Assessing climate change impacts in the European north

Global climate change and its regional manifestation will result in significant impacts in the European North. However, in order to determine the consequences of such impacts, a holistic, integrated assessment is needed. This paper sets the stage for the remainder of this volume by describing an att...

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Published in:Climatic change 2008-03, Vol.87 (1-2), p.7-34
Main Author: Lange, Manfred A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Atmospheric Sciences
Climate change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental assessment
Environmental impact
Global climate
Impact analysis
Natural resources
Temperature
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Summary:Global climate change and its regional manifestation will result in significant impacts in the European North. However, in order to determine the consequences of such impacts, a holistic, integrated assessment is needed. This paper sets the stage for the remainder of this volume by describing an attempt to derive such an assessment for the Barents Sea Region through the EU-funded BALANCE project. The paper explains some of the major methodologies employed in the study. It also provides insight into major results obtained and attempts to answer a number of overarching questions. It will be shown that climate change does present a significant threat to environmental and societal integrity in the study region. However, it will also be shown that stakeholders regard other drivers of future changes (economical, political developments) at least as equally important for their personal lives.
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1007/s10584-007-9336-2