Climate Change Impacts on Air Pollution in Northern Europe

2017 ◽  
pp. 49-67
Author(s):  
Ruth M. Doherty ◽  
Fiona M. O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Northern Europe

Assessing Historic Places Regarding Risks and Vulnerabilities Associated with Climate Change to Inform Conservation Planning—Development of Assessment Methods in Northern Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-52
Author(s):  
Carsten Hermann
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation

In the face of anthropogenic climate change, the management of cultural heritage must change the world over, in order to adapt historic places to the resulting impacts. Concepts for climate change mitigation and adaptation are well developed, but their application specifically in the context of the historic environment is limited. The number of methods and tools to assess the risks of climate change impacts on historic places and the vulnerabilities of these places to these risks is still small. In this article, three assessment methods will be discussed, which were developed through projects in Northern Europe: Cultural and Heritage Added Value to Regional Policies for Tourism and Sustainability (CHARTS) disseminated a risk and vulnerability assessment to investigate the impacts of climate change on the historic environment of Wales. The Aurland project, in Norway, piloted a site-specific assessment method through local and expert input. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is reviewing its portfolio of historic places with a novel impact assessment and mapping method, using a geographical information system (GIS). This article discusses the differences of the approaches chosen by the projects to assess climate change impacts and plan adaptation measures. The article concludes with outlining a recently started project, Adapt Northern Heritage, involving HES and two Aurland partners, Riksantikvaren and the Norsk institute for kulturminneforskning, as well as Minjastofnun Íslands.

scholarly journals Using Satellites to Track Indicators of Global Air Pollution and Climate Change Impacts: Lessons Learned From a NASA‐Supported Science‐Stakeholder Collaborative

GeoHealth ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan C. Anenberg ◽  
Matilyn Bindl ◽  
Michael Brauer ◽  
Juan J. Castillo ◽  
Sandra Cavalieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Lessons Learned

Key Studies on Air Pollution and Climate Change Impacts on Forests: An Introduction

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Paoletti ◽  
Andrzej Bytnerowicz ◽  
Marcus Schaub
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Climate Change Impacts

scholarly journals Isolating the climate change impacts on air pollution-related-pathologies over Europe – A modelling approach on cases and costs

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Tarín-Carrasco ◽  
María Morales-Suárez-Varela ◽  
Ulas Im ◽  
Jørgen Brandt ◽  
Laura Palacios-Peña ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
European Population ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Climate Modelling ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
The Future

Abstract. Air pollution has important implications on human health and associated external costs to society, and is closely related to climate change. This contribution tries to assess the impacts of present (1996–2015) and future (2071–2100 under RCP8.5) air pollution on several cardiovascular and respiratory pathologies and to estimate the difference in the costs associated to those health impacts on European population. For that, air quality data from the WRF-Chem regional chemistry/climate modelling system is used, together with some epidemiological information from the European Commission. The methodology considered relies on the EVA exposure-response functions and economic valuations (Brandt et al., 2013a; 2013b). Several hypothesis have been established, in order to strictly isolate the effects of climate change on air pollution and health: constant present-day emission levels and population density in all Europe. In general, the number of cases for the pathologies considered will increase in the future (chronic bronchitis, heart failure, lung cancer, premature deaths), increasing the overall cost associated from 173 billion €/year to over 204 billion €/year at the end of the present century. Premature deaths are the most important problem in the target area in terms of costs (158 billion € per year, increasing by 17 % in the future RCP8.5 2071–2100 projection) and cases (418 700 cases/year, increasing by 94 900 cases/year in the future). The most affected areas are European megacities, the Ruhr Valley and several cities at eastern Europe (e.g. Chisinau, Bucharest). For the RCP8.5 scenario, cases and costs will increase over southern and eastern Europe, while central and northern Europe could benefit by climate change variations (decreasing both cases and costs for the studied pathologies).

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