Community-Led Creation of Living Spaces in Shifting Landscapes for Climate-Resilient Land Use Management and Supporting the New European Bauhaus

Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
2024
End Date
2027
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LandShift
Description
LandShift (Community-Led Creation of Living Spaces in Shifting Landscapes for Climate-Resilient Land Use Management and Supporting the New European Bauhaus) is a pioneering European initiative dedicated to transforming land-use management by integrating cutting-edge technologies, community-driven solutions, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and sustainable environmental practices. The project addresses urgent challenges such as climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable land use by developing data-driven strategies. By leveraging Earth Observation (EO) services, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), LandShift enables policy-makers, land managers and regional authorities to implement adaptive, climate-resilient strategies that respond to evolving environmental and socio-economic conditions. Through Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) aligned with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) principles, the project provides stakeholders with practical tools to facilitate sustainable land-use transitions. This will enable informed decision-making that harmonizes climate action, biodiversity conservation, and food production objectives. LandShift will operate across five Living Spaces (LSs) in France, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Ukraine, demonstrating how land can be used efficiently, ecosystems restored and preserved, and communities made more resilient to climate change.
HSG contributes as a key Social Science and Humanities (SSH) partner, leading efforts in socio-economic impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, training, and outreach activities. HSG also leads efforts in educational activities, and promoting equity, ensuring that LandShift’s fosters inclusive and sustainable governance models.
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EU - Horizon Europe

Notes
This work has received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
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Eratosthenes Center of Excellence (ECoE)
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    LandShift: Co-Creating Living Spaces to Resolve Land-Use Conflicts for Climate-Resilient Landscapes
    (2025-03-18)
    Varvaris, Ioannis
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    Hadjimitsis, Diofantos
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    Mavrovouniotis, Michalis
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    Mamouri Rodanthi-elisavet
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    Neophytides, Stelios
    To work towards climate neutrality, the European Union (EU) has established a new target within the revised Regulation on land, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) aiming to achieve a net removal of 310 million tons of CO2 equivalent by 2030 through land-based actions. The LandShift project represents a transformative approach to land-use planning and management, addressing the complex challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable practices in various terrestrial ecosystems, including forests, farmlands, peatlands, and wetlands. Aligning with the EU Green Deal, forthcoming Soil Monitoring Law, and New European Bauhaus (NEB) principles, among other initiatives, LandShift aims to achieve a climate-neutral land-use sector through the establishment of five interconnected Living Spaces (LSs) located in France, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Ukraine. These regions will serve as hubs for co-creation, innovation, and co-governance of sustainable solutions that integrate ecological, social, and economic dimensions. At its core, LandShift leverages digital technologies, including Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence to optimize land-use strategies and enhance climate actions by providing actionable insights into carbon sequestration, ecosystem resilience, and biogenic emissions through a holistic approach. Additionally, the LandShift data ecosystem, built around five regional Data Cubes, acts as a comprehensive resource for stakeholders, offering harmonized data to support informed decision-making. By integrating the Living Earth framework and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, LandShift systematically evaluates trade-offs among climate mitigation, food and biomass production, biodiversity conservation, and socio-economic objectives. The project’s innovative approach integrates Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) with NEB principles, emphasizing aesthetic value, inclusivity, and sustainability to facilitate the operationalization of regional strategies. Through workshops, co-creation activities, and a digital library of NEB-aligned NBS, LandShift promotes practices that enhance ecological balance while effectively bridging the gap between top-down policies and on-the-ground realities. LandShift also addresses the urgent need for robust monitoring, reporting, and verification frameworks, which offer the capacity to measure the impact of implemented solutions while integrating environmental considerations with financial incentives, such as Environmental Impact Bonds. A distinguishing feature of LandShift is its emphasis on inclusive collaboration among all key stakeholders from the Quintuple Innovation Helix framework through a multi-actor approach. Policy and Community Labs will facilitate co-design processes, ensuring that solutions are context-specific and aligned with the unique needs and priorities of each LS while fostering co-ownership through crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding mechanisms. The project also examines dietary preferences while implementing efforts to transform Data Cubes and Living Earths into Knowledge Cubes. Tailored capacity-building further empower stakeholders to adopt and co-implement these solutions effectively, ensuring that the LSs become Lighthouses of regionally socio-economic and environmentally responsible strategies for achieving a climate-neutral land-use sector. LandShift integrates with over 15 EU strategies, leveraging synergies with complementary programs to enhance scalability, promote transdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthen contributions to overarching EU objectives. Its holistic, data-driven approach establishes a benchmark for sustainable land management, offering replicable and scalable solutions across Europe. By bridging the gap between policy and practice, LandShift envisions resilient, sustainable, and inclusive landscapes, transforming land-use planning and management to deliver enduring benefits for communities and ecosystems.
    Type:conference paper
    URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/122683