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PREVENT at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026

EGU General Assembly, Vienna 3–8 May 2026

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026 once again served as a dynamic hub for scientific innovation. This year, the event welcomed 22,497 registered attendees, of which 20,027 made their way to Vienna from 125 countries and 2,470 joined online from 107 countries. It was a great success with 20,173 presentations given in 1,014 sessions. Highlighting the importance of this global gathering for the next generation of researchers, 58% of the abstracts were identified as contributions from Early Career Scientists (ECS).

At a time when the Mediterranean basin is emerging as a central hotspot for the climate crisis, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange is more pressing than ever. The partners of the PREVENT project had a strong presence in Vienna, showcasing pioneering results that bridge meteorological research with agricultural adaptation and risk management. Through four specialized presentations, our team highlighted how the use of advanced modeling and climate data analysis can safeguard our region against emerging environmental threats. Here are our members’ contributions to this year’s programme:

  • Rainfed agriculture under a changing climate: Investigating barley crop growth at seasonal and decadal timescales
    Ioannis Sofokleous, George Zittis, Ehud Strobach, Hakan Djuma, Niovi Christodoulou, Andreas Savvides, and Adriana Bruggeman
    Article Preprint: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-16845
  • Using casual discovery to assess the effect of Indian summer monsoon on summer heat extremes in the eastern Mediterranean
    Giorgia Di Capua, George Zittis, Theo Economou, Evangelos Tyrlis, and Christina Anagnostopoulou
    Article Preprint: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-11486
  • Climate change in the Mediterranean: Emerging risks and sustainable adaptation pathways
    George Zittis
    Article Preprint: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-17491
  • Grain yield efficiency of dry land wheat in Israel: a high-resolution coupled crop-climate modeling approach
    Ehud Strobach, Avimanyu Ray, Daniel Farhi, and Roi Ben-David
    Article Preprint: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-9000

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