The TeRRIFICA project relies on the fact that citizens should be involved in the agenda-setting process corresponding to climate change challenges. One of the results of the project is to set up tailored roadmaps and key performance indicators for the implementation of the developed methodologies and climate change adaptation and mitigation activities in regional practice. Through workshops and regional and international summer schools, TeRRIFICA aims to empower local people, with a particular focus on regional authorities and policy makers, and develop adequate solutions together with them. Through co-creative multi-stakeholder approaches, participants will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge around climate change and innovative climate action and to identify opportunities, drivers and barriers of implementation. Territorial action is at the core of mitigation and adaptation to climate change.

Although science and technology contribute positively in Dresden, citizens are not able to see the excellent research work and innovative products of these domains. Through “Insight into Research”, visitors get to know innovations from Dresden institutes and factories: changing presentations show research results, prototypes and demonstrators, as well as introduce the scientists behind them. “Insight into Research” mixes exhibitions, presentation areas, hands-on exhibits, demonstrators and a space for dialogue events such as Science Cafés. Each topic is presented in a space of 20 m3 and a modular and moving carrier serves as base element for it. Its opening will take place on 19/05/2020 with the topic “Quantal materials” (partner Excellency Cluster ct:qmat – Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matters) in the spotlight. “5G and Internet of Things” (partner Barkhausen Institut TU Dresden) will be shown with partner from 23/05/2020, and in the autumn of 2020 the topic “Fuel Cell” (partner Frauenhofer IKTS) will join the initiative. Dialogue events will accompany each topic.