Climate Services for eXtremes
The project will contribute to the better understanding of the intensity, spatial and temporal distribution of climate extremes. It will explore the potential impact of further climate change in altering the pattern of climate extremes, and possible adaptation strategies for dealing with extreme climate impacts. The specific and novel gain of this project is the consideration of the whole processing chain: from practice- and sector-relevant identification of climate extreme characteristics, the analysis of past and future climate extremes, the assessment of the impact of extremes for an agricultural and forestry case study and finally the translation of this information into optional adaptation strategies and related product ideas to adapt to climate extreme impacts. By choosing a self-reflective approach, the process of the project will be continuously monitored and evaluated. The project will be rounded out by demonstrating concepts on upscaling of the findings to the whole agricultural sector or possible transferability of the approach to other sectors. Thereby four climate extremes - heat wave, drought, heavy rain and strong wind - will be analyzed. The sectoral focus lies on an impact study on nitrous oxide emissions and wind throw and its ecosystem services for two focus regions in northern and southern Germany.
Institutions: Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), University of Koblenz-Landau
Contact: Markus Groth, Hermann Jungkunst, Oliver Frör