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[Leonard Barrie]

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Leonard Barrie
Research Director,  Bolin Centre for Climate Research
Professor for Climate and Atmospheric Science
Department of Geological Sciences
Stockholm University
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From: ECRA Climate <info at ecra-climate.eu>
Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:58 PM
Subject: European Climate Research Alliance Science Briefs 4 | 2015
To: Leonard Barrie <leonard.barrie at geo.su.se>


Dear ECRA fellows,

This edition of the ECRA Science Briefs informs you about latest news from
Brussels!

This includes highlights of climate research, provides news from the
European stage as well as internal information from ECRA and its
Collaborative Programmes and upcoming events organized or joined by ECRA.

Best wishes from Brussels,

Tina Swierczynski and Uta Klönne



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*Ocean-Climate Nexus consensus statement *The European Marine Board (EMB)
together with the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in the US drafted a
statement that reflects a consensus view from marine research communities.
Ahead of COP21, it highlights the key priorities for ocean research in the
context of global change, and its critical role in developing a societal
response to climate change.
Read the statement
<http://www.marineboard.eu/ocean-climate-nexus/consensus-statement>

arctic

*Interagency and International Research on North Atlantic-Arctic
Oceanographic Processes *In 2013 the EU, the United States and Canada
launched a research alliance to combine their Atlantic ocean observation
efforts, the Galway Statement. Now the US National Science Foundation (NSF)
has published a “Dear Colleague Letter” which provides guidance for US
scientists who will request support from the NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
(OCE) and Division of Polar Programs (PLR) over the next 18 months to
conduct research related to the goals of the research alliance in
collaboration with scientists from Canada or the EU.
Further information
<http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf16006>

high impact events

*Strong El Niño to last until spring 2016 *Sea surface temperature (SST)
anomalies during September were well above average in the central and
eastern Pacific, finds the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), USA. Observed atmospheric wind anomalies and the Southern
Oscillation Index (SOI) are also consistent with a strong El Niño. Models
predict the event to peak in late autumn/early winter and to slowly weaken
through Spring 2016. The event is linked to weather anomalies across the
globe, yet its consequences for Europe are less clear.
More information
<http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html>

sea level
*Sea Level Change for Norway: Past and Present Observations and Projections
to 2100*
This report presents the current understanding of past and present observed
sea level changes for Norway, and provides sea level projections up until
2100. It shows that 20th century sea level rise in Norway is consistent
with the global average and discusses contributions to the change and
variability, as well as the rate of sea level rise over different time
periods.
Further information
<http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/no/Publikasjoner/2015/September-2015/Havnivaendring-i-Norge/>

hydrological cycles
*Heavy precipitation events increased under climate change*
Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
found that the number of record-breaking rainfall events significantly
increased over 1981-2010 on a global average. Using a statistical model
they explain the increase with the increased water holding capacity of a
warmer atmosphere. The number of precipitation events from 1901-1980 on the
other hand can be attributed to natural variability.
Read the article
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-015-1434-y>
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*Ahead of COP21*
With the climate change conference to begin on 30 November in Paris, the EU’s
negotiating position
<http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2015091801_en.htm> includes
two central goals: a clear pathway for staying below 2°C warming and to
scale up their contribution to fill the Green Climate Fund with $100
billion per year for adaptation in developing countries. Furthermore, a new UN
report
<http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/indc-synthesis-report-press-release/>
was published that analyses the aggregate effect of the 146 national
climate action plans that have been submitted. If these “Intended
Nationally Determined Contributions" (INDCs) are implemented, greenhouse
gas emissions would peak and start to decrease during the next decade.
Meanwhile, a European Environment Agency (EEA) report
<http://www.eea.europa.eu/media/newsreleases/climate-change-eu-shows-leadership>
revealed that the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 23% between
1990 and 2014 – an overachievement of its 2020 20% target. Lastly, some of
the European FP7 funded research project results that support policymakers
in the negotiation process are presented by CORDIS here
<http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/124261_en.html>.

joint research centre (jrc)
*Launch of Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre*
The European Commission has launched a new in-house centre to help EU
Member States respond to emergencies and prevent and reduce the impact of
disasters. Among its activities, the Centre will offer EU countries
technical and scientific advice on their risk assessment methodologies. It
will also develop an online repository of relevant research results and
operational outcomes, and create a network of crisis management
laboratories.
Further information
<https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/new-knowledge-centre-help-eu-minimise-risk-disasters?r=dnl>
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*Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016/17 officially published*
The final version of the work programme for the coming two years has been
made available, including the Societal Challenge 5 (SC5) “Climate action,
environment, resource efficiency and raw materials”. The first deadlines
are in January 2016. Also, there is a new call for proposals under the
Erasmus+ Programme called “Support for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
engaging in apprenticeship”.
See the documents
<http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2016-17>
See the call
<https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/support-for-policy-reform-support-for-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-engaging-in-apprenticeships_en>More
on SC5 on the ECRA Homepage
<http://www.ecra-climate.eu/index.php/news-news/fp7-horizon-2020>

*New Centre of Excellence in Simulation of Weather and Climate in Europe
(ESiWACE)*
This initiative aims to “improve efficiency and productivity of numerical
weather and climate simulation on high-performance computing [HPC]
platforms by supporting the end-to-end workflow of global Earth system
modelling in HPC environment”. An international workshop on HPC launched
the €4.9 million project, which is coordinated by the German Climate
Computing Centre and will run for four years.
More information <https://www.esiwace.eu/>
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*Arctic Futures Symposium 2015 | 17-18 November 2015 | Brussels, Belgium*
This annual symposium by the International Polar Foundation and partners
brings together various stakeholders to discuss the region’s future. This
year's event focuses on regional development, blue growth, innovation and
environmental security. More specifically, the sessions will address
business development and Arctic communities, maritime transport, energy and
industry, the digital Arctic and the role of Arctic council observers.
Further information <http://www.arcticfutures.org/>

*Greening the Research System: Towards Climate-Friendly Research | 23-25
November 2015 | Potsdam, Germany / virtual conference*
The workshop aims to discuss how the research system can contribute to
goals of global sustainability such as climate change mitigation, and to
identify opportunities and barriers of conducting research in a more
environmentally sustainable way. It aims to bring together a diverse group,
from academic organisations to funding agencies. The event is jointly
organised by JPI Climate and IASS Potsdam.
Further information
<http://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/content/greening-research-systems-towards-climate-friendly-research>

*JPI Climate Workshop “Climate Impact and Loss data for Europe” | 16-17
December 2015 | Berlin, Germany*
As extreme weather events can cause large economic losses and are likely
increasing under future climate change, there is a need to improve the
understanding and data of these impacts to prepare disaster risk
management. This workshop aims to discuss issues of datasets of impacts and
losses and to create a policy document on strategies, a research agenda and
a loss database.
More information
<http://www.jpi-climate.eu/news-events/news/10864489/Registration-now-open-JPI-Climate-Workshop-Climate-Impact-and-Loss-data-for-Europe>

*11th International Conference on Permafrost | 20-24 June 2016 | Potsdam,
Germany*
The conference aims to cover all relevant aspects of permafrost research,
engineering and outreach on a global and regional level. The 40 sessions of
the event will discuss topics such as periglacial geomorphology, cryosols,
climate change and feedbacks, data, mapping and monitoring, ecology,
hydrology, industry, education, etc. Abstract submission is open until *1
December*.
More information <http://icop2016.org/>

*Check the ECRA homepage for more interesting workshops and conferences...*
<http://www.ecra-climate.eu/index.php/news-news/workshops-conferences>
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*Joint Workshop of CP HIE Events and CP Hydrological Cycle | Spring 2016 |
Munich, Germany *

*ECRA Side event at Conference "ICRC:CORDEX 2016" | 17-20 May 2016 |
Stockholm, Sweden*
At next year’s International Conference on Regional Climate ECRA will host
a side event on “Extreme events in a changing climate - Challenges and
perspectives in hydro-meteorological modelling”. It will discuss the gap
between global scale climate system modelling to high resolution
hydrological modelling to the required high resolution for impact
assessments on regional and local scales. The event will also address the
challenges of bringing the model data to the user community. Researchers,
policymakers and data users are invited.
Further information
<http://www.ecra-climate.eu/index.php/upcoming-events#CORDEX>

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