Review of climate change impacts on marine fisheries in the UK and Ireland

Changes in rainfall patterns, humidity, and temperature, as well as greater exposure to severe weather events, has led to the need for adapting cultural heritage to climate change. However, there is limited research accomplished to date on the process of adaptation of cultural heritage to climate change. This paper examines the perceptions of experts involved in the management and preservation of cultural heritage on adaptation to climate change risks. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts from the UK, Italy, and Norway as well as a participatory workshop with stakeholders. The results indicate that the majority of interviewees believe that adaptation of cultural heritage to climate change is possible. Opportunities for, barriers to, and requirements for adapting cultural heritage to climate change, as perceived by the interviewees, provided a better understanding of what needs to be provided and prioritized for adaptation to take place and in its strategic planning. Knowledge of management methodologies incorporating climate change impacts by the interviewees together with best practice examples in adapting cultural heritage to climate change are also reported. Finally, the interviewees identified the determinant factors for the implementation of climate change adaptation. This paper highlights the need for more research on this topic and the identification and dissemination of practical solutions and tools for the incorporation of climate change adaptation in the preservation and management of cultural heritage.

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Evidence for changes in historic and future groundwater levels in the UK

Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment ◽

10.1177/0309133314550668 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 49-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Christopher R. Jackson ◽

John P. Bloomfield ◽

Jonathan D. Mackay

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Large Scale ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Future Climate ◽

Future Climate Change ◽

Climate Indices ◽

Groundwater Levels ◽

Groundwater Drought ◽

The One ◽

The Uk

We examine the evidence for climate-change impacts on groundwater levels provided by studies of the historical observational record, and future climate-change impact modelling. To date no evidence has been found for systematic changes in groundwater drought frequency or intensity in the UK, but some evidence of multi-annual to decadal coherence of groundwater levels and large-scale climate indices has been found, which should be considered when trying to identify any trends. We analyse trends in long groundwater level time-series monitored in seven observation boreholes in the Chalk aquifer, and identify statistically significant declines at four of these sites, but do not attempt to attribute these to a change in a stimulus. The evidence for the impacts of future climate change on UK groundwater recharge and levels is limited. The number of studies that have been undertaken is small and different approaches have been adopted to quantify impacts. Furthermore, these studies have generally focused on relatively small regions and reported local findings. Consequently, it has been difficult to compare them between locations. We undertake some additional analysis of the probabilistic outputs of the one recent impact study that has produced coherent multi-site projections of changes in groundwater levels. These results suggest reductions in annual and average summer levels, and increases in average winter levels, by the 2050s under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, at most of the sites modelled, when expressed by the median of the ensemble of simulations. It is concluded, however, that local hydrogeological conditions can be an important control on the simulated response to a future climate projection.

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Co-creation processes of nature based solutions in hydrological modelling – case studies in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11432 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Borjana Bogatinoska ◽

Angelique Lansu ◽

Judith Floor ◽

Dave Huitema ◽

Stefan Dekker

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Climate Adaptation ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Extreme Weather ◽

Hydrological Modelling ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Future Climate Change ◽

The Uk ◽

Modelling Process

Climate adaptation of brook catchments is much needed in the studied regions of England, Belgium and the Netherlands. With the continuous rise of global temperatures and global change, these regions suffer from the impacts of extreme weather events such as drought and flooding. Extreme weather and climate change impacts are spatially non-uniform, uncertain and can have different strengths at local and regional level. Therefore, cities and regions need to adapt to climate change in an ambiguous way. Accordingly, there is no uniformity in the adaptive capacity of individuals, groups within society, organisations and governments or how they can respond to current and future climate change impacts.To better understand the interlinkages in nature-based climate adaptation between the socio-economic and climate change drivers, we studied these drivers in the hydrological modelling in 3 pilot studies in the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium. Focus is on how co-creation, defined as active participation is incorporated in the hydrological modelling process, (1) within each brook catchment and (2) between the professionals, as cross border knowledge transfer. Data on the co-creation process was collected with workshops on each of the semi-annual partner meetings of each catchment. Data on the modelling process was collected by semi-structured interviews of the professionals and by using assessment of professional learning in the network (field trips). Findings on co-creation processes of nature based solutions in hydrological modelling will be compared in the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium. In the end, existing co-creation processes will be joined to a framework for co-creation which can be improved and adapted based on the gathered data. This would include: identification of stakeholder groups and their needs, the level of intended participation, the identified climate problem by the stakeholders and by the policy-makers, the planned modelling approach, the NbS etc.Keywords: climate change, hydrology, nature-based solutions, stakeholders, climate adaptation, framework.

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Escaping the perfect storm of simultaneous climate change impacts on agriculture and marine fisheries

Science Advances ◽

10.1126/sciadv.aaw9976 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (11) ◽

pp. eaaw9976 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Lauric Thiault ◽

Camilo Mora ◽

Joshua E. Cinner ◽

William W. L. Cheung ◽

Nicholas A. J. Graham ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Food Production ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Global Scale ◽

Climate Impacts ◽

Marine Fisheries ◽

Least Developed Countries ◽

Business As Usual ◽

Productivity Gains

Climate change can alter conditions that sustain food production and availability, with cascading consequences for food security and global economies. Here, we evaluate the vulnerability of societies to the simultaneous impacts of climate change on agriculture and marine fisheries at a global scale. Under a “business-as-usual” emission scenario, ~90% of the world’s population—most of whom live in the most sensitive and least developed countries—are projected to be exposed to losses of food production in both sectors, while less than 3% would live in regions experiencing simultaneous productivity gains by 2100. Under a strong mitigation scenario comparable to achieving the Paris Agreement, most countries—including the most vulnerable and many of the largest CO2 producers—would experience concomitant net gains in agriculture and fisheries production. Reducing societies’ vulnerability to future climate impacts requires prompt mitigation actions led by major CO2 emitters coupled with strategic adaptation within and across sectors.

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Waste wood as bioenergy feedstock. Climate change impacts and related emission uncertainties from waste wood based energy systems in the UK

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/j.wasman.2017.11.042 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 74 ◽

pp. 241-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Mirjam Röder ◽

Patricia Thornley

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Energy Systems ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Bioenergy Feedstock ◽

Waste Wood ◽

The Uk

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Assessing South Africa’s Potential to Address Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in the Fisheries Sector

Frontiers in Marine Science ◽

10.3389/fmars.2021.652955 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Kelly Ortega-Cisneros ◽

Kevern L. Cochrane ◽

Nina Rivers ◽

Warwick H. H. Sauer

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South Africa ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Fisheries Management ◽

Climate Adaptation ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Small Scale ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Marine Fisheries ◽

Address Climate Change

The marine fisheries sector is one of the most important income sectors in South Africa and plays an important role in food security for small-scale and subsistence fishers. Climate-driven impacts have resulted in distribution shifts and declines in abundance of important fisheries targets, with negative consequences to the users dependent on these resources. The sustainability of the sector depends on its readiness to adapt to climate change. The inclusion of climate change impacts and adaptation in fisheries management documents in South Africa is essential to ensure adequate climate adaptation responses are implemented at the short- and long-term. This study aims to 1) determine if the relevant fisheries national management documents address climate change and adaptation, 2) determine if the relevant national climate change documents address climate change and adaptation in the fisheries sector and 3) evaluate the extent to which fisheries management documents address climate change and adaptation. A content analysis of fisheries management and climate change documents was carried out to determine if they incorporated information on climate change impacts and adaptation and marine fisheries respectively. Fisheries management documents were then screened against nine pre-determined criteria (or themes) based on climate change adaptation to determine the level of inclusion of best practice for climate change adaptation. Results indicate that climate change impacts and adaptation are rarely incorporated in the main fisheries management documents, except for the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan for the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. However, this document is still waiting to be adopted. The only direct reference identified in all the fisheries documents that supports climate change adaptation was ‘conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity’. With regards to indirect references to climate change adaptation, ‘equity,’ ‘participatory management,’ and ‘capacity building’ were most frequently incorporated in fisheries management documents. There is a need to explicitly incorporate information on climate change impacts and adaptation in South African fisheries management documents and increase the human and financial capacity at national institutions to ensure that the fisheries sector can adequately adapt to climate change.

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