnar (UCL) asking about the representation of specific policies as well as the timeline. Dr Cassetti, Dr van de Ven and Dr Sampedro provided elaborations and explained that the survey is a living document continuously updated. In this context, Mr Koasidis, Dr Briers and Dr Cassetti agreed that the consortium should communicate about the survey and how its results will be disseminated. M oreover, they agreed that the survey could be used for stakeholder engagement regarding WP2 and that the updated survey will be circulated for Internally communicate the survey Update the survey BC3, E4SMA BC3, E4SMA, All modelling WP3 and WP4 teams Page 16 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings stakeholder and partner workshops as well. WP4 Next, Prof Adam Hawkes (Imperial) took the floor and proceeded with an overview of WP4 and the progress that has been achieved so far and he mentioned that although no deliverable is already submitted, a lot of work has already been done (e.g., workshops). Next, Prof Kurt Kratena (CESAR) made a short presentation for Task 4.3 focusing on the 3 dimensions of household heterogeneity (i.e., income, socio-economic status as well as attitudes and values). Also, he mentioned that the next step is the improvement of the consumption modules in GEMINI-E3 EU and NEMESIS-World. Prof Sanders (UM) briefed the partners on Task 4.5, which focuses on finance, labour, consumer behaviour and energy transition and reiterated UM’s intention to host a meeting in autumn, Prof Rui Mata (UNIBAS) presented an overview of the goals of Task 4.6, focusing on the Behavioural Module Development, Dr Ben Sanderson (CICERO) presented Task 4.4 and the linkage between IAMs and climate/physical impact models. Dr Sanderdon also mentioned that Task 4.4 strategy will be to build an interface connecting project IAMs with the existing Open SCM infrastructure, aiming for a rapid assessment of regional, probabilistic climate data from IAM simulations with the METEOR framework. Lastly, Dr Mittal and Dr Sanderson had a short discussion on regional integration with IAMs, the capacity of different METEOR versions (a new one will be developed) and the inclusion of geoengineering. Communicate about the workshop on finance, labour and consumption UM WP5 Afterwards, Dr Glen Peters (CICERO) proceeded with the presentation of WP5’s timeline and an overview of the tasks that are scheduled to start beyond the first year of the project. He also demonstrated a schematic illustration of scenario pipeline uncertainties (related to Task 5.1) showing emissions uncertainties and results from different climate models. Next, Dr Mittal, Dr Peters and Dr Sanderson discussed the sensitivity analysis and correlations regarding climate results. Lastly, Prof Tania Treibich (UM) and Dr Peters discussed the effect of labour parameters and policies on climate models and Dr Mittal also mentioned the issue of climate scenarios affecting capital costs etc. WP6 Next, an overview of the progress so far and the future planning of WP6 was presented by Mr Koasidis (ICCS) and Dr Xexakis (HOLISTIC). They informed the partners on the submission of Deliverable 6.1 and briefed the consortium on the machine-actionable Data Management Plan (DMP) stored in Argos, as well as the preparation of Milestone 4. Mr Koasidis presented the options on possible licenses that each model could adopt, and decisions made, mentioning that there is no decision yet regarding GEMINI-E3 EU to first understand the conflict regarding the GTAP database. Dr Sampedro suggested that the data can be separated from the model, but Dr Vielle (EPFL) replied that this is not so easy for GEMINI-E3. Both Mr Koasidis and Dr Xexakis suggested that we should strive to make everything as open as possible. Next, the use of the project repository on GitHub was disuccssed, Page 17 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings with Dr Mittal suggesting that a joint meeting must take place to further discuss this issue. Then Mr Koasidis presented the strategy to publish scientific publications with open access per EC guidelines, and Dr Xexakis elaborated on the material required to be uploaded onto Zenodo. Afterwards, Dr Xexakis and Mr Koasidis informed the partners about the I2AM PARIS platform and new features to be added such as validation routines, as well as communities of practice. Following this, a discussion took place between Dr Xexakis, Dr Vienni-Baptista, Mr Koasidis and Dr Briers related to ethical issues regarding data collection and ETH’s protocol around such aspects. Lastly, Dr Xexakis presented the IP scan service focusing on what it does, and the main challenges associated with it and Dr Cassetti intervened making 5 main recommendations. WP7 To close the first day of the meeting, Ms Georgia Polytanou (HOLISTIC) briefed the partners on the WP7 objectives and activities, mentioning that the CDE plan and website of the project are already created and presented the visual identity of the project and the progress so far as well as the next steps (e.g., infographics and videos) and demonstrated the website’s structure. In addition, she demonstrated an overview of the CDE’s contents and a summary of the project’s current synergies. Lastly, she briefly pr esented the planning of the WP so far, with D7.1 being submitted and D7.2 being under review. Day II Focusing on the consumerside After Dr Nikas greeted the partners and briefed them on the discussions of Day 1, he informed the partners that Day II discussions will focus on the WP4 modules and be coordinated by Dr Mittal. The 1st session, focusing on consumer-side issues, was opened by Prof Ulf Hahnel (UNIBAS), who briefed the partners on the two online workshops that took place in January and March of 2023 and helped identify main research questions and presented a summary of a proposed timeline for the next months on this synergistic approach. Then, Prof Hahnel (UNIBAS) presented issues related to behavioural aspects and notably integration opportunities referring to two extreme scenarios regarding public support. Afterwards, Dr Kratena took the floor and mentioned challenges related to consumer-side issues, briefly presented modelling work done considering heterogeneity using the WILIAM model for the LOCOMOTION project, and he focused on ways that behavioural change and heterogeneity can be combined In this context, Dr van de Ven, Dr Sampedro and Prof Kratena discussed heterogeneity data for models, with Prof Kratena mentioning that transport data for the EU are easily available, whereas household data are more difficult to find and sometimes they have to be matched. In response, Prof Hahnel said that income can be easily accessed through surveys, and he also asked how the household clusters were chosen in the LOCOMOTION project with Prof Kratena replying that the household size was the main factor. In a similar context, Dr Mittal and Prof Page 18 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings Kratena discussed the distribution of mitigation policies in households. Lastly, Dr Nikas and Dr Sampedro had a discussion on how each modelling team can incorporate these issues and Prof Kratena suggested that this can be determined after the Model Development Strategy is prepared. Next. Mr Prescott Morley (UM) took the floor and presented how well-being affects behavioural changes linking with the work that will be done with UNIBAS and CESAR. Then, Mr Morley added that it is difficult to get final demand equations from IAMs, which could be proven very useful. Dr Vielle mentioned that relevant feedback could be provided from the updated survey. In this context, Dr Cassetti asked if the social context of these studies focuses on Western cultures with Mr Morley replying that studies have focused on the EU and the USA, but many mechanisms are quite universal (they have spotted minor differences in China). Mr Eoghan O’Connell (UM) and Ms Sascha Serebriakova (UM) finally discussed topics on labour and finance aspects and the respected modules to be developed . In this context, Dr Nikas had two questions: a) labour and finance are interconnected, will they be modelled separately? and b) how can these improvements be incorporated in IAMs apart from CGE models? Prof Sanders stated that labour and finance have many common points; hence the modules will be independent, but connections will exist in order to work stand-alone but to be able to be integrated as well. He also mentioned that integrating these modules in IAMs requires important cooperation with modelling teams Circular Economy Next, Mr Matthew Winning (UCL) took the floor and introduced the concept of circular economy and a summary of the ENGAGE model, the current state-of-the-art, and two existing applications of the model in research. Including one linking the ENGAGE model with TIAM-UCL. To conclude his presentation, Mr Winning briefed the partners on the current and future extensions of the ENGAGE model. Afterwards, Dr van de Ven and Mr Winning discussed the presented applications and Dr Mittal and Mr Winning had a conversation about policies that can be included regarding steel production. Land use and agriculture In the next session, Dr Alexandre Koberlë (Imperial) focused on the MAgPIE land-use model, how the model functions, as well as focuses on the regional coverage. He mentioned that some limitations of MAgPIE are the unavailability of raw datasets and the fact that the code is not open but if the datasets and code can be somehow aggregated, the model can be opensource. Next, he presented some model outputs (derived from an online tool) and proceeded to an overview of the Postdam IAM framework, which combines the REMIND and MAgPIE models. He suggested that the same framework can be used by replacing REMIND with OMNIA and OPENPROM. To conclude his presentation, Dr Koberlë demonstrated some research applications. Lastly, Dr Anastasis Giannousakis (ICCS) and Dr Koberlë discussed the coupling of OMNIA and MAgPIE, focusing on the relevant documentation. They mentioned that a soft linkage is feasible, exchanging key variables. Page 25 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.2 Executive Board Meeting – 08 February 2023 3.2.1 Agenda Executive Board Meeting Wednesday, 08 February 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST Microsoft Teams (Link) Participants: All Partners Agenda 1. Update on project progress (completed, ongoing, upcoming tasks & deliverables) • WP1: Manage & Coordinate o Mailing lists (ICCS) o MS2: Internal data management (ICCS) – March 2023 • WP2: Codesing o WP2 kickoff meeting (26/01) o Engagement strategy (ETH & ISINNOVA, all partners) • WP3: Update & Upgrade o D3.1: Model development strategy (BC3) – March 2023 o Survey to collect the inputs and outputs from (E4SMA) o CLEWs physical meeting (24/04) o OMNIA physical meeting (03/03) o GCAM physical meeting (TBD) • WP4: Integrate & Expand o Follow-up meeting on the consumer side (UM, CESAR, UNIBAS) and engagement with modelling teams (Feb-Mar, TBD) o Next meetings? (Imperial) • WP5: Apply & Explore • WP6: Open o Open data management plan (ICCS, HOLISTIC) – March 2023 • WP7: Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit o D7.1: Visual Identity & website (HOLISTIC) – March 2023 o Document templates (ICCS & HOLISTIC) o Follow-up on open access publication strategy (ICCS) 2. Pending requests – ICCS & All Partners 3. Project SMEs and European Commission's IP Scan (E4SMA) 4. Any other business 3.2.2 Minutes Present on Call Name and Surname Organisation Page 26 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 1 Alexandros Nikas ICCS 2 Konstantinos Koasidis ICCS 3 Anastasios Karamaneas ICCS 4 Natasha Frilingou ICCS 5 Haris Doukas ICCS 6 Themistoklis Koutsellis ICCS 7 Eleftheria Zisarou ICCS 8 Jon Sampedro BC3 9 Dirk-Jan van de Ven BC3 10 Jan Ivar Korsbakken CICERO 11 Glen Peters CICERO 12 Constantinos Taliotis CYI 13 Gabriele Cassetti E4SMA 14 Maurizio Gargiulo E4SMA 15 George Xexakis HOLISTIC 16 Sara Lumbreras Sancho COMILLAS 17 Luis Olmos Camacho COMILLAS 18 Andrés Ramos Galán COMILLAS 19 Daniel Cassolà ISINNOVA 20 Baptiste Boitier SEURECO 21 Paul Zagamé SEURECO 22 Doğancan Beşikci ESMIA 23 Sigit Perdana EPFL 24 Marc Vielle EPFL 25 Bianca Vienni-Baptista ETH 26 Stephanie Briers ETH 27 Shivika Mittal Imperial 28 James Price UCL Minutes: Main issues discussed Item Description Action What Who WP1 The meeting started with Dr Alexandros Nikas (ICCS) greeting the partners and informing them that regarding the SAB synthesis, many stakeholders have already shown their interest. Lastly, Dr Nikas informed the consortium that the mailing lists for each WP, etc are close to being finalised. Dr Nikas discussed the organisation of the General Assembly Meeting, with some partners volunteering to host it. Dr Nikas also suggested that it could be beneficial to invite SAB members and inform them informed them on the project. Include all the appropriate researchers and personnel in the mailing lists Initiate discussions on the next GA All partners ICCS WP2 Mr Daniel Cassolà (ISINNOVA) briefed the consortium regarding the progress on WP2 in light of the WP’s kickoff meeting that took place on the 26th of January. Afterwards, Dr Stephanie Briers (ETH) informed the partners about Task 2.2 and the planning phase for modelling teams’ engagement. In this context, she requested from modelling teams to discuss policy questions during their internal Page 27 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings meetings. Afterwards, Dr Stephanie Briers (ETH) informed the partners about Task 2.2, which focuses on the planning phase for modelling teams’ engagement. In this context, she requested modelling teams to discuss policy questions during their internal meeting. Dr Shivika Mittal (Imperial) asked how should WP3 include WP2. Mr Cassolà said that WP3 should take into consideration the mapping of the stakeholder needs and that the policy questions must be in line with WP3. WP3 Dr Jon Sampedro (BC3) mentioned that the internal meetings each modelling team will have the flexibility to determine how the work on WP3 will proceed. Regarding the survey, Dr Gabriele Cassetti (E4SMA) informed the partners that collection of information is underway and that the finalised version will be available next week. He also mentioned that information must be shared with partners on how to connect models for WP4. Dr George Xexakis (HOLISTIC) proposed that HOLISTIC can help with the survey regarding WP6 aspects and Dr Cassetti replied that he will share it with HOLISTIC as soon as the structure is finalised. In this discussion, Dr Marc Vielle (EPFL) asked a question on the harmonisation of data collection and Dr Sigit Perdana (EPFL) replied that this can be discussed after the completion of the survey. Afterwards, the discussion moved to the modelling teams’ internal meeting and the scheduling of the CLEWs-EU and OMNIA meetings. Dr Nikas informed the partners that there are still discussions with BC3 regarding the GCAM meeting, which will probably take place in September. Lastly, Dr Briers asked that the ETH team participates in single-team modelling meetings since it can be useful for stakeholder engagement. Finalise the survey Organise the CLEWs-EU meeting Organise the OMNIA meeting Organise the GCAM meeting E4SMA, modelling teams ICCS, Imperial, CyI E4SMA , Imperial, UCL, ESMIA BC3, ICCS, UMD WP4 Proceeding to WP4, Dr Mittal said that we should start with the survey template which will contribute to the harmonisation between sectoral models. In this context, there is a necessity to understand the information collected from the survey on IAMs and sectoral models. Furthermore, Dr Mittal suggested that the joint meeting of WP3 and WP4 could take place after the internal meetings, around May or June. In this context, Dr Nikas mentioned that there are no official meetings for single-team models and that the consortium should not wait until all internal meetings are completed since the GCAM meeting will take place in September. Organise the joint meeting between WP3 & WP4 Imperial WP5 Afterwards, Dr Glen Peters (CICERO) informed the partners that there is not much progress since the WP starts later on. Nevertheless, the harmonisation discussion is very important for WP5 as well, and explained possibilities for synergies with projects on this matter. In this discussion, Dr Cassetti Prepare a survey for WP5 CICERO Page 28 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings proposed that aspects from WP5 should be included in the initial survey, which will collect data until the beginning of March. Moreover, Dr Mittal proposed that a harmonisation database is created in Microsoft Teams. Lastly, Dr Peters stressed the challenging issues regarding land modelling and in this context, Dr Mittal proposed that WPs 3, 4 and 5 should be coordinated to answer all the relevant questions. WP6 Next, Dr Xexakis informed the partners that the updates on the platform are still under development . Furthermore, HOLISTIC is collaborating with ICCS on the Data Management Plan (DMP). Lastly, Dr Xexakis mentioned that he might get in touch with specific teams on aspects related to data declaration. WP7 Dr Nikas informed the partners that a first version of the project’s website will be ready in February, and he requested that the partners check it and provide their feedback. Dr Nikas also informed the partners that the document templates for the project are ready to be used. Lastly, regarding the publications policy from the Commission, Dr Nikas informed the partners that there are no changes in the direction of the Commission. In this context, Dr Nikas reminded the partners of the request regarding open-access journals and institutional agreements. Finalise the website HOLISTIC Project SMEs and European Commission's IP Scan The last issue discussed was the joint ownership of the opensource models In this discussion, Dr Dirk-Jan van de Ven (BC3), Mr Maurizio Garguilo (E4SMA) and Dr Nikas discussed possible policies that can be used, such as the GCAM-World policy. In this context, Dr Xexakis proposed that the smallest burden must be put on model usage (even commercial) and that partners can send licenses to ICCS to examine possible pathways. Furthermore, Dr Nikas and Dr Vielle discussed the fact that the GEMINI model is open source but its database from GTAP is not. Lastly, Dr Nikas suggested that a models’ usage should have the lowest number of restrictions possible. Inform ICCS of potential licenses and matters arising All modelling partners Page 29 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.3 Executive Board Meeting – 22 March 2023 3.3.1 Agenda Executive Board Meeting Wednesday, 22 March 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST Microsoft Teams (Link) Participants: All Partners Agenda 1. Update on project progress (completed, ongoing, upcoming tasks & deliverables) • WP1: Manage & Coordinate o Mailing lists (ICCS) o MS2: Internal data management (ICCS) – March 2023 • WP2: Codesing o WP2 meetings and progress (update by ETH, ISINNOVA) o Engagement strategy & survey (ETH, ISINNOVA, all partners) – April 2023 • WP3: Update & Upgrade o D3.1: Model development strategy (BC3, E4SMA) – March 2023 o Survey to collect the inputs and outputs (E4SMA) o OMNIA physical meeting (03/03, Turin) – aftermath o CLEWs physical meeting (24-25/04, Athens) – plan o GCAM physical meeting (18/05, Bilbao) – plan • WP4: Integrate & Expand o Consumer side (UM, CESAR, UNIBAS, IAM teams) o openTEPES (COMILLAS, IAM teams) o Next meetings (Imperial) • WP5: Apply & Explore • WP6: Open o Open data management plan (ICCS, HOLISTIC) – March 2023 o Licenses for the six new IAMs (to include in CA final version) • WP7: Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit o D7.1: Visual Identity & website (HOLISTIC) – March 2023 o Document templates (ICCS & HOLISTIC) 2. Pending requests – ICCS & All Partners 3. Consortium Agreement and partners’ requests (ICCS) 4. Any other business 3.3.2 Minutes Present on Call Name and Surname Organisation 1 Alexandros Nikas ICCS Page 30 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 2 Konstantinos Koasidis ICCS 3 Anastasios Karamaneas ICCS 4 Natasha Frilingou ICCS 5 Themistoklis Koutsellis ICCS 6 Panagiotis Fragkos ICCS 7 Eleftheria Zisarou ICCS 8 Jon Sampedro BC3 9 Dirk-Jan van de Ven BC3 10 Claudia Rodes BC3 11 Kurt Kratena CESAR 12 Constantinos Taliotis CYI 13 Elpida Giouleka CYI 14 Gabriele Cassetti E4SMA 15 Maurizio Gargiulo E4SMA 16 George Xexakis HOLISTIC 17 Georgia Polutanou HOLISTIC 18 Andrés Ramos Galán COMILLAS 19 Daniel Cassolà ISINNOVA 20 Carlo Sessa ISINNOVA 21 Baptiste Boitier SEURECO 22 Mark Sanders UM 23 Marie Pied ESMIA 24 Sigit Perdana EPFL 25 Marc Vielle EPFL 26 Bianca Vienni-Baptista ETH 27 Rui Mata UNIBAS 28 Shivika Mittal Imperial 29 James Price UCL Minutes: Main issues discussed Item Description Action What Who WP1 The meeting started with Dr Alexandros Nikas (ICCS) greeting the partners. Afterwards, the discussion moved to the joint ownership issue, for which Dr Nikas informed the partners that per CA this can be decided later on and Mr Maurizio Gargiulo (E4SMA) confirmed. In this context, Dr Nikas also mentioned that the licenses regarding the open-source nature of the models used are currently gathered. Dr Nikas reiterated the request that all partners continuously update their mailing lists. He also informed the partners that the Internal Data Management report (MS2) will be ready by the end of March and that it has to be uploaded as a Milestone in the EC’s platform. Dr Nikas closed the meeting by informing the consortium that the GA meeting in Bilbao, Spain will be a 2-day event and that its 2nd day will mainly focus on GCAM. In this context, Update mailing lists Prepare MS2 Prepare a logistic package for the GA meeting in Bilbao All partners ICCS, HOLISTIC BC3, ICCS Page 31 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings he mentioned that partners are encouraged to communicate with ICCS or BC3 regarding Visa issues. WP2 Next, Mr Daniel Cassolà (ISINNOVA) informed the partners a first draft of D2.1 has been circulated and that the final draft of D2.1 will be ready by end of March. Moreover, Mr Cassolà and Dr Bianca Vienni-Baptista (ETH) discussed a previous idea on survey among the project’s partners which will not move forward and Dr Vienni-Baptista suggested that the survey of Task 2.2 must be rediscussed. Next, Dr Vienni-Baptista mentioned that Dr Stephanie Briers (ETH) is meeting (physically or virtually) modelling partners to examine what they expect from the stakeholder engagement process. In this context, Dr Vienni-Baptista also mentioned that ETH partners expect frequent communication with partners during the next months, while the ethics part of WP2 is on track. Prepare the final draft of D2.1 Finalise ethics clearance ISINNOVA, ETH ETH WP3 The discussion on WP3 started with Dr Dirk-Jan van de Ven (BC3) informing the partners that he will contact them regarding updates on the WP3 survey related to D3.1 Based on this, Dr Gabriele Cassetti (E4SMA) informed the consortium that D3.1 is on track, and in the phase of reviewing. Mr Konstantinos Koasidis (ICCS) replied that the 3 required reviews are on track. In this context, Dr Nikas informed the consortium that the kick-off meetings for OMNIA and GCAM are on track, while for the CLEWs-EU meeting an agenda is already circulated. Communication with partners for the survey Review and completion of D3.1 BC3, Modelling partners E4SMA, BC3, ICCS WP4 The next matter discussed was WP4, for which Dr Shivika Mittal (Imperial) made a short presentation informing the partners on the progress of each Task. Regarding Task 4.1 info on cement and iron & steel industries is collected for all 6 IAMs and a meeting for this issue is arranged in May. Task 4.2 is scheduled to start later on but a meeting for MAgPIE is planned for April or May. Regarding Task 4.3, Dr Mittal informed the partners that a joint meeting for Task 4.3, 4.5 and 4.6 took place in March and that a third one will be hosted in May. She also mentioned that preliminary info on the Stocktake process is being collected in the context of Task 4.4. Lastly, she briefed the partners on the meeting organised on the 7th of March on the openTEPES model and she also mentioned that a 2 nd meeting will take place in May. WP5 Next, Dr Nikas took the floor and informed the partners that WP5 is not active yet, according to the project’s timeline, but related work is already being prepared. WP6 Afterwards, Dr George Xexakis (HOLISTIC) informed the partners that D6.1 regarding the Data Management Plan is under review. He also mentioned that a short presentation of how it works (machine-actionable DMP) will take place during the next Executive Board meeting when the DMP will be finalised. In this context, Dr Xexakis and Dr Mittal had a short discussion regarding modelling documentation and they Review and finalization of D6.1 HOLISTIC, ICCS Page 32 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings concluded that the process will be almost the same, with minor deviations mainly related to metadata issues. Next, coming back to the licensing aspects, Dr Nikas and Dr Panagiotis Fragkos (ICCS) had a discussion on modelling licenses. They mentioned that the consortium might be able to change things about licenses during the project’s progress, but they also stressed that a final form should be chosen when the GitHub pages will be ready. In this context, Dr Xexakis, replying to Dr Fragkos, mentioned that the project’s aim is not just to upload the models but to make them really open to the public. WP7 Regarding WP7, Ms Georgia Polutanou (HOLISTIC) informed the consortium that D7.1 reviews are done (currently under finalisation) and that the followers of the project’s social media accounts are increasing. She also mentioned that there is a video for the website’s dissemination. In this context, Dr Nikas mentioned that the project’s website will be released during the next few days. Ms Polutanou mentioned that the project’s dissemination material (posters, flyers, etc.) are already prepared and available in the project’s website. Release the project’s website ICCS, HOLISTIC Page 33 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.4 Executive Board Meeting – 28 June 2023 3.4.1 Agenda Executive Board Meeting Wednesday, 28 June 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST Microsoft Teams (Link) Participants: All Partners Agenda 1. Update on project progress (completed, ongoing, upcoming tasks & deliverables) • WP1: Manage & Coordinate o New sister project (!) o Participation of DIAMOND partners to the IAMC and ECEMP conferences o WP collaboration – Timeline • WP2: Codesing o Stakeholder Database and milestone (MS2) on stakeholder engagement database o WP2-related workshops among ETH & DIAMOND partners • WP3: Update & Upgrade o Update on the modelling survey o Overall progress in model development o CLEWs: recurring meetings o OMNIA: next steps & progress o GCAM: GCAM 7.0, GCAM annual meeting o Other models (update on timeline) • WP4: Integrate & Expand o Progress on module discussions o Workshop on finance, labour, and consumption/wellbeing in Maastricht (Sep 2023) o Invitation of Maastricht University to the MORSE Conference (Oct 2023) • WP5: Apply & Explore • WP6: Open o MS4: Plan on collaboration and synergies (July 2023) o I2AM PARIS platform, development pipelines and protocols • WP7: Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit o Newsletters o Social media 2. Any other business Page 34 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.4.2 Minutes Present on Call Name and Surname Organisation 1 Alexandros Nikas ICCS 2 Konstantinos Koasidis ICCS 3 Anastasios Karamaneas ICCS 4 Anastasios Giannousakis ICCS 5 Russell Horowitz BC3 6 Dirk-Jan van de Ven BC3 7 Claudia Rodes BC3 8 Jan Ivar Korsbakken CICERO 9 Constantinos Taliotis CYI 10 Gabriele Cassetti E4SMA 11 George Xexakis HOLISTIC 12 Georgia Polytanou HOLISTIC 13 Andrés Ramos Galán COMILLAS 14 Sara Lumbreras Sancho COMILLAS 15 Daniel Cassolà ISINNOVA 16 Stefano Faberi ISINNOVA 17 Baptiste Boitier SEURECO 18 Paul Zagamé SEURECO 19 Pierre Le Mouël SEURECO 20 Marie Pied ESMIA 21 Marc Vielle EPFL 22 Stephanie Briers ETH 23 Shivika Mittal Imperial 24 Leigh Martindale Imperial 25 Vignesh Sridharan Imperial 26 James Price UCL Minutes: Main issues discussed Item Description Action What Who WP1 The meeting started with Dr Alexandros Nikas (ICCS) greeting the partners and informed the partners that there is a fourth sister project, named CHOICE, in the same area as DIAMOND, Afterwards, he suggested that partners submit abstracts (deadline by the 30th of June) at the IAMC and ECMP conferences taking place in Venice, Italy in November and virtually in October respectively. He mentioned that BC3, SEURECO and EPFL partners have already expressed their willingness to submit and he proposed that partners that want to submit inform ICCS if their abstracts acknowledge the project. Lastly, Mr Konstantinos Koasidis (ICCS), regarding WP collaborations, mentioned that a couple of workshops will take place in 2023, organized by WP2 but aiming to engage with the other WPs as well, and that this process could feed the 2nd modelling development cycle. Submit abstracts to IAMC and ECMP All partners Page 41 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.6 Executive Board Meeting – 20 September 2023 3.6.1 Agenda Executive Board Meeting Wednesday, 20 September 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST Microsoft Teams (Link) Participants: All Partners Agenda 1. Update on project progress (completed, ongoing, upcoming tasks & deliverables) • WP1: Manage & Coordinate o Results of DIAMOND submissions to the 2023 IAMC and ECEMP conferences o Discussion on the organisation of the next General Assembly • WP2: Codesing o Request for outstanding partners to fill in the Stakeholder Database. o Elaboration on the next steps/timeline for receiving permissions from the stakeholders o Update on the organisation of the two WP2-related workshops • WP3: Update & Upgrade o Overall progress in model development and short updates for all six core models:  OMNIA  CLEWs-EU  GCAM-Europe  NEMESIS-World  OPEN-PROM  GEMINI-E3 EU • WP4: Integrate & Expand o Progress on WP4 module/task discussions o Update on the organisation of the “labour, finance, and final demand” workshop in Maastricht • WP5: Apply & Explore • WP6: Open o Feedback on the validation tool o I2AM PARIS platform, development pipelines and protocols • WP7: Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit o Newsletters o Social media 2. Any other business Page 42 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.6.2 Minutes Present on Call Name and Surname Organisation 1 Alexandros Nikas ICCS 2 Konstantinos Koasidis ICCS 3 Anastasios Karamaneas ICCS 4 Natasha Frilingou ICCS 5 Eleftheria Zisarou ICCS 6 Anastasis Giannousakis ICCS 7 Russell Horowitz BC3 8 Claudia Rodes BC3 9 Jon Sampedro BC3 10 Jan Ivar Korsbakken CICERO 11 Gabriele Cassetti E4SMA 12 Maurizio Gargiulo E4SMA 13 George Xexakis HOLISTIC 14 Andrés Ramos COMILLAS 15 Sandra Lumbreras COMILLAS 16 Stefano Faberi ISINNOVA 17 Paul Zagamè SEURECO 18 Baptiste Boitier SEURECO 19 Mark Sanders UM 20 Tania Treibich UM 21 Marie Pied ESMIA 22 Stephanie Briers ETH 23 Bianca Vienni-Baptista ETH 24 Victoria Herbig ETH 25 Shivika Mittal Imperial 26 Isabella Butnar UCL Minutes: Main issues discussed Item Description Action What Who WP1 The meeting commenced with Dr Alexandros Nikas (ICCS) greeting the consortium. Next, Dr Nikas proceeded to WP1 starting by requesting that partners that with submissions to ECEMP to contact him since the consortium aims to chair some sessions. Then, Dr Nikas opened the discussion on the organization of the next General Assemble which will take place between November and January and offered the choices of a physical or a fully online event. Many colleagues suggested that this depends on the scope of the meeting, raised the aspect of reducing flying, if necessary, while some partners (UM, ETH) offered to organise a future GA, but they need an early notice. Dr Nikas mentioned that the first day of the meeting would focus on all WPs and the roadmap of upcoming tasks and deliverables and that the second day would have an SAB Inform ICCS on ECMP submissions Organise the next General Assembly All partners ICCS, All partners Page 43 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings session as well as sessions focusing on specific aspects, and that the ICCS team will reflect on the scope of these dedicated sessions after exchanges with the partners and come back to the issue in the next EB meeting. WP2 Mr Stefano Faberi (ISINNOVA) informed the partners that he will send a review from the first database, mentioning some regional and sectoral (i.e., field of origin) unbalanced. Mr Konstantinos Koasidis (ICCS) proposed that the ICCS team can filter the Greek database, but that the ICCS team works on a global one as well. Moreover, he mentioned that an email can be prepared and sent in October to stakeholders to collaborate with them, informing them about the project and including a small survey focusing on their relevance with modelling tools. In this context, Mr Faberi proposed that partners suggest more questions but keep them short. Next, Dr Nikas replied mentioning that having an imbalanced stakeholder pool is somehow expected since the consortium focuses on energy and climate issues. Next, Dr Briers informed the consortium that ETH would host the first online workshops on the 26th of September and the 3rd of October. She also mentioned that they would like to co-create their workshops with the rest of the partners and that they will make a report on the first interaction with the project’s partners. Prepare the communication with the stakeholders Host the first online workshops ISINNOVA ETH WP3 Next, Dr Gabriele Cassetti (E4SMA) took the floor and provided the latest updates on WP3 and those collected from modelling teams. He also informed the consortium that the preparation of MS5 is in progress. In this context, Dr Nikas replied that a report is expected for MS5 which will be sent to the Project Officer (not uploaded in CORDIS). Afterwards, Dr Mittal proposed that insights from the survey on the linkages between WP3 and WP4 can be added to MS5, with Dr Cassetti replying that all WP3 teams will have bilateral calls with WP4 teams. Prepare MS5 E4SMA, BC3 All modelling teams WP4 Regarding WP4, Prof Tania Treibich (UM) briefed the partners on the upcoming 2-day workshop that would take place in Maastricht, mentioning that on the first day, the UM team’s view and suggestions on the IAM models would be discussed whereas on the second day, the views of IAM modellers would be the main focal point. Lastly, Dr Mittal mentioned that WP4 modellers can communicate with WP3 teams during the workshop. Host the Maastricht workshop UM WP5 Dr Jan Ivar Korsbakken (CICERO) informed the consortium that there are no updates regarding WP5. WP6 Next, Dr George Xexakis (HOLISTIC) mentioned that his team is working on the validation tool and asked partners to inform them if there are any issues. Moreover, he mentioned that IPCC Working Group 3 has shown interest in a collaboration among modellers. Further develop the validation platform HOLISTIC, ICCS Page 44 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings WP7 Then, Mr Koasidis informed the partners the Social Media posts are going well, and the project’s website was being frequently updated with new content. Page 45 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.7 Executive Board Meeting – 25 October 2023 3.7.1 Agenda Executive Board Meeting Wednesday, 25 October 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST Microsoft Teams (Link) Participants: All Partners Agenda 1. Update on project progress (completed, ongoing, upcoming tasks & deliverables) • WP1: Manage & Coordinate o Decisions on the organisation of the next General Assembly o Update on D1.2 Report on project and SAB Meetings o Sister project WorldTrans Annual Meeting & SAB event invitation (March 2024) • WP2: Codesing o Aftermath of the WP2 workshops: Follow-up meeting o Next steps of stakeholder engagement (including update on database) • WP3: Update & Upgrade o Progress on “MS5: Planned model updates & expansions” o Overall progress in model development and short updates for all six core models:  OMNIA  CLEWs-EU  GCAM-Europe  NEMESIS-World  OPEN-PROM  GEMINI-E3 EU • WP4: Integrate & Expand o Progress on WP4 module/task discussions o Aftermath of UM workshop WP5: Apply & Explore • WP6: Open o Progress on the validation tool, and development of visualisation tool o I2AM PARIS platform, development pipelines, and protocols o Community building o IAMC 2023 – who’s joining? • WP7: Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit o Newsletters o Social media 2. Any other business Page 46 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.7.2 Minutes Present on Call Name and Surname Organisation 1 Alexandros Nikas ICCS 2 Konstantinos Koasidis ICCS 4 Natasha Frilingou ICCS 5 Russell Horowitz BC3 6 Claudia Rodes BC3 7 Jon Sampedro BC3 8 Dirk-Jan Van de Ven BC3 9 Gabriele Cassetti E4SMA 10 Sonja Sechi E4SMA 11 Maurizio Gargiulo E4SMA 12 George Xexakis HOLISTIC 13 Andrés Ramos COMILLAS 14 Sandra Lumbreras COMILLAS 15 Constantinos Taliotis CYI 16 Stefano Faberi ISINNOVA 17 Daniel Cassolà ISINNOVA 18 Kurt Kratena CESAR 19 Paul Zagamè SEURECO 20 Baptiste Boitier SEURECO 21 Mark Sanders UM 22 Tania Treibich UM 23 Marie Pied ESMIA 24 Stephanie Briers ETH 25 Bianca Vienni-Baptista ETH 26 Victoria Herbig ETH 27 Shivika Mittal Imperial 28 Adam Hawkes Imperial 29 Vignesh Sridharan Imperial 30 Sigit Perdana EPFL 31 Marc Vielle EPFL Minutes: Main issues discussed Item Description Action What Who WP1 The meeting commenced with Dr Alexandros Nikas (ICCS) greeting the consortium. Dr Nikas informed the consortium regarding an upcoming personnel change in ICCS, as Prof. Haris Doukas (ICCS) has been elected mayor of Athens, starting officially on January 1st, 2024, and that he will have to step out of his duties as Professor. ICCS will ensure that the partners face no disruptions. Next, Dr Nikas commented on D1.2 Report on project and SAB Meetings, due in November, which is on track. Based on the discussion in the previous EB, Dr Nikas proposed that the Doodle poll for the next GA Preference for the next General Assembly Inform ICCS on physical participation in ICCS All partners All partners Page 47 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings next General Assembly be an online meeting since one physical meeting has already taken place in 2023 and that a doodle poll would be sent to all partners ASAP. Partners could offer to host the next physical GA, which will take place in the summer of 2024. Dr Nikas also mentioned that he was invited to invited Dr Nikas to participate in the WorldTrans annual meeting & SAB event, which will take place in March 2024 in Bergen, Norway and asked whether any partners (especially our Norwaybased partner CICERO) might be interested in joining and representing IAM COMPACT in case he could not join physically. Dr Nikas asked whether any partners are planning to join COP28 physically, as part of their institute’s activities, of another project, or for personal interest since there is an opportunity to host a side-event at the Greek Pavillion; Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie (Imperial) has expressed interest in joining COP28, possibly presenting a study which revolves around CCS with focus on COPs and international climate negotiations; and Dr Steve Pye (UCL) might also be joining. COP28. WP2 Dr Stephanie Briers (ETH) thanked the consortium for their participation in the workshops; in total 23 participants joined. ETH is preparing a workshop report which is focused on better organising stakeholder activities, and what DIAMOND partners expect from stakeholders to be sent out next week and are kindly asking all partners to provide feedback. Mr Daniel Cassolà (ISINNOVA) reminded the partners to send their contributions to the stakeholder database. The database currently consists of 300 stakeholders, but there is currently an imbalance in terms of representations (a lot of climate & energy experts, very few people from other disciplines such as health, and SSH). An initial survey is been prepared to be sent to potential stakeholders asking for their permission and scoping their interest to engage with DIAMOND , after feedback received. Prepare and share workshop report Send stakeholders’ contacts to ISINNOVA ETH All partners WP3 Next, Dr Dirk-Jan Van de Ven (BC3) gave a very brief outlook of WP3, giving the floor to Dr Gabriele Cassetti (E4SMA) to elaborate on the preparation of MS5 which is due in November. Together with ICCS, they have discussed the shape of the milestone, which will be a report where modelling teams will contribute a 5-pager, in case of a single model, or a 10-pager for multiteam models. The contributions should be finalised by November 13th & E4SMA will provide a template (based on the OMNIA model) with the preferred structure and necessary information the next week. Regarding participation in Maastricht’s workshop, CYI (CLEWs) & EPFL (GEMINI) teams participated physically, while all other modelling teams expect BC3 to participate online. Regarding model updates: • NEMESIS: reviewed the multi-regional I/O database & Prepare MS5 E4SMA, All modelling teams Page 48 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings started mapping the geographical scope of the model, the economic activity & the time coverage. Collecting & processing data on the source of revenue of households both by income & by consumption. They started coding the implementation of household split by income deciles using python • CLEWs: technology commodity list finalised; collection of data on energy, land & water is ongoing; GitHub repository has been set up; the reference system diagram is going to be developed for the entire model in the coming weeks. • GEMINI: mapped GHG emissions from GitHub database to IPCC classifications: if possible also share with other teams; started upgrading biofuel database in line with GTAB database • OPEN-PROM: incorporated more data, developed model results validation tools against historical & reference data • OMNIA: advanced the design of the industry sector, including ammonia, aluminium & ferrous metals; a draft of the upstream sector design is ready; The team has started designing the soft linking with ENGAGE CGE (Tasl 4.1); made initial calls with UNIBAS on integrating behavioural change aspects (Task 4.6) & openTEPES (Task 4.7) • GCAM: in the process of disentangling all European regions within the global model. This step required a lot of debugging; the next step will be to change the data system to include Europe-specific data. WP4 Dr Shivika Mittal (Imperial) highlighted the outcomes from the Maastricht workshop. First, a literature review is ongoing looking at how finance, labour and consumer behaviour are represented in different models and also what kind of models exist in the literature, as well as what is included in the literature so far, and what kind of improvements are required. Second, they had an initial discussion on how these aspects can be integrated into DIAMOND’s models, with its outcome to be included in MS5. She also informed the partners that meeting notes from the workshop have been uploaded on the project’s SharePoint. Regarding WP4 tasks, each core modelling team should discuss with sectoral modelling teams how they are planning to link the models. OMNIA team has already met with UCL regarding the linkages with the ENGAGE-CGE to decide on how the models will be linked; the same with MagPIE (Task 4.2). Dr Mittal asked all modelling teams for an update regarding all tasks within WP4 in order to have the linkages properly mapped out in time for MS6. Discuss how sectoral model linkages can be implemented Linkages mapped out properly before MS5 All modelling partners All modelling partners WP5 CICERO colleagues were not present in the call, yet WP5 will soon start preparing for its first WP5 tasks (soon to kick-off: Page 49 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings Task 5.1). WP6 Next, Dr George Xexakis (HOLISTIC) mentioned the upcoming update of I2AM PARIS platform (users, uploads, speed). His team has been working on a faster and more interactive visualisation method for the platform, which will be released soon, and shared with everyone for feedback. In terms of community building, he mentioned a meeting that DIAMOND participated in last month regarding a new platform (Climate Research Network) seeking to connect & gather inputs from climate modelling teams, especially in the contest of WGI & WGII. Dr Mittal mentioned that during a meeting with UK policymakers, there was a lot of criticism regarding the scenarios selected for India & other regions, and the fact that only a few teams are handling the selection process. This could prompt a change in scenario selection criteria (validity/feasibility checks) coming from the IPCC. Finally, Dr Nikas briefed the consortium regarding DIAMOND’s participation in the ECEMP, chairing one session and presenting three papers acknowledging the project. WP7 Dr Xexakis informed the partners on DIAMOND’s CDE plans, focusing on our participation in the IAMC 2023 conference, which will take place in Venice, November 14-16, 2023. Page 50 D1.2 – Report on project and SAB Meetings 3.8 Executive Board Meeting – 22 November 2023 3.8.1 Agenda Executive Board Meeting Wednesday, 25 October 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST Microsoft Teams (Link) Participants: All Partners Agenda 1. Update on project progress (completed, ongoing, upcoming tasks & deliverables) • WP1: Manage & Coordinate o Decisions on the organisation of the next General Assembly o Participation at the 16th IAMC 2023 o Update on D1.2 Report on project and SAB Meetings o Consortium Agreement finalised • WP2: Codesing o Elaborations on the results of the workshops and the follow up surveys. Timeline and scope of D2.4 “Stakeholder-informed research questions” o Updated on the survey to receive confirmation from the mapped stakeholders. • WP3: Update & Upgrade o Progress on “MS5: Planned model updates & expansions” o Overall progress in model development and short updates for all six core models:  OMNIA  CLEWs-EU  GCAM-Europe  NEMESIS-World  OPEN-PROM  GEMINI-E3 EU • WP4: Integrate & Expand o Progress on WP4 module/task discussions o EGU 2024 announcement (and participation) • WP5: Apply & Explore • WP6: Open o Progress on the validation tool, and development of visualisation tool o I2AM PARIS platform, development pipelines, and protocols • WP7: Communicate, Disseminate, & Exploit o Newsletters o Social media 2. Any other business