On November 18, 2025, ClimASed made a significant impact at the Irish National Hydrology Conference held in Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Brano Batel from Munster Technological University (MTU) delivered an insightful presentation and showcased a project poster that highlighted ClimASed’s objectives, pilot sites, and its transnational approach to climate-resilient sediment management. This poster was a collaborative effort between ClimASed project partners in Ireland, including MTU and the Office of Public Works (OPW).
Unique platform
Organized by the OPW, a ClimASed project partner, the Irish National Hydrology Conference is Ireland's premier event dedicated to hydrology and hydraulics. It provides a unique platform for attendees to share policy developments, research findings, and practical solutions to engineering hydrology and related issues. The conference, attended by 150 delegates, offered an excellent opportunity to engage with Ireland’s water engineering community, share project progress, and further raise awareness of ClimASed’s collaborative work across North-West Europe.
The presentation emphasized how ClimASed is tackling various sediment-related challenges by integrating hydrological and hydraulic modeling, sediment dynamics, and adaptation pathway mapping across pilot sites in the Scheldt, Rhine, and Shannon river catchments.
In addition to the main presentation, Rodhrai Crowley from MTU presented a poster on fine sediment modeling in the River Owenabue and the River Bandon in County Cork, Ireland. This work demonstrates advanced hydrological and sediment-modeling approaches with potential applications within the ClimASed project for analyzing sediment pathways, erosion pressures, and catchment-scale sediment dynamics across the pilot sites.