Why climate change adaptation in cities needs customised and flexible climate services

Cortekar, Jörg; Bender, Steffen; Brune, Miriam; Groth, Markus

doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2016.11.002

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“…We find this result very interesting, especially as respondents think that greening is an established practice in Slovenia. In 94 % they claimed they would support green building in their environment but would also expect a proper governmental financial support which coincides well with the study of Cortekar et al (2016). JEMC, VOL.…”

Section: Survey About General Knowledge On Greeningsupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Awareness and knowledge of general population in Slovenia based on our survey is summarized in Figure 1. Majority of answer (63 %) regarding familiarity with the term "green roof" was positive and can be compared to other studies (Dahle & Neumayer, 2001;Cortekar et al, 2016). In addition, respondents think that greening is an established practice in Slovenia and that green roofs are placed in our environment (68 %).…”

Section: Survey About General Knowledge On Greeningmentioning

confidence: 68%

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Raising awareness on environmental protection and improvement through student projects: A case study

Bubik¹,

Kolar²

2019

JEMC

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Raising awareness on a certain topic or issue is vastly alleviated with a proliferation of the electronic media and consequently, fast information delivery. The experience shows, that this is the best and most compelling way to educate the general public. Within this paper we show how two student projects, employing various activities to raise awareness, influenced general public. We also present the benefits and negative effects of the campaigns and how they can be linked together to an interesting and educational real case scenario. Public knowledge on greening and its benefits, related to the climate changes were studied in Slovenia, with the emphasis on Savinja statistical region. We used surveys, pilot cases, organized public events and remote collaboration tools within this study. We observed lack of knowledge and experience with greening principles among general public. However, good communication skills, networking and attractive sustainable solutions have led to an increase of greening awareness. Our case study gives examples on possible approaches in the frame of climate changes prevention and is encouraging future student projects. We summarized solutions and developed appropriate tools to implement them in order to effectively and efficiently raise public awareness on sustainable integration development and greening.

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Section: Survey About General Knowledge On Greeningsupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: Survey About General Knowledge On Greeningmentioning

confidence: 68%

Raising awareness on environmental protection and improvement through student projects: A case study

Bubik¹,

Kolar²

2019

JEMC

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“…Just like the SWICCA platform, there are other climate service prototypes such as the Stadtbaukasten (Cortekar et al, 2016), which is focused on adapting cities to the projected changes on time, or the Swedish climate service (Kjellström et al, 2016), which is centered on RCMs from the Rossby Centre RCM RCA4. In all cases, these climate services are intended to connect climate scientists, decisionmakers and users of climate information in general, to know what is going on with the climate, and how to respond and act on future weather realities (van den Hurk et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Linking Pan-European data to the local scale for decision making for global change and water scarcity within water resources planning and management

Suárez-Almiñana

Pedro-Monzonís

Paredes-Arquiola

et al. 2017

Science of The Total Environment

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This study focuses on a novel type of methodology which connects Pan-European data to the local scale in the field of water resources management. This methodology is proposed to improve and facilitate the decision making within the planning and management of water resources, taking into account climate change and its expected impacts. Our main point of interest is focused on the assessment of the predictability of extreme events and their possible effects, specifically droughts and water scarcity. Consequently, the Júcar River Basin was selected as the case study, due to the ongoing water scarcity problems and the last drought episodes suffered in the Mediterranean region. In order to study these possible impacts, we developed a modeling chain divided into four steps, they are: i) data collection, ii) analysis of available data, iii) models calibration and iv) climate impact analysis. Over previous steps, we used climate data from 15 different regional climate models (RCMs) belonging to the three different Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) coming from a hydrological model across all of Europe called E-HYPE. The data were bias corrected and used to obtain statistical results of the availability of water resources for the future (horizon 2039) and in form of indicators. This was performed through a hydrological (EVALHID), stochastic (MASHWIN) and risk management (SIMRISK) models, all of which were specifically calibrated for this basin. The results show that the availability of water resources is much more enthusiastic than in the current situation, indicating the possibility that climate change, which was predicted to occur in the future has already happened in the Júcar River Basin. It seems that the so called "Effect 80", an important decrease in water resources for the last three decades, is not well contemplated in the initial data.

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“…Without these in place, the process might not have succeeded. In considering which resources can and cannot be adapted, it should be recognised that some have suggested that decision-support resources that are context-specific and targeted perform better than those that seek to address more general requirements (Förster et al 2015;Cortekar et al 2016;Nkoana et al 2018) and it is perhaps less likely that the latter would lend themselves well to such adaptation and translation.…”

Section: Translation and Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking to the future: guidelines for decision support as adaptation practice matures

2019

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In this final paper, the guest editors identify and discuss ten guidelines emerging from the papers in this Special Issue on Decision-Support Tools for Climate Change Adaptation. The guidelines are arranged under three headings: foundational, design and construction, and supporting sustainability in the long term. Under foundational, we address the need for cooperation with end users of decision-support resources, the contribution these resources can make to the formation of thriving communities of practice, and the match between the different types of decision support and user needs. Under design and construction, we point to the risk that policy settings will change over the multiple years required to build and publish complex decision-support resources, reducing the relevance of the final product. We discuss the need for innovative approaches to ensure visibility, credibility and hence uptake. Developers should be mindful of the requirements, resources and capabilities of potential users at all points in the design and build. We also suggest that decision-support resources may be transferable between sectors and locations, but the motivation should be around achieving excellence, and not just cost savings. Under supporting sustainability in the long term, we stress the need for evaluation and comparative studies of performance, leading to carefully documented updating and improvement of decision-support resources. Finally, in the conclusions, we look to the future. Can decision-support resources evolve successfully to meet the information and guidance requirements of the increasingly sophisticated adaptation practitioner community?

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Why climate change adaptation in cities needs customised and flexible climate services

Cited by 78 publications

References 13 publications

Raising awareness on environmental protection and improvement through student projects: A case study

Raising awareness on environmental protection and improvement through student projects: A case study

Linking Pan-European data to the local scale for decision making for global change and water scarcity within water resources planning and management

Looking to the future: guidelines for decision support as adaptation practice matures

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