The vulnerability of a bio-based economy depends on both direct regional climate
change impacts particularly on agriculture and forestry, and indirect impacts through
changes in global bio-based commodity trade. Therefore, we develop an Integrated
Global2Austria Impact Model Framework to (i) assess the vulnerability of the Austrian
bio-based industries considering direct and indirect impacts of global climate change,
and (ii) provide policy guidelines for regional adaptation as well as to outline major
uncertainties in the process of transition towards a bio-based economy in Austria. The
model framework integrates a broad set of disciplinary data and models and is applied
on the scale of 23 world regions, 27 EU Member States and on all Austrian NUTS3
regions. Stakeholders including policy makers, representatives of the industry, and of
the civil society are being integrated into the project through a series of stakeholder
workshops to facilitate the applicability and use of results.