Virkninger av klimaendringer internasjonalt

Menneskeskapte utslipp av små, svevende partikler - kalt aerosoler - har en sterk påvirkning på klimaet. Gjennom nyere historie har de motvirket noe av oppvarmingen fra utslipp av drivhusgasser, og i dag regner vi med at aerosolene kjøler jordens overflate med opp til en halv grad Celsius. I tillegg påvirker de regnmønstre, monsunene i Afrika og Asia, og hvor variabelt været er.

The EU-project MYRIAD-EU aims to enable decision-makers to develop forward-looking disaster risk management pathways that takes into account trade-offs and synergies across sectors, hazards and scales.

Overshooting the Paris Agreement 1.5°C temperature thresholds is a distinct possibility, but what does such temperature overshoots imply for the planning and design of adaptation action? The PROVIDE project will deliver information on overshoot scenarios and expected impacts and their reversibility, covering both sectors and geographical regions. The information will directly feed into adaptation action. 

Increasing heat extremes, reduced summer precipitation and higher rainfall intensities are some of the climate change impacts facing the Western Balkans. To strengthen local researchers’ ability to understand the current and coming changes in climate extremes, CICERO researchers are involved in an EU funded capacity building project with the University of Novi Sad in Serbia.

Klimaendringene er ifølge Verdens helseorganisasjon den største helsetrusselen i det 21. århundre. Nå skal ledende forskere og prosjekter innen klima- og helseforskning kobles sammen for å bidra med mer helhetlig kunnskap om sammenhengen mellom klimaendringer og helseeffekter.

EmCliC is a three-year research project that brings together social anthropology, sociology, climate science, epidemiology, atmospheric physics and novel technology, to understand and demonstrate how people experience climate change on a daily basis.

HEATCOST will quantify health risks attributable to heat and air pollution (with a particular focus on air pollution from wildfires) in main world regions under selected climate scenarios and socioeconomic pathways.

The LAMACLIMA project aims to advance the understanding of the coupled effects between land cover and land management, climate and the economy, informing sustainable land-based adaptation and mitigation.

ClimINVEST brought climate scientists and investors together to provide transparency on methodologies for physical climate risk assessment, and develop guidance tools that inform investors’ risk management processes.

Weather and climate extremes are likely to be one of the largest societal challenges associated with climate change in this century. Under climate change, these extreme events will intensify and become more frequent, and consequently the risk of severe and costly damage for humans and infrastructure will increase.