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Dear ECRA fellows,
This edition of the ECRA Science Briefs informs you about latest news from Brussels!
This includes highlights of climate research, provides news from the European stage as well as internal information from ECRA and its Collaborative Programmes and upcoming events organized or joined by ECRA.
We would especially like to remind you of the ECRA General Assembly taking place on 25-26 March in Brussels – the registration is open until 15 March!
Happy reading and kind regards,
Tina Swierczynski and Uta Klönne
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arctic
Influence of internal variability on Arctic sea-ice trends
The human-induced loss of Arctic sea ice over the past decades has not been uniform, with a high rate from 2001-2007 and a near-zero trend from 2007-2013. However, analyzing short-term trends can be misleading since internal climate variability may mask or enhance long-term trends. This needs to be taken into account for understanding observations and model projections.
Read the commentary
high impact events
Resilience to extreme weather
Reducing the impacts of extreme weather today and in the future are key issues, which are addressed in this report by the Royal Society. Focusing on floods, droughts and heatwaves, it compares available options for risk reduction and includes research recommendations that aim at building resilience on a global level.
Read the report
Coping with extreme weather events
The European Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) has compiled information on a range of research efforts directed at extreme weather, specifically improving the capacity of identification and monitoring as well as coping with extreme events. This includes studies on Earth’s magnetic field and the role of social media.
See the research
sea level
NASA: Latest measurements at about 60mm
Global mean sea level has risen by 60.12mm since 1993 according to NASA’s satellite measurements. This gives an annual rise of 3.18mm. The other data source are coastal tide gauge records, which have measured the sea level change since 1870.
See the data
hydrological cycles
Heavy precipitation in a changing climate
While heavy precipitation events lasting for full days are likely to increase in the future, recent studies put forward that subdaily events may increase at twice their rate. This study from ETH Zurich, Switzerland employed a convection-resolving model for the Alps and surrounding regions and found a decrease of mean summer rainfall, along with an intensification of both extreme day-long and hour-long precipitation events.
Read the article
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New Publication “LIFE and Climate Change Mitigation”
This brochure gives an overview of the work that the Climate Action’s sub-programme LIFE has done up to now in support of climate change mitigation. The publication outlines EU climate policy and presents over 200 mitigation projects from across the EU divided by theme: Energy, transport, agriculture and forestry, peatlands and wetlands as well as projects involving enterprises.
Read the publication
New financial instruments for environment, energy efficiency and climate action projects
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank are launching two new financial instruments: The Private Finance for Energy Efficiency (PF4EE) aims to increase private financing for energy efficiency projects and the Natural Capital Financing Facility (NCFF) will provide funds to support projects that preserve natural capital, including adaptation to climate change.
Further information
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Call for participation in climate downscaling intercomparison exercise
Within the European framework for cooperation in science and technology (COST), the Action “Validating and Integrating Downscaling Methods for Climate Change Research” (VALUE) aims to compare approaches and foster collaboration in order to improve regional climate change scenarios for Europe. Contribution to the validation experiments is open to both VALUE members and non-members.
Further information
JPI Water - The WaterWorks2014 Cofunded Call is open
WaterWorks2014 addresses the specific challenge of integrating the efforts and Strategic Agendas of many European Water Research and Innovation Funding Organisations. Proposals are invited on the topic Research and Innovation for Developing Technological Solutions and Services: 1. for Water Treatment, Reuse, Recycling and Desalination; 2. for Water Resources Management; 3. to Mitigate Impacts of Extreme Events (Floods and Droughts) at Catchment Scale. Two-stage application: 1st Stage - Deadline for Submission of Pre-Proposals: 4 May 2015, 17h00 (CET), 2nd Stage - Deadline for Submission of Full Proposals: 14 September 2015, 17h00 (CET).
More information
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DG RTD: European Roadmap for Climate Services: Publication and Workshop | 17 March 2015 | Brussels, Belgium
The March workshop is a follow-up to last year’s workshop on developing a European market for climate services. One of the outcomes is a research and innovation Roadmap for climate services that will offer a framework of action, which was published at the end of February and will be presented at the upcoming event.
Register and see the Roadmap
JPI Climate: Improving knowledge for enhanced climate change response and decision-making | 21-22 April 2015 | Brussels, Belgium
Among the topics the workshop will explore are: The knowledge needed to better inform and speed up decision-making on climate change, how knowledge needs to be conveyed in order to result in relevant action and how the credibility of the knowledge production process can be enhanced. The workshop links researchers from various disciplines, stakeholders and policy makers.
More information
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EGU 2015 | 12-17 April 2015 | Vienna, Austria
The largest annual European Conferences for Geosciences covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.
Further information and registration
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference | 01-03 June 2015 | Zurich, Switzerland
The conference is for scientists and practitioners to discuss issues related to the use of High Performance Computing (HPC) in branches of science such as climate and weather, solid earth or life science that require computer modelling and simulations. The deadline for submitting abstracts for poster presentations is still open (until 30 March).
Further information
Conference “Our common future under climate change” | 07-10 July 2015 | Paris, France
This four-day conference will be the largest forum for the scientific community to come together ahead of the 21st UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP21), which will be hosted by France in December 2015 (“Paris Climat 2015”). The Conference will address key issues concerning climate change in the broader context of global change. It will offer an opportunity to discuss solutions for both mitigation and adaptation issues. Considered topics: State of Knowledge on Climate Change, Scenarios Exploring Our Common Future, Responding to Climate Change Challenges, Collective Action and Transformative Solutions. The call for contributions has been extended until 10 March.
Further information
11th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) | 20-24 June 2016 | Potsdam, Germany
This conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional level. The call for session proposals is open until 1st April 2015.
Further information
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ECRA General Assembly | 25-26 March 2015 | Brussels, Belgium
The ECRA General Assembly 2015 will present key challenges in climate research identified in ECRA's Collaborative Programmes. Future challenges posed by climate change will be discussed in the context of research priorities, providing a comprehensive and robust knowledge base for future mitigation and adaptation measures. The two-day event will discuss participation and collaboration in climate research and consist of scientific presentations within the four Collaborative Programmes.
The registration is open until 15 March.
Further information
Workshop on Global and Regional Sea Level Variability and Change | 10-12 June 2015 | Mallorca, Spain
The workshop aims to evaluate the current knowledge on sea level science and foster collaboration across disciplines. The workshop sessions cover global to regional scales, observations and modelling, sea level extremes and coastal impacts. Students are invited to apply for travel grants, sponsored by ECRA.
Abstracts can be submitted until 8 March; registration for the workshop is open until 30 April.
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