ACTUATE
ACTUATE (climate Adaption sCenarios To redUce the impActs of exTreme Events) aims to explore climate adaptation scenarios to generate knowledge urgently needed to anticipate and reduce the social, economic and environmental impacts of future meteorological extreme events. Using a hierarchy of numerical models, we will explore the impacts of different types of extreme events, including but not limited to extreme precipitation and droughts, challenging the limits of current modelling approaches. Particular attention will be paid to impacts and adaptation strategies in relation to urban areas and agricultural management, with a regional focus on Europe. Key questions we aim to address in this project include: How can we reduce heat stress and improve air quality during future heat waves in urban areas? How resilient are different crop sequences and agricultural management strategies to future extremes? ACTUATE will use a hierarchy of global, regional, land surface, hydrological, biogeochemical and urban models to simulate the impacts of future meteorological extremes in an event-based storyline framework. We aim to address the limitations of current storyline simulations in reproducing extreme precipitation events by combining global storyline simulations with the pseudo global warming approach by deriving 'flow-aware anomalies' from global storyline simulations. In addition, we will not only transfer observed extreme events into warmer climates, but also assess how their impacts could be mitigated through adaptation strategies using specialized urban/agricultural models.
Contacts
Dr. Domenico Taraborrelli
Head of group "Atmospheric Chemistry in the Earth System"
- Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE)
- Troposphere (ICE-3)
Room 3030