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Adapting to climate change - SOER 2010 thematic assessment: Climate change is happening and will continue to have far-reaching consequences for human and natural systems. Impacts and vulnerabilities differ considerably across regions, territories and economic sectors in Europe. Strategies to adapt to climate change are necessary to manage impacts even if global temperature stays below a 2 °C increase above the pre-industrial level. The EU adaptation framework aims at developing a comprehensive strategy by 2013, to be supported by a clearinghouse for sharing and maintaining information on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Thematic assessments
Annual precipitation changes 2021-2050: Projected changes in annual precipitation in percentages under A1B scenario, multi-model ensemble mean for the time periods 2021-2050 relative to 1961-1990 mean. Map presents changes using ensemble mean of several regional climate models (RCMs), run by different climate modelling communities in the frame of the EU FP6 Integrated Project ENSEMBLES (Contract number 505539). Data are presented as changes in relative terms (according to 1961-1990 period) in spatial resolution of approximately 25 km.
Located in Environmental topics › Climate change › Interactive maps and data viewers
Annual precipitation changes in Europe for the period 1900-2000: Note: Unit: Percentage change per century
Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Annual precipitation series (left graph) and annual cloudiness series (right graph): NW (top, grey) vs SE (bottom, black)
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Annual temperature changes for 2021-2050: Projected changes in annual mean surface temperature (in K) under A1B scenario, multi-model ensemble mean for the time period 2021-2050 relative to 1961-1990 mean. Map presents changes using ensemble mean of several regional climate models (RCMs), run by different climate modelling communities in the frame of the EU FP6 Integrated Project ENSEMBLES (Contract number 505539). Data are presented as changes in relative terms (according to 1961-1990 period) in spatial resolution of approximately 25 km.
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Average annual precipitation: Average annual precipitation in the EEA area
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Average annual runoff: Notes: Map prepared at a 10 km x 10 km grid resolution, showing average run-off with some smoothing of local detail
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Average annual runoff: Notes: Map prepared at a 10 km x 10 km grid resolution, showing average run-off with some smoothing of local detail
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Average annual runoff in Europe: Notes: Map prepared at a 10 km x 10 km grid resolution, showing average run-off with some smoothing of local detail
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Changes in annual precipitation for the IPCC A2 scenario (2071-2100 compared with 1961-1990) for four different climate models: The map shows for 4 different climate models the projected changes in annual precipitation, based on the IPCC A2 baseline scenario
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