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Presenting RECEIPT’s research at a North America CORDEX Program workshop
From 25 to 27 April the North American CORDEX Program together with Ouranos, the National Center for Atmosphere Research, Iowa State University, and Cornell University organised a 3-day online workshop entitled ¨Use of Storylines from Regional Simulation for Climate Hazards and Stakeholder Engagement¨. On the first day of the workshop, RECEIPT’s researcher, Jana Sillmann, from the […]
+ Read MoreIdentifying critical infrastructure worldwide, a global dataset
RECEIPT’s researchers have just published a paper in Nature Scientific Data that presents a dataset for the spatial distribution of critical infrastructure worldwide (CI). The study, “A spatially-explicit harmonized global dataset of critical infrastructure”, carried out by Sadhana Nirandjan, includes the development of the first-of-its-kind index to express the spatial density of CI: the Critical […]
+ Read MoreLatest IPCC Report: RECEIPT Researchers Weigh in
This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the findings of the Working Group II contributions to the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report on climate change. It sheds light on how societal choices over the next few years will be decisive for climate mitigation and adaptation. Some of the report’s main messages touches upon […]
+ Read MoreCall for abstracts for storylines session at the European Meteorological Society conference
RECEIPT’s researchers will be organising a climate storylines session at the European Meteorological Society (EMS) conference taking place on 4-9 September 2022 in Bonn, Germany. The session “Physical Climate Storylines to inform decision making” will be part of the programs Engagement with Society and Understanding Weather and Climate processes. Would you like to contribute to this session? Submit […]
+ Read MoreRECEIPT publication – can COVID-19 teach us how to prepare for climate risks?
The series of consequences triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about resilience to major crises. The pandemic disrupted societies at multiple scales via networks of trade, finance, mobility and communication. However, these complex systems can also facilitate resilience if managed effectively. This is true for the current pandemic as well as other global disruptions, like climate change An article published in […]
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