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Building climate storylines: The case of the European Union Solidarity fund
Scientists commonly explore how past disasters could have turned out differently to improve future disaster risk management. This approach is called downward counterfactual thinking. RECEIPT researchers have created a framework to develop climate storylines based on downward counterfactuals. They tested the framework on the impact of tropical cyclone events on the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF). […]
+ Read MoreThe future is uncertain and that’s okay
The future isn’t set in stone. As we’ve experienced in the last eighteen months, we can’t plan for everything or predict what the future holds. Likewise, scientists cannot use a crystal ball to know all climate change impacts in 10, 20 or 100 years. While it’s certain that climate change will have increasingly far-reaching effects […]
+ Read MoreStorylines of future European drought events
In her newest paper, RECEIPT scientist Karin van der Wiel presents a method for creating sound climate storylines using model simulations. This method creates storylines of future climate events that are similar to events that happened in the past. To develop and test this method, the researchers studied the major drought that hit western Europe […]
+ Read More7 Takeaways from the IPCC Report on Global Climate Change
Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first portion of its 6th Assessment Report (AR6) on climate change. Working Group I’s contribution focused on the current state of the climate, how human influence is changing it, and possible global pathways for the future. The report echoes the overwhelming scientific consensus that even […]
+ Read MoreRECEIPT’s Reading Recs – episode 2
Not much of a beach reader? Need something to keep you sharp while you or your colleagues are on a well-deserved break? RECEIPT has your back with our Reading Recs! This month, our experts compiled the latest discoveries that got them thinking. Sit back, relax and get inspired! The great (climate) divide “The climate crisis […]
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