Climate Change

Paris Agreement, GHG emissions and NDCs

The Paris Agreement aims to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2C above pre-industrial levels. The Agreement has been signed by 188 countries and it is practically universal.Actually, just 25 countries (shown below) comprise more than 90% of the total GHG emissions. China is the main emissor, with more than 25% of the world’s GHG emissions. Only three countries: China, United States … [Read more...] about Paris Agreement, GHG emissions and NDCs

Improving irrigation scheduling to reduce climate impacts

Improving irrigation scheduling is among the best Climate-Change adaptation options. Increasing agricultural water-use efficiency might reduce the impact of reduced hydraulic resources and climate variability.According to the last IPCC report Climate Change means an important challenge to agriculture. Particularly, irrigated agriculture might face a significant reduction in water availability.Furthermore, the temperature rising would increase the … [Read more...] about Improving irrigation scheduling to reduce climate impacts

Weather generators: Estimating climate impacts

Weather generators provide synthetic daily values of meteorological variables, statistically equivalent to observed local series of those variables. Weather generators – Procedure The IPCC suggests considering weather generators for climate impact assessments, pointing out the conditions of their use. Weather Generators are not forecasts, but tools to assess the impacts of climate … [Read more...] about Weather generators: Estimating climate impacts

Climate Variability and risk assessments

Usually, climate means the statistical average weather over a 30-year period. Instead, climate variability refers to dispersion around those means, generally at local scales and for shorter periods. The latest IPCC Working I report summarizes some evidence about increasing climate variability. The IPCC report particularly focus on the increase in the frequency and strength of extreme events.IPCC also released a … [Read more...] about Climate Variability and risk assessments