CROSS-CASCADE

CROSS-CASCADE addresses a critical gap in climate research by moving beyond single-location, single-sector impact studies to understand how climate impacts cascade across borders and systems through trade, finance, migration, and other transmission pathways. While events such as droughts or floods may originate locally, their consequences can spread widely - affecting markets, security, and societies far from their source - yet research on these cascading impacts remains fragmented across disciplines. To overcome this, CROSS-CASCADE brings together diverse research communities to develop common protocols, harmonised datasets, and shared approaches for cross-sectoral, multi-model climate impact studies, with a particular focus on extreme events and their propagation chains. Through collaboration, training, and open dissemination of data and methods, the Action aims to improve projections of cascading climate risks affecting Europe and to support the design of coherent and effective adaptation policies.