The Adaptation Catalyst (AC) tool supports local decision makers and planners to explore system performance under changing conditions in uncertain futures. Where existing planning and asset management practices are based on optimizing the system for a static future scenario, the AC is a tool to explore changing pressures on the system and a variety of actions and timings.
The Adaptation Catalyst is a software tool designed to help overcome the ‘implementation gap’ in realizing adaptive capacity, to get from research and design to actual realization of measures. The AC does this by offering the possiblity to assemble primary information about climate pressure and the adaptive capacity of measures into one overview. This is the information that usually results from climate effect and adaptation options research projects. Added to this is functionality to interactively vary climate pressure and characteristics of measures, and instantly view what the result of these changes are on adaptive capacity, co-benefits and costs. This will help create awareness, help with chosing and planning of measures and support decision making about adaptation strategies.
The Adaptation Catalyst software and user guide can be used free of charge and can be downloaded with the links on this wiki page.
Example of the AC dashboard that provides an overview of the sequence of adaptation measures, theirs costs and effectiveness
Example of the Comparisson screen in the AC that enables a user to quicky compare adaptation alternatives (combinations of measures) on their effectiveness, co-benefits and costs
Adaptation alternatives that are constructed with the AC can be saved and exported in a file format that enables further processing with the Pathways Generator software (Pathways Generator).
The Adaptation Catalyst was developed as part of the STAR2Cs project, which is funded by the European Regional Development Fund – Interreg VA 2 Seas Program (https://www.interreg2seas.eu/en/star2cs ).
You can download the Adaptation Catalyst software with the link underneath. Just download the zip file, unzip it and start the AC by double clicking the executable. It is not necessary to install the AC.
20190823 AdaptationCatalyst.zip
This link allows you to download the report, that contains theoretical background information and an extensive user guide with example cases.
Some predefined example cases, that can be opened in the AC and used to get acquainted with the functionality, can be downloaded with this link.
