BC3-UPV/EHU Seminars: Coping with and Adapting to Global Change. Challenge for Society, Households and Individuals
Barbora Duzi
PhD Student
Global Change Research Centre The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
We investigated household adaptation strategies in the region frequently affected by climate extremes. We focused on impacts of extreme hydrological and meteorological events occurred since 1997 to 2012 at selected municipalities in the Morava river basin. The main research questions are: What is the state of adaptation measurements in households to climate extremes in the researched area? What are the population consequences to climate extremes for the last 15 years? Target area is located in selected parts of Morava river basin in the east part of the Czech Republic which is affected by annual floods or flash-floods, heavy rainfalls events and occasionally by mudslides. We apply mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods and case (pilot) study approach. We conducted in-depths interviews with relevant stakeholders, and the face-to face questionnaires with household residents in no, low and no risk area in relation to flood occurrence. The population of interest was stratified by the level of the past exposure to floods (two or more times, one time, no exposure) in particular municipalities. Within each stratum a fixed quota of interviews is allocated. We recognized set of household-level coping and adaptation strategies such as terraces and elevated ground floor constructions, a complex hydro-isolation arrangements of the houses, any weather and landslides risks related insurance purchase, and resettlement and new building construction in no-risk area. Further we identified the consequences between the labour commuting and climate extremes.
BC3-UPV/EHU Seminars: Household Adaptation Strategies to Climate Extremes and Population Consequences in Rural Areas in the Czech Republic
Dr. Robert Stojanov
Global Change
Research Center, The Academy of Sciences. Rep. Checa.
Presentation deals with socio-economic aspects of climate change, especially extreme weather events impacts on society. We also explores societal responses for such events in the form of coping, adaptation strategies, including threat of maladaptation. We focus on household level and examine how do residents perceive selected environmental issues and what are the main adaptation strategies to the selected climate change impacts and manifestations, such as droughts, floods and other natural extremes.
BC3-UPV/EHU Seminars: Household Adaptation Strategies to Climate Extremes and Population Consequences in Rural Areas in the Czech Republic
Robert Stojanov.
Dr. en Geografía Medioambiental. Global Change
Research Center, The Academy of Sciences. Rep. Checa.
Presentation deals with socio-economic aspects of climate change, especially extreme weather events impacts on society. We also explores societal responses for such events in the form of coping, adaptation strategies, including threat of maladaptation. We focus on household level and examine how do residents perceive selected environmental issues and what are the main adaptation strategies to the selected climate change impacts and manifestations, such as droughts, floods and other natural extremes.
Workshop on Economics of Energy Efficiency
The Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Basque Centre for Climate Change have joined together to organize the Workshop on Economics of Energy Efficiency, which will be held in Reus (Spain) on 12 and 13 December 2013 and which will give participants the opportunity to learn more about the principal research outputs relating to this topic. The workshop is intended to provide a forum where researchers can debate and discuss all of the various micro and macroeconomic approaches that are currently being applied to the economics of energy efficiency. The workshop’s keynote speakers will be some of the most prominent international researchers working in this field.
BC3-UPV/EHU Seminars: Putting the break on belching ruminants: strategies to reduce methane emissions
BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Park of the University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, SpainDr. David R. Yáñez-Ruiz
Animal Nutrition Institute (CSIC)
David R. Yáñez-Ruiz, Veterinary and Animal Nutritionist, graduated from Veterinary School, Córdoba University (Spain) in 1997. Dr. Yanez-Ruiz completed his phD in 2003 at Estacion Experimental del Zaidin (EEZ, Granada, Spain, CSIC), on the use of olive industry by-products in sheep and goats feeding.
In 2003 he started a 4 years post-doctoral work at the Institute of Rural Sciences (University of Wales Aberystwyth, UWA, UK) in Prof. JamieNewbold´s group, a world leading scientist in the rumen ecology field. His work focused on the study of the processes of lipid bio-hydrogenation and H2 transfer in the rumen, mainly CH4 production. Together with Prof Newbold they started a research program thorugh a Marie Curie Grant on the effect of early life dietary interventions on function of the microbial population in laterlife, focusing in the effect on CH4. In 2007 Dr. Yanez-Ruiz was appointed as research scientist at EEZ (CSIC) in the Animal Nutrition Department as rumen ecologist. He is Associate Editor in the Journal ‘Animal Production Science’ (CSIRO, Austrlia) from 2008, a top class Journal in the Agriculture field. He is co-author of 3 invited reviews published between 2008 and 2010 and has published over 45 peer review papers in top quality journals. Dr. Yanez-Ruiz is coordinator of a FP7 European project: SMEthane: Technological platform to develop nutritional additives to reduce methane emissions from ruminants (www.smethane.eu ) and is involved in other ongoing Europan projects: SOLID (www.solidairy.eu ), Glonal Network and Rumen Stability (both from FACCE-JPI program).
BC3 Spring University of Ecosystem Services Modeling (2nd edition), 2014
BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Park of the University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, SpainThe Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) in collaboration with Conservation International, the University of Vermont and Earth Economics, is announcing the 2014 edition of the International Spring University on Ecosystem Services Modeling.
The International Spring University on Ecosystem Services (ES) Modeling is the second edition of an annual 2-week intensive course that aims to build a new generation of actors, in research, policy and management, who can profitably use ecosystem services models to address and solve sustainability problems.
DIPC-BC3 joint seminar: The molecular structure of ice grain boundaries and its role in the dynamics of polar ice sheets
Prof. Nobuhiko Azuma
Nagaoka University of Technology (Japan)
The polar ice sheets that cover Greenland and Antarctica play a crucial role in the global climate system. Discharge of ice into the ocean by massive creep flow affects global sea level and the ocean/atmospheric circulation patterns that govern the climate of Earth. During the past two decades, several deep ice drilling projects have been conducted in Greenland and Antarctica, in order to investigate the physical and chemical properties of polar ice. From these investigations it transpires that molecular processes occurring within polycrystalline ice and at its grain boundaries play a decisive role in the dynamics of polar ice sheets, because they may determine the dominant deformation mechanisms of ice in situ. The fact that the creep of ice sheets occurs at extreme conditions (stresses lower than 100 kPa, temperatures down to −50ºC, strain rates about 10−12 s−1, and total shear strains exceeding 1000%) makes it very difficult to reproduce and clarify the mechanisms of polar ice deformation in laboratory. For these reasons, we decided to investigate the mechanics of ice sheets by understanding the microscopic behavior of water molecules within ice grains and at their boundaries. In this seminar I will talk about the physical properties of the grain boundaries of polar ice and their role in the dynamics of polar ice sheets. To this aim I present our recent experimental results of ultra-slow ice-creep tests by using a modified phase modulation homodyne interferometer and the results of creep tests with very fine polycrystalline ice obtained by a new method that exploits ice polymorphism.
BC3 Seminars: Certezas e incertidumbres sobre el impacto de los extremos térmicos sobre la salud y de otros factores ambientales asociados a las altas temperaturas
Dr. Julio Díaz,
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Es evidente que desde que se produjo la ola de calor del año 2003 en Europa se ha producido un gran avance en el conocimiento de cómo los extremos térmicos afectan a la salud de la población, pero aún sigue habiendo discrepancias en el seno científico que afectan a cuestiones tan básicas como la propia definición de ola de calor. Este mayor conocimiento ha traído en paralelo el planteamiento de cuestiones de gran importancia para el establecimiento de los Planes de Prevención como medida de adaptación ante estas temperaturas extremas: ¿Las temperaturas a las que se articulan los Planes de Prevención se mantienen constantes en el tiempo? ¿Cambian los impactos en salud como consecuencia de las variaciones sociodemográficas? Por otro lado, y para el caso del calor extremo, se está avanzando en el conocimiento de los impactos que otros factores ambientales, concomitantes con las altas temperaturas, pueden tener sobre la salud de la población como es el caso de las intrusiones de polvo sahariano o la advección de material particulado como consecuencia de la combustión de biomasa en los incendios forestales. Ante el cambio climático presente urge dar respuestas a estos interrogantes que se plantean y que van a ser claves a la hora de articular las medidas preventivas necesarias para minimizar los efectos que estos factores ambientales tienen sobre la salud de la población.
BC3-UPV/EHU Seminars: Direct and Indirect CO2 Emissions of Households: A Dynamic Consumption Model in an Input-Output Framework
Prof. Kurt Kratena
Austrian Institute of Economic Research – WIFO.
This seminar will deal with the total CO2 impact of households in an input-output model for Austria with endogenous private consumption. The consumption model describes the demand for different durables and nondurables, derived from intertemporal optimisation and has been estimated econometrically. Energy demand of households in addition to economic variables also depends on the energy-efficiency as well as the level of energy-using durables. Total CO2 emissions are the sum of direct emissions from households (heating, vehicle use) and indirect CO2 emissions of production for households.
Policies with incentives to switch towards a more energy-efficient durable stock have a direct impact on energy consumption, as well as on the demand for other nondurables and durables and therefore cause indirect energy and emission effects. An ambitious scrappage policy scheme for heating appliances with a doubling of durable stock turnover might induce significant short-run indirect CO2 emission increases.
BC3 Seminar: Remote sensing of trace gases from ground and space based instruments
BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Park of the University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, SpainDr. Leif Vogel
Earth Observation Science Group,Space Research Centre, University Leicester, UK
Remote sensing of the atmosphere is an invaluable tool to understand the earth’s atmosphere. The talk gives an introduction to state of the remote sensing in the ultraviolet to the short wave infrared spectral region. Many key players of atmospheric chemistry can be measured, which includes e.g. O3, NO2, SO2, HONO, HCHO, Halogen compounds, Glyoxal, CO, CO2 and CH4. Applications are discussed at the example of measurements of volcanic plumes, Arctic bromine explosion and Ozone depletion events, as well as observation of greenhouse gases from space.
