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Giovanni FORZIERI

Ruolo attuale:: Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato
SSD:: CEAR-01/B - Costruzioni idrauliche e marittime e idrologia
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICEA)

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Giovanni FORZIERI

Biografia

Sono uno scienziato del clima con una formazione in eco-idrologia e telerilevamento. La mia attività di ricerca si colloca all'interfaccia tra l'idrosfera, la biosfera e l'atmosfera. Mira alla comprensione delle dinamiche dei cicli globali dell'acqua e dell'energia, dell'impatto dei cambiamenti climatici sui sistemi socio-ambientali e dell'influenza dei feedback del territorio sul clima e sugli estremi climatici. Questi lavori includono l'integrazione sinergica delle osservazioni della Terra con modelli basati su processi e analisi di big data mediante approcci multidisciplinari. I risultati della mia attività di ricerca hanno contribuito allo sviluppo e all'attuazione della politica dell'UE sui cambiamenti climatici e l'adattamento.

Publicazioni selezionate

Chen, Z., Wang, W., Cescatti, A., & Forzieri, G., Climate-driven vegetation greening further reduces water availability in drylands. Global Change Biology, 29(6), 1628–1647 (2023).
Forzieri, G., Dakos, V., McDowell, N. G., Ramdane, A. & Cescatti, A. Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change. Nature 608(7923), 534-539 (2022).
Alkama, R., Forzieri, G., et al. Vegetation-based climate mitigation in a warmer and greener World. Nature Communications 13, 606 (2022).
Forzieri, G. et al. Emergent vulnerability to climate-driven disturbances in European forests. Nature Communications 12, 1081 (2021).
Forzieri, G. et al. Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes. Nature Climate Change 10, 356–362 (2020).
Forzieri, G. et al. Escalating impacts of climate extremes on critical infrastructures in Europe. Global Environmental Change 48, 97–107 (2018).
Forzieri, G., Alkama, R., Miralles, D. G. & Cescatti, A. Satellites reveal contrasting responses of regional climate to the widespread greening of Earth. Science 356, 1180–1184 (2017).
Forzieri, G., Cescatti, A., Silva, F. B. e & Feyen, L. Increasing risk over time of weather-related hazards to the European population: a data-driven prognostic study. The Lancet Planetary Health 1, e200–e208 (2017).

Progetti in corso

04.2024-04.2028 | HORIZON EUROPE Project | Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts (ClimTip)
09.2023-04.2027 | HORIZON EUROPE Project | Socioeconomic Pathways, Adaptation and Resilience to Changing CLimate in Europe (SPARCCLE)
09.2022-08.2027 | HORIZON EUROPE Project | Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Changemaking to Shape, Protect and Maintain the resilience of Tomorrow’s Forests (ECO2ADAPT)

Progetti finiti recentemente

01.2018-04.2022 | JRC Explorative project | Climate-driven risks and adaptation measures for European forests (FOREST@RISK)
01.2020-04.2022 | Administrative arrangement with DG-DEFCO | Climate services for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries (Intra-ACP)
01.2018-06.2019 | Administrative Arrangement with DG-CLIMA | Projection of Economic impacts of climate change in Sectors of the European Union based on bottom-up Analysis (PESETA IV)
07.2015-10.2017 | EU FP7 Project | Land-use change: assessing the net climate forcing, and options for climate change mitigation and adaptation (LUC4C)
06.2012-12.2015| Administrative Arrangement with DG-CLIMA | Resilience of large investments and critical infrastructures in Europe to climate change (CCMFF)
06.2012-12.2015 | EU FP7 Project | Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural disasters in Europe (ENHANCE)

Giovanni FORZIERI

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INFORMAZIONI PERSONALI

Cognome: Forzieri
Nome: Giovanni
Codice identificativo di ricerca: ORCID 0000-0002-5240-1303
Data di nascita: 28.06.1979
Nazionalità: Italiana

FORMAZIONE

03.2006-02.2009 | PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy)
09.1999-10.2004 | MSc Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy)

POSIZIONE ATTUALE

05.2022-present | Assistant Professor | Sustainable Development and Climate Change | University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy)

PRECENDENTI POSIZIONI

07.2015-04.2022 | Scientific Project Officer | Land-atmosphere interactions, land-based mitigation adaptation to climate change | European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, (Italy)
06.2012-06.2015 | Post-Doc Researcher | Climate risk assessment, water-climate extremes, hydrological modelling | European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, (Italy)
03.2009-05.2012 | Post-Doc Researcher | Remote sensing of Earth surface processes | University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences | National Research Council, Institute of Applied Physics, Sesto Fiorentino | University of Florence, Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering (Italy)
03.2006-02.2009 | PhD candidate/ Visiting Scientist | Modelling and remote sensing of vegetation | University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy) | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, (USA)
03.2005-02.2006 | Consultant | Environmental monitoring for impact assessment | Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region (Italy)

PREMI E RICONOSCIMENTI

2023 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Forests in a changing World”
2022 | Ranked among the top three Italian researchers within the Frontier Planet Prize.
2021 | Member of the Ministerial Commission on “Climate changes, infrastructures and sustainable mobility” (DM n. 131 del 7/4/ 2021, Ministro delle Infrastrutture e della Mobilità Sostenibili)
2021 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Climate change impacts and adaptation in Europe”
2020 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Land-based mitigation and adaptation to climate change”
2017 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Social and economic impacts of climate extremes in a worming World”

Giovanni FORZIERI

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Chen, Zefeng; Wang, Weiguang; Forzieri, Giovanni; Cescatti, Alessandro (2024). Transition from positive to negative indirect CO2 effects on the vegetation carbon uptake. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 15, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2041-1723 DOI

Giovanni Forzieri (2023). The Database of European Forest Insect and Disease Disturbances: DEFID2. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1354-1013 DOI

Giovanni Forzieri (2023). Assisted tree migration can reduce but not avert the decline of forest ecosystem services in Europe. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, vol. 80, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0959-3780 DOI

Giovanni Forzieri (2023). Climate-driven vegetation greening further reduces water availability in drylands. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, vol. 29, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1365-2486 DOI

Mauri, Achille; Girardello, Marco; Strona, Giovanni; Beck, Pieter S A; Forzieri, Giovanni; Caudullo, Giovanni; Manca, Federica; Cescatti, Alessandro (2022). EU-Trees4F, a dataset on the future distribution of European tree species. SCIENTIFIC DATA, vol. 9, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2052-4463 DOI

Alkama, Ramdane; Forzieri, Giovanni; Duveiller, Gregory; Grassi, Giacomo; Liang, Shunlin; Cescatti, Alessandro (2022). Vegetation-based climate mitigation in a warmer and greener World. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 13, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2041-1723 DOI

Forzieri, Giovanni; Dakos, Vasilis; McDowell, Nate G; Ramdane, Alkama; Cescatti, Alessandro (2022). Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change. NATURE, vol. 608, pp. 534-539, ISSN:0028-0836 DOI

Jonathan Spinoni; Paulo Barbosa; Edoardo Bucchignani; John Cassano; Tereza Cavazos; Alessandro Cescatti; Jens H. Christensen; Ole B. Christensen; Erika Coppola; Jason P. Evans; Giovanni Forzieri; Beate Geyer; Filippo Giorgi; Daniela Jacob; Jack Katzfey; Torben Koenigk; Ren?? Laprise; Christopher J. Lennard; M. Levent Kurnaz; Delei Li; Marta Llopart; Niall McCormick; Gustavo Naumann; Grigory Nikulin; Tugba Ozturk; Hans???J??rgen Panitz; Rosmeri Porfirio Rocha; Silvina A. Solman; Jozef Syktus; Fredolin Tangang; Claas Teichmann; Robert Vautard; J??rgen V. Vogt; Katja Winger; George Zittis; Alessandro Dosio (2021). Global exposure of population and land???use to meteorological droughts under different warming levels and : A ???based study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, vol. 41, pp. 6825-6853, ISSN:0899-8418 DOI

Jonathan Spinoni; Paulo Barbosa; Michael Cherlet; Giovanni Forzieri; Niall McCormick; Gustavo Naumann; J??rgen V. Vogt; Alessandro Dosio (2021). How will the progressive global increase of arid areas affect population and land-use in the 21st century?. GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE, vol. 205, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0921-8181 DOI

Forzieri G.; Girardello M.; Ceccherini G.; Spinoni J.; Feyen L.; Hartmann H.; Beck P.S.A.; Camps-Valls G.; Chirici G.; Mauri A.; Cescatti A. (2021). Emergent vulnerability to climate-driven disturbances in European forests. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 12, pp. 1081-1081, ISSN:2041-1723 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Giovanni Forzieri; Diego G. Miralles; Philippe Ciais; Ramdane Alkama; Youngryel Ryu; Gregory Duveiller; Ke Zhang; Eddy Robertson; Markus Kautz; Brecht Martens; Chongya Jiang; Almut Arneth; Goran Georgievski; Wei Li; Guido Ceccherini; Peter Anthoni; Peter Lawrence; Andy Wiltshire; Julia Pongratz; Shilong Piao; Stephen Sitch; Daniel S. Goll; Vivek K. Arora; Sebastian Lienert; Danica Lombardozzi; Etsushi Kato; Julia E. M. S. Nabel; Hanqin Tian; Pierre Friedlingstein; Alessandro Cescatti (2020). Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, vol. 10, pp. 356-362, ISSN:1758-678X DOI

Pecchi M.; Marchi M.; Moriondo M.; Forzieri G.; Ammoniaci M.; Bernetti I.; Bindi M.; Chirici G. (2020). Potential impact of climate change on the forest coverage and the spatial distribution of 19 key forest tree species in italy under RCP4.5 IPCC trajectory for 2050s. FORESTS, vol. 11, pp. 934-953, ISSN:1999-4907 DOI

Forzieri G.; Pecchi M.; Girardello M.; Mauri A.; Klaus M.; Nikolov C.; Ruetschi M.; Gardiner B.; Tomastik J.; Small D.; Nistor C.; Jonikavicius D.; Spinoni J.; Feyen L.; Giannetti F.; Comino R.; Wolynski A.; Pirotti F.; Maistrelli F.; Savulescu I.; Wurpillot-Lucas S.; Karlsson S.; Zieba-Kulawik K.; Strejczek-Jazwinska P.; Mokros M.; Franz S.; Krejci L.; Haidu I.; Nilsson M.; Wezyk P.; Catani F.; Chen Y.-Y.; Luyssaert S.; Chirici G.; Cescatti A.; Beck P.S.A. (2020). A spatially explicit database of wind disturbances in European forests over the period 2000-2018. EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA, vol. 12, pp. 257-276, ISSN:1866-3508 DOI

Ramdane Alkama; Ernest N. N'Dri Koffi; Stephen J Vavrus; Thomas Diehl; Jennifer A. Francis; Julienne Stroeve; Giovanni Forzieri; Timo Vihma; Alessandro Cescatti (2020). Wind amplifies the polar sea ice retreat. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 15, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1748-9326 DOI

Ramdane Alkama; Patrick C. Taylor; Lorea Garcia-San Martin; Herve Douville; Gregory Duveiller; Giovanni Forzieri; Didier Swingedouw; Alessandro Cescatti (2020). Clouds damp the radiative impacts of polar sea ice loss. THE CRYOSPHERE, vol. 14, pp. 2673-2686, ISSN:1994-0416 DOI

Batista E Silva, Filipe; Forzieri, Giovanni; Marin Herrera, Mario Alberto; Bianchi, Alessandra; Lavalle, Carlo; Feyen, Luc (2019). HARCI-EU, a harmonized gridded dataset of critical infrastructures in Europe for large-scale risk assessments. SCIENTIFIC DATA, vol. 6, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2052-4463 DOI

Gregory Duveiller; Giovanni Forzieri; Eddy Robertson; Wei Li; Goran Georgievski; Peter Lawrence; Andy Wiltshire; Philippe Ciais; Julia Pongratz; Stephen Sitch; Almut Arneth; Alessandro Cescatti (2018). Biophysics and vegetation cover change: a process-based evaluation framework for confronting land surface models with satellite observations. EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA, vol. 10, pp. 1265-1279, ISSN:1866-3508 DOI

Forzieri, Giovanni; Alkama, Ramdane; Miralles, Diego G; Cescatti, Alessandro (2018). Response to Comment on "Satellites reveal contrasting responses of regional climate to the widespread greening of Earth". SCIENCE, vol. 360, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0036-8075 DOI

Forzieri, Giovanni; Bianchi, Alessandra; Silva, Filipe Batista E; Marin Herrera, Mario A; Leblois, Antoine; Lavalle, Carlo; Aerts, Jeroen C J H; Feyen, Luc (2018). Escalating impacts of climate extremes on critical infrastructures in Europe. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, vol. 48, pp. 97-107, ISSN:0959-3780 DOI

Forzieri, Giovanni; Duveiller, Gregory; Georgievski, Goran; Li, Wei; Robertson, Eddy; Kautz, Markus; Lawrence, Peter; Garcia San Martin, Lorea; Anthoni, Peter; Ciais, Philippe; Pongratz, Julia; Sitch, Stephen; Wiltshire, Andy; Arneth, Almut; Cescatti, Alessandro (2018). Evaluating the Interplay Between Biophysical Processes and Leaf Area Changes in Land Surface Models. JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS, vol. 10, pp. 1102-1126, ISSN:1942-2466 DOI

Forzieri, Giovanni; Alkama, Ramdane; Miralles, Diego G; Cescatti, Alessandro (2017). Satellites reveal contrasting responses of regional climate to the widespread greening of Earth. SCIENCE, vol. 356, pp. 1180-1184, ISSN:0036-8075 DOI

Forzieri G.; Cescatti A.; e Silva F.B.; Feyen L. (2017). Increasing risk over time of weather-related hazards to the European population: a data-driven prognostic study. THE LANCET. PLANETARY HEALTH, vol. 1, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2542-5196 DOI

Giovanni Forzieri; Luc Feyen; Simone Russo; Michalis Vousdoukas; Lorenzo Alfieri; Stephen Outten; Mirco Migliavacca; Alessandra Bianchi; Rodrigo Rojas; Alba Cid (2016). Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change. CLIMATIC CHANGE, vol. 137, pp. 105-119, ISSN:0165-0009 DOI

Preti, F.; Forzieri, G.; Chirico, G.B. (2015). Stima dell’effetto delle superfici forestali sulle piene. In: XXXIV Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Zaccaria Editore, pp. x-y, ISBN:978-88-904561-8-3

L. Alfieri; P. Burek; L. Feyen; G. Forzieri (2015). Global warming increases the frequency of river floods in Europe. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, vol. 19, pp. 2247-2260, ISSN:1027-5606 DOI

Forzieri, G; Feyen, L; Cescatti, A; Vivoni, ER (2014). Spatial and temporal variations in ecosystem response to monsoon precipitation variability in southwestern North America. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. BIOGEOSCIENCES, vol. 119, pp. 1999-2017, ISSN:2169-8953 DOI

G. Forzieri; L. Feyen; R. Rojas; M. Flörke; F. Wimmer; A. Bianchi (2014). Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, vol. 18, pp. 85-108, ISSN:1027-5606 DOI

G Forzieri; E R Vivoni; L Feyen (2013). Ecosystem biophysical memory in the southwestern North America climate system. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 8, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1748-9326 DOI

Forzieri G.;Tanteri L.; Moser G.; Catani F. (2013). Mapping natural and urban environments using airborne multi-sensor ADS40–MIVIS–LiDAR synergies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION, vol. 23(1), pp. 313-323, ISSN:1569-8432 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Giovanni Forzieri (2012). Satellite retrieval of woody biomass for energetic reuse of riparian vegetation. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, vol. 36, pp. 432-438, ISSN:0961-9534 DOI

Lagomarsino D.; Tanteri L.; Forzieri G.; Battistini A.; Catani F. (2012). Testing the combined use of LIDAR and High-Resolution Multispectral data for automatic detection of landslides in the Marecchia valley, Italy. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH ABSTRACTS, pp. 7375-7375, ISSN:1607-7962 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Forzieri G.; Moser G.; Catani F. (2012). Assessment of hyperspectral MIVIS sensor capability for heterogeneous landscape classification. ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, vol. 74, pp. 175-184, ISSN:0924-2716 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Forzieri G.; Battistini A.; Catani F. (2012). ES4LUCC: A GIS-tool for remotely monitoring landscape dynamics. COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, vol. 49, pp. 72-80, ISSN:0098-3004 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

G.Forzieri; F.Preti; F.Castelli; E.Vivoni (2012). Advances in Hydraulic Roughness Remote Sensing. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, vol. Vol. 33, No. 2, 20 January 2012, pp. 630-654, ISSN:0143-1161

F.Preti; G.Forzieri; G.B.Chirico (2011). Forest cover influence on flood assessment in Italian catchments. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DISCUSSIONS, vol. -, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1812-2116

Forzieri G.; Castelli F.; Vivoni E.R. (2011). Vegetation Dynamics within the North American Monsoon Region. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, vol. 24, pp. 1763-1783, ISSN:0894-8755 DOI

Giovanni Forzieri; Massimo Degetto; Maurizio Righetti; Fabio Castelli; Federico Preti (2011). Satellite multispectral data for improved floodplain roughness modelling. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, vol. 407, pp. 41-57, ISSN:0022-1694 DOI

Forzieri, G; Guarnieri, L; Vivoni, ER; Castelli, F; Preti, F (2011). SPECTRAL-ALS DATA FUSION FOR DIFFERENT ROUGHNESS PARAMETERIZATIONS OF FORESTED FLOODPLAINS. RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, vol. 27, pp. 826-840, ISSN:1535-1459 DOI

Forzieri G.; Catani F. (2011). Scale-dependent relations in land cover biophysical dynamics. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, vol. 222(17), pp. 3285-3290, ISSN:0304-3800 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

G.Forzieri; L.Guarnieri; E.R.Vivoni; F.Castelli; F.Preti (2011). Spectral-ALS data fusion for different roughness parameterizations of forested floodplains. RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, vol. -, pp. 1-20, ISSN:1535-1459

G. Forzieri; M. Degetto; M. Righetti; F. Castelli; F. Preti (2011). Satellite Multispectral Data for Improved Floodplain Roughness Modelling. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, vol. -, pp. 41-57, ISSN:0022-1694

F.Preti; G.Forzieri; G.B. Chirico (2011). Forest cover influence on regional flood frequency assessment in Mediterranean catchments. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, vol. 15, pp. 3070-3090, ISSN:1027-5606 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

G. Forzieri; G. Moser; E.R. Vivoni; F. Castelli; F. Canovaro (2010). Riparian Vegetation Mapping for Hydraulic Roughness Estimation Using Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Data Fusion. JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, vol. 136, pp. 855-867, ISSN:0733-9429 DOI

G. Forzieri; F. Castelli; E.R. Vivoni (2010). A Predictive Multidimensional Model for Vegetation Anomalies Derived From Remote-Sensing Observations. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, vol. 48, pp. 1729-1741, ISSN:0196-2892 DOI

Forzieri G.; Degetto M.; Righetti M.; Preti F.; Castelli F. (2009). Floodplain roughness parameterization using multi-spectral remote sensing data, GEOITALIA, 2009, Rimini. In: GEOITALIA, 2009, Rimini, Rimini, pp. 1-1.

G. Forzieri; L. Guarnieri; E. R. Vivoni; F. Castelli; F. Preti (2009). Multiple attribute decision making for individual tree detection usinghigh-resolution laser scanning. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 258, pp. 2501-2510, ISSN:0378-1127

G. Forzieri; M. Gardenti; F. Caparrini; F. Castelli (2008). A methodology for the pre-selection of suitable sites for surface and underground small dams in arid areas: A case study in the region of Kidal, Mali.. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH. PART B: HYDROLOGY, OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE, vol. 33, pp. 74-85, ISSN:1464-1909 DOI

G. FORZIERI; L. GUARNIERI; F. CASTELLI; F. PRETI; E. VIVONI (2008). Remote sensing derived woody structural parameters in riparian corridors. In: IV ECRR International Conference on River Restoration 2008, Venice, Italy, 16/19 june 2008, pp. 857-866.

G. FORZIERI; L. GUARNIERI; F. CASTELLI; F. PRETI (2008). CORSI D’ACQUA E VEGETAZIONE: TECNICHE DI PARAMETRIZZAZIONE MEDIANTE ANALISI DI DATI LiDAR. In: XXXI Convegno di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Perugia, 9-12 settembre 2008, pp. 407-1-407-9, ISBN:9788860742209

Giovanni FORZIERI

Biography

I am a climate scientist with a background in eco-hydrology and remote sensing. My research activity lies at the interface between the hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. It aims towards the understanding of the dynamics of the global water and energy cycles, the impact of climate change on socio-environmental systems, and the influence of land feedbacks on climate and climate extremes. These works include the synergic integration of Earth observations with process-based models and big data analytics developed within multi-disciplinary frameworks. Outcomes of my research activity have contributed to the development and implementation of EU policy on climate change and adaptation

Selected publications

Chen, Z., Wang, W., Cescatti, A., & Forzieri, G. Climate-driven vegetation greening further reduces water availability in drylands. Global Change Biology, 29(6), 1628–1647 (2023).
Forzieri, G., Dakos, V., McDowell, N. G., Ramdane, A. & Cescatti, A. Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change. Nature 1–6 (2022) doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04959-9.
Alkama, R., Forzieri, G., et al. Vegetation-based climate mitigation in a warmer and greener World. Nature Communications 13, 606 (2022).
Forzieri, G. et al. Emergent vulnerability to climate-driven disturbances in European forests. Nature Communications 12, 1081 (2021).
Forzieri, G. et al. Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes. Nature Climate Change 10, 356–362 (2020).
Forzieri, G. et al. Escalating impacts of climate extremes on critical infrastructures in Europe. Global Environmental Change 48, 97–107 (2018).
Forzieri, G., Alkama, R., Miralles, D. G. & Cescatti, A. Satellites reveal contrasting responses of regional climate to the widespread greening of Earth. Science 356, 1180–1184 (2017).
Forzieri, G., Cescatti, A., Silva, F. B. e & Feyen, L. Increasing risk over time of weather-related hazards to the European population: a data-driven prognostic study. The Lancet Planetary Health 1, e200–e208 (2017).

Ongoing projects

04.2024-04.2028 | HORIZON EUROPE Project | Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts (ClimTip)
09.2023-04.2027 | HORIZON EUROPE Project | Socioeconomic Pathways, Adaptation and Resilience to Changing CLimate in Europe (SPARCCLE)
09.2022-08.2027 | HORIZON EUROPE Project | Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Changemaking to Shape, Protect and Maintain the resilience of Tomorrow’s Forests (ECO2ADAPT)

Projects recently finished

01.2018-04.2022 | JRC Explorative project | Climate-driven risks and adaptation measures for European forests (FOREST@RISK)
01.2020-04.2022 | Administrative arrangement with DG-DEFCO | Climate services for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries (Intra-ACP)
01.2018-06.2019 | Administrative Arrangement with DG-CLIMA | Projection of Economic impacts of climate change in Sectors of the European Union based on bottom-up Analysis (PESETA IV)
07.2015-10.2017 | EU FP7 Project | Land-use change: assessing the net climate forcing, and options for climate change mitigation and adaptation (LUC4C)
06.2012-12.2015| Administrative Arrangement with DG-CLIMA | Resilience of large investments and critical infrastructures in Europe to climate change (CCMFF)
06.2012-12.2015 | EU FP7 Project | Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural disasters in Europe (ENHANCE)

Giovanni FORZIERI

Curriculum

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name: Forzieri
First name: Giovanni
Researcher identifier: ORCID 0000-0002-5240-1303
Date of birth: 28.06.1979
Nationality: Italian

EDUCATION

03.2006-02.2009 | PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy)
09.1999-10.2004 | MSc Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy)

CURRENT POSITIONS

05.2022-present | Assistant Professor | Sustainable Development and Climate Change | University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

07.2015-04.2022 | Scientific Project Officer | Land-atmosphere interactions, land-based mitigation adaptation to climate change | European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, (Italy)
06.2012-06.2015 | Post-Doc Researcher | Climate risk assessment, water-climate extremes, hydrological modelling | European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, (Italy)
03.2009-05.2012 | Post-Doc Researcher | Remote sensing of Earth surface processes | University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences | National Research Council, Institute of Applied Physics, Sesto Fiorentino | University of Florence, Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering (Italy)
03.2006-02.2009 | PhD candidate/ Visiting Scientist | Modelling and remote sensing of vegetation | University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Italy) | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, (USA)
03.2005-02.2006 | Consultant | Environmental monitoring for impact assessment | Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region (Italy)

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2023 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Forests in a changing World”
2022 | Ranked among the top three Italian researchers within the Frontier Planet Prize.
2021 | Member of the Ministerial Commission on “Climate changes, infrastructures and sustainable mobility” (DM n. 131 del 7/4/ 2021, Ministro delle Infrastrutture e della Mobilità Sostenibili)
2021 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Climate change impacts and adaptation in Europe”
2020 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Land-based mitigation and adaptation to climate change”
2017 | JRC Award for Scientific Excellence for research on “Social and economic impacts of climate extremes in a worming World”