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Development of a national strategy for adaptation to climate change adverse
impacts in Cyprus
CCCYYYPPPAAADDDAAAPPPTTT
LIFE10ENV/CY/000723
Minutes from the visit in Finland
DELIVERABLE 2.1
Deliverable 2.1: Minutes from the visit in Finland
Acknowledgements
This report was produced under co-finance of the European financial instrument for the
Environment (LIFE+) as the first Deliverable (D2.1) of the second Action (Action 2) of Project
“CYPADAPT” (LIFE 10 ENV/CY/000723) during the implementation of its first Activity (Activity
2(a)) on the “Review of existing national and regional adaptation strategies and practices as
well as guidelines on the development of adaptation plans”.
CYPADAPT team would like to acknowledge the European financial instrument for the
Environment (LIFE+) for the financial support.
We would like to express our special thanks to Mr. Mikael Hildén [Director of Climate
Change Programme, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)] and the team that welcome the
CYPADAPT team in Finland.
Mikael Hilden Finish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Timothy Carter SYKE
Stefan Fronzek SYKE
Pirkko Heikinheimo Ministry of the Environment (FiMoE)
Antti Irjala FiMoE
Matti Kahra Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM)
Sanna Luhtala Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Hanna Mela SYKE
Juha-Pekka Maijala FiMoE
Adriaan Perrels FMI
Reija Ruuhela Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Kristiina Santti FMI
Riku Varjopuro SYKE
Noora Veijalainen SYKE
Jussi Vuorenmaa SYKE
Irmeli Wahlgren Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Disclaimer
The information included herein is legal and true to the best possible knowledge of the
authors, as it is the product of the utilization and synthesis of the referenced sources, for
which the authors cannot be held accountable.
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Contents
1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Day 1 .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1.1 Time and Place................................................................................................... 1
1.1.2 Participants ........................................................................................................ 1
1.1.3 Minutes .............................................................................................................. 2
1.1.4 Photos ................................................................................................................ 6
1.2 Day 2 .......................................................................................................................... 8
1.2.1 Time and place .................................................................................................. 8
1.2.2 Participants ........................................................................................................ 8
1.2.3 Minutes .............................................................................................................. 8
1.2.4 Photos .............................................................................................................. 11
1.3 Day 3 ........................................................................................................................ 12
1.3.1 Time and place ................................................................................................ 12
1.3.2 Participants ...................................................................................................... 12
1.3.3 Minutes ............................................................................................................ 12
1.3.4 Photos .............................................................................................................. 17
List of Tables Table 1-1: Participants list for the first meeting ........................................................................ 1
Table 1-2: Minutes of the meeting held on the 21st of February 2012 (Day 1) ......................... 2
Table 1-3: Participants list for the second meeting................................................................... 8
Table 1-4: Minutes of the meeting held on the 22nd of February 2012 (Day 2) ........................ 8
Table 1-5: Participants list for the third meeting .................................................................... 12
Table 1-6: Minutes of the meeting held on the 23rd of February (Day 3) ............................... 13
List of Photos Photo 1-1: Day 1: Welcome address to CYPADAPT team by Mr. Mikael Hilden, Director of
Climate Change Programme, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) ......................................... 6
Photo 1-2: SYKE building (top pictures) and Meeting Room “Apollo” (bottom picture) .......... 6
Photo 1-3: Presentation during the first meeting in SYKE (Noora Veijalainen, Hydrologist) .... 7
Photo 1-4: Presentation during the second meeting (1st Part) in the Finnish Ministry of
Environment (top pictures) and photo of CYPADAPT team with Juha-Pekka Maijala, Senior
technical advisor, Finnish Ministry of Environment (bottom picture). ................................... 11
Photo 1-5: Presentation during the third meeting (2nd Part) (on the left) and photo of the
CYPADAPT working team with researchers from the Finnish Meteorological Service. .......... 17
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
FiMoE Ministry of the Environment of Finland
FMI Finnish Meteorological Institute
MANRE Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus
MMM Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
NOA National Observatory of Athens
NTUA National Technical University of Athens
SYKE Finish Environment Institute
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1 Introduction
The visit of the CYPADAPT in FINLAND was realized in the context of Activity 2(a) entitled:
“Review of existing national and regional adaptation strategies and practices as well as
guidelines on the development of adaptation plans”.
Aim of the visit:
To obtain substantial guidance and insight regarding the elaboration of the Cypriot
adaptation strategy
Despite the fact that Finland does not share many similarities with Cyprus regarding its
geographic and climate characteristics, it was considered of particular importance to come
in contact with the team that developed the Finnish National Adaptation Strategy (NAS), as
Finland comprises the first European country to prepare and adopt an adaptation strategy.
As a result the CYPADAPT team had the opportunity to discuss on the adaptation policies
and the potential barriers that Finland met during the implementation of the Finnish NAS.
The 3-day visit to Finland involved visits to different organizations and institutes:
Day 1 (21/02/2012): Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE);
Day 2 (22/02/2012): Ministry of the Environment (FiMoE) (1st Part) and Finish
Environment Institute (2nd Part); and
Day 3 (23/02/2012): Finish Environment Institute (1st Part) and Finnish
Meteorological Institute (FMI) (2nd Part).
1.1 Day 1
1.1.1 Time and Place
The first meeting was held in the meeting room “Apollo” of the Finnish Environment
Institute (SYKE). The meeting was realized on Tuesday, 21st of February 2012.
1.1.2 Participants
The participants of the first meeting are listed in the following table.
Table 1-1: Participants list for the first meeting
No. Name Institute
1. Mikael Hilden Finish Environment Institute (SYKE)
2. Christina Papadaskalopoulou National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
3. Pirkko Heikinheimo Ministry of the Environment (FiMoE)
4. Timothy Carter SYKE
5. Sanna Luhtala Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
6. Noora Veijalainen SYKE
7. Jussi Vuorenmaa SYKE
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8. Kyriaki Ioannou Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus (MANRE)
9. Maria Dodou NTUA
10. Dimitris Xevgenos NTUA
11. Hanna Mela SYKE
12. Antti Irjala FiMoE
13. Juha-Pekka Maijala FiMoE
1.1.3 Minutes
The minutes of the first meeting are presented in Table 1-2, while the presentations of the
meeting are given in the Annex.
Table 1-2: Minutes of the meeting held on the 21st of February 2012 (Day 1)
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
09:10–09:20 Welcome: Mikael Hilden Introduction of the participants
1st Presentation: Christina Papadaskalopoulou (see also Annex)
09:20-10:00 Presentation Outline:
Introduction to the LIFE+ project: CYPADAPT
Aims & Objectives
Project actions
Project Methodology
Current climate changes and risks in Cyprus o Mean Annual Temperature (oC) in Cyprus (Period: 1981-
1990) o Annual trend of evapotranspiration for the period 1976-2006 o Yearly totals of Cooling Degree Days above given thresholds
for the period 1980-2004 o Annual average precipitation (mm) in Cyprus for the period
1901/02 – 2007/08 o Number of flooding events per year in Cyprus etc.
Routes of Alien Species, Biodiversity, Agriculture, Forests, drought effects, forest fires and burnt areas, etc. in Cyprus
10:00-10:20 Questions:
How many communities are there in Cyprus?
Which is the general awareness of climate change in Cyprus? (Mikael Hilden)
What share of desalination plants is based on renewable energy in Cyprus?
Which are the Kyoto commitment of Cyprus? (Pirkko Heikinheimo)
Is this Life+ project an official step towards preparing your national adaptation strategy? (Pirkko Heikinheimo)
What about the opportunities of climate change in Cyprus? (Hannah Mela)
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
2nd Presentation: Pirkko Heikinheimo (see also Annex)
10:20-10:45 Presentation Outline:
Goals set out by the Finnish Government
Implementation of the NAS (National Adaptation Strategy)
Encouraging and supporting local and regional adaptation actions (www.climateguide.fi web portal provides info & tools especially for municipalities & the public)
Challenges for implementation (need for inter-governmental ministry collaboration)
Questions:
Was there lack of information regarding climate change impacts across sectors in Finland? Could the competent authorities cooperate and provide the required data (were they familiar to the concept of climate change?) (Dimitris Xevgenos)
Was it easy to decouple the effects of other factors in the process of estimating the impacts of climate change to different sectors (Dimitris Xevgenos)
10:45-10:55 Coffee break
3rd Presentation: Pirkko Heikinheimo (see also Annex)
10:55-11:15 Presentation Outline:
Evaluation of the strategy: steps in adaptation
Identified new needs for updating the NAS in 2012-2013 (synergies and contradictions of mitigation and adaptation; more cross-sectoral collaboration; wider understanding for need to adapt to socio-economical impacts of climate change; risk assessment and management for pessimistic scenarios; cost-benefit analysis for adaptation measures; More local/regional aspects of adaptation; More user-oriented communication about adaptation; recommendations of PEER study etc. into consideration; White paper on adaptation/EU’s Adaptation Strategy)
11:15-11:35 Questions:
How did you help the enforcement of the plan; was there any legislation;
Who coordinated the action plans;
Is there any evaluation of the action plans;
Ministry of Urban Planning: At which stage they inform the other ministries when they are up to take some measures?
4th Presentation: Timothy Carter (see also Annex)
11:35-11:45 Presentation Outline:
Title: “Assessing the adaptive capacity of the Finnish environment and society under a changing climate level of research activity into climate change impacts and adaptation in Finland and approximate time horizons to consider in planning and implementing adaptive strategies”
Major aims (identifying major gaps in Knowledge and research needs)
Research themes: Co-ordination & data support, natural environment, infrastructure etc.)
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
11:45-11:55 Comments:
Benefits from climate change in Cyprus (apart from the adverse impacts of climate change, there are always opportunities)
Invitation for the 2nd Nordic International Conference (29-31/08/2012)
Take good care for bringing together the policy side and the research side (give a joint agenda).
5th Presentation: Sanna Luhtala (see also Annex)
11:55-12:05 Presentation Outline:
Information on climate change at one address (three main components: (1) climate change explained – understand the phenomena & its consequences, (2) Maps, graphs and data – visualization of climate and impact data, (3) community response wizard – for municipalities and its residents
Community response wizard
CCCRP LIFE+ projects (llmasto-opas.fi)
Stakeholders actively involved in designing the portal
Towards an established and widely-used national climate portal
6th Presentation: Sanna Luhtala (see also Annex)
12:05-12:15 Presentation Outline:
30 ISTO research projects under 11 categories (Climate project: ACCLIM, Agriculture and food production: ILMASOPU, Fisheries (2), Biodiversity (3), Extreme weather events (5), Regional Adaptation strategy (1), Social impacts (1), Presenting research results.
Two evaluations: 2008 (Midterm evaluaton) and 2011 (Final evaluation)
The results of ISTO projects distributed via several channels (www.finessi.info/ISTO/index.php?page=overview&lang=en, www.mmm.fi/ISTO/eng, http://climateguide.fi).
Climate research programmes in Finland, some examples
Comments:
It is crucial to secure that the strategies for each sector do not fight with each other and that they recognize the importance of win-win solutions
12:15-13:45 Lunch break
7th Presentation: Noora Veijalainen (see also Annex)
13:45-14:45 Presentation Outline:
Title: Estimation of climate change impacts on hydrology in Finland
Climate change, snow and water
Water-Adapt project, Finland’s water resources and Climate Change – Impacts and Adaptation
Methods of climate change impact studies (delta change method
Schematic presentation
Use of direct Regional Climate Model (RCM) data
Schematic presentation
WSFS hydrological model
Lake regulation
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Climate change impacts on hydrology
Change in annual runoff (mm) Period 1961-90 and 2071-2100
Climate change and adaptation
Syvari water level
Pielinen (lake)
Climate change and regulation
Climate change impacts on floods
2070-99: 100-year flood
Conclusions on changes of floods
Adaptation possibilities
14:45-15:00 Questions:
The flood events are severe events in terms of damages or losses of lives? (Christina Papadaskalopoulou)
How many models did you use for running the hydrological model? (Dimitris Xevgenos)
8th Presentation: Jussi Vuorenmaa (see also Annex)
15:00-15:45 Presentation Outline:
Title: VACCIA-project: Vulnerability Assessment of ecosystem services for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation. Aims and some key results. Site: www.environment.fi/syke/vaccia
Main general aims of the project
Vaccia’s 13 actions
Lammi LTER-site. Action 8: Vulnerability and adaptation of Catchment areas and lakes for climate change impacts
Framework of project
Temperature and precipitation in Finland are predicted to increase particularly during winter
Increase of Arctic shipping increases air pollution in north Finland
Examples of remote sensing datasets produced in Vaccia
Sectors in Vaccia project
Long-term data on environmental change. Coastal ecosystems in Western Gulf of Finland gathered in GIS-portal
Gulf of Finland, Tvarminne
Biodiversity: Bothnian Bay
Lake and catchment ecosystems
Contribution to policy development
Concluding remarks
Questions:
Do you have a LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) network in Cyprus? (Jussi Vuoremnaa)
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1.1.4 Photos
Photo 1-1: Day 1: Welcome address to CYPADAPT team by Mr. Mikael Hilden, Director of Climate Change Programme, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Photo 1-2: SYKE building (top pictures) and Meeting Room “Apollo” (bottom picture)
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Photo 1-3: Presentation during the first meeting in SYKE (Noora Veijalainen, Hydrologist)
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1.2 Day 2
1.2.1 Time and place
The second meeting was realized on Wednesday, 22nd of February 2012 and it was held in
the:
Finnish Ministry of Environment (1st Part); and
Finish Environment Institute (2nd Part).
1.2.2 Participants
The participants of the second meeting are listed in the following table.
Table 1-3: Participants list for the second meeting
No. Name Institute Participation to
1. Antti Irjala FiMoE 1st Part of the meeting
2. Juha-Pekka Maijala FiMoE 1st Part of the meeting
3. Irmeli Wahlgren Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
2nd Part of the meeting
4. Riku Varjopuro SYKE 2nd Part of the meeting
5. Hanna Mela SYKE 2nd Part of the meeting
6. Christina Papadaskalopoulou
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Both Parts of the meeting
7. Christos Giannakopoulos
National Observatory of Athens (NOA)
Both Parts of the meeting
8. Kyriaki Ioannou Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus (MANRE)
Both Parts of the meeting
9. Maria Dodou NTUA Both Parts of the meeting
10. Dimitris Xevgenos NTUA Both Parts of the meeting
1.2.3 Minutes
The minutes of the first meeting are presented in Table 1-4, while the presentations of the
meeting are given in Annex.
Table 1-4: Minutes of the meeting held on the 22nd of February 2012 (Day 2)
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
1st Presentation: Juha-Pekka Maijala
09:15-10:00 Presentation Outline:
Finnish Ministries
Finland’s environmental administration
Ministry of the Environment, Finland
The Department of the Built environment
National Adaptation Strategy (2005)
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Adaptation in the Environmental Administration: an Action Plan (2008)
The most essential impacts in the sphere of the environmental administration include
Biodiversity: measures
Land-use and community: measures (the National land use Guidelines)
o Land use should take into account flood risk areas o In land use planning
Finnish planning system (land use)
The ways of steering construction in municipalities
Buildings and construction: measures
Urban flood in Helsinki in winter 2005 (flood protecting wall from paper material)
The adaptation network
Coordination, implementation, evaluation
10:00-11:00 Questions:
Have you suggested any measures for the end-users (in the houses)?
Building regulations: is there a regulation which obliges to use double-glazing windows, big or small windows, EUROCODES etc.?
11:00–13:00 Break and transport to SYKE
2nd Presentation: Irmeli Wahlgren (see also Annex)
13:10-14:00 Presentation Outline:
Challenges of climate change
Study locations
Identification of critical, flood-risk areas
Ten golden rules for planner (the averages are not interesting but extremes)
Climate change adaptation in urban planning
Questions:
The resolution used was 50km x 50km? I think that there is a resolution of 25km x25 km available at the moment? (Christos Giannakopoulos) The data presented in the table (p. 11) comprise average values of the four calculation runs.
The master plans involve only the built environment or the transport sector and other critical infrastructure as well (e.g water and energy supply, wastewater collection, treatment and disposal, communications etc.)?
3rd Presentation: Riku Varjopuro (see also Annex)
14:00-14:30 Presentation Outline:
Title: “BALTADAPT: Towards a Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy”
Background
Baltadapt activities
Towards the Adaptation Strategy – Policy Forum April 2012
Contacts (www.baltadapt.eu)
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Questions:
Is there any plan on how you are going to monitor the implementation of the plan?
14:30–15:30 Lunch break
4th Presentation: Christos Giannakopoulos (see also Annex)
15:40-16:00 Presentation Outline:
Regional climate model data
Domain of the study
Climate of the recent past
Confidence ranges
Statistical distributions TX in capitals
Impacts-Cooling energy requirements
Impacts-Population discomfort
Case-study: Athens
Vulnerability indicators for Athens
Fire Weather Index
Health: All cause daily mortality
Air pollution: Ozone exceedance days
Summary table of vulnerability indicators to current climate
Indicator linkages for Athens
16:00-16:30 Questions & Discussion:
Which is the resolution you used for the case of Athens? (Timothy Carter)
The results shown are model results or real measured data? (Timothy Carter)
There is no best model to choose for Cyprus. The suitability of the model can be based on the domain of the model (regional climate models examining the region where the country is located) (Timothy Carter, Christos Giannakopoulos)
For selecting a model you need precipitation and temperature data, whether for estimating the impacts on the sector additional data would be required such as energy consumption (for the impacts on the energy sector), mortality etc. (Christos Giannakopoulos)
Discussion over the methodology that shall be used for validating the different climate models. It is significant to use the measured data which are site specific and create a grid through the use of interpolation method. The data must be regular across regions of Cyprus (Timothy Carter)
What is your opinion about climate change? Is it sure that if we cut-off Greenhouse Gas emissions the trend of global warming will change? (Christina Papadaskalopoulou)
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1.2.4 Photos
Photo 1-4: Presentation during the second meeting (1st Part) in the Finnish Ministry of Environment (top pictures) and photo of CYPADAPT team with Juha-Pekka Maijala, Senior technical advisor, Finnish Ministry of Environment (bottom picture).
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1.3 Day 3
1.3.1 Time and place
The third meeting was realized on Thursday, 23rd of February 2012 and it was held in the:
Finish Environment Institute (1st Part); and
Finnish Meteorological Institute (2nd Part).
1.3.2 Participants
The participants of the third meeting are listed in the following table.
Table 1-5: Participants list for the third meeting
No. Name Institute Participated to
1. Matti Kahra Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM)
1st Part of the meeting
2. Hanna Mela SYKE 1st Part of the meeting
3. Stefan Fronzek SYKE 1st Part of the meeting
4. Reija Ruuhela Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
2nd Part of the meeting
5. Adriaan Perrels FMI 2nd Part of the meeting
6. Kristiina Santti FMI 2nd Part of the meeting
7. Sanna Luhtala FMI 2nd Part of the meeting
8. Christina Papadaskalopoulou
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Both parts of the meeting
9. Christos Giannakopoulos
National Observatory of Athens (NOA)
Both parts of the meeting
10. Kyriaki Ioannou Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus (MANRE)
Both parts of the meeting
11. Maria Dodou NTUA Both parts of the meeting
12. Dimitris Xevgenos NTUA Both parts of the meeting
1.3.3 Minutes
The minutes of the third meeting are presented in Table 1-6, while the presentations of the
meeting are given in Annex.
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Table 1-6: Minutes of the meeting held on the 23rd of February (Day 3)
Thursday, 23 February 2012
1st Presentation: Matti Kahra (see also Annex)
09:00-10:30 Presentation Outline:
Title: “Short Introduction to Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Adaptation Action Plan 2011-2015”
Action plan for implementation (some measures are cross-sectoral, some sector-specific, 4-5 years is the maximum time that can be spent talking about money and resources)
Some examples of measures in two key sectors o 1. Agriculture and food production [60,000 farmers (1%)] o 2. Forestry (Agriculture and Forestry have the biggest
number of measures): Identify win-win situations between mitigation and adaptation. In the UK they have done much work in the cost benefit analysis sector
Creating an Action Plan. Ingredients for creating a good Action Plan: 3 elements: research, implementation and evaluation.
o Research: Insurances have already done much research work in order to remain profitable
o Implementation: Creating awareness on all decision-making levels; Cooperation, especially on a regional level; transforming existing policies, creating new ones; time perspective; different risks (incremental – extreme); leaving room for new developments.
o Evaluation: measuring success (indicators); learning along the way; making corrections when needed; taking into account global effects and interlinkages; synergies and trade-offs; international cooperation and learning from others; interaction between science and policy.
www.mmm.fi/en/index/frontpage/climate_change_energy/adaption.html
Questions
Most of the land is privately owned? (Kyriaki Ioannou)
They are allowed to cut the forest? (Maria Dodou)
By which means did you contact people? (Kyriaki Ioannou)
Comment: Finland: 300,000 km2; Cyprus: 9,000 km2.
2nd Presentation: Hanna Mela
10:30-10:50 Presentation Outline:
Background: why study the elderly?
Indicators: o Demographic: share of the elderly over total municipal
population o Health-related indicators: share of elderly receiving regular
home health care and number of health care personnel/inhabitants
o Socio-economic indicators: share of elderly lining alone/total municipal population; share of elderly receiving economic
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
assistance
What is the purpose of vulnerability mapping
Interviews to supplement the statistical data
Questions:
What was the time period that you examined e.g last 20 or last 50 years from now? (Kyriaki Ioannou)
3rd Presentation: Stefan Fronzek
10:50-11:30 www.iav-mapping.net/CARAVAN/CARAVAN.html
Maveri program
Questions & Comments:
You could use some indicators in the adaptive capacity sector?
Mediation project
11:30–13:45 Transport to Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
4th Presentation: Reija Ruuhela (see also Annex)
13:45-14:15 Presentation Outline:
Title: “Climate change scenarios for adaptation measures and research”. ACCLIM II: Climate change survey and expert service for adaptation assessment.
ACCLIM II: Motivation & Objectives. Main Activities. Significance of the research
Warming in Finland by ~0.4±0.1°C/10 yr during the next three decades
Largest warming in winter, smallest in summer. Largest warming in north-eastern Finland
Spatial variation of very high temperatures in Finland;
Climatic zones in Europe as a dissemination tool of climate change information
Climate scenarios for Finland (the warming in Finland is likely to be stronger than the global average (2-6oC); precipitation will increase by 5-25%; cold (hot) days will become less (more) frequent)
Up-to-date weather data for building energy calculations in the current climate (TRY2012)
The total delivered energy consumption of a typical detached house in Finland is assessed to decrease by 5% by 2030
Climate scenarios for Sectorial Research – SETUKLIM 2011-12
The total delivered energy consumption of a typical detached house in Finland is assessed to decrease by 5% by 2030 (kWh/m2/month)
Changes in mean sea level on sea level in Vaasa (western coast) and in Helsinki (southern coast)
Annual maximum sea level in Helsinki, 1900-2010
Questions:
What is the relative humidity in Finland? (Maria Dodou)
You have 19 models? Are there any criteria for choosing those models? (Kyriaki Ioannou)
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
5th Presentation: Reija Ruuhela (see also Annex)
14:15-14:30 Science – policy interaction in adaptation in Finland
ISTO Programme: Needs and aims of the Synthesis
How to adapt to inevitable climate change? - A synthesis of Finnish research on adaptation in different sectors
Where are we in 2012 in adaptation research? –researchers’ point of view
Agriculture: Time frame for implementation of adaptation options for the future anticipated changes
Forestry
Daily mortality in summer months
July 2010: new heat record, 37.2 oC - in Southern Finland monthly mean temp anomaly > +5 oC
Saimaa ringed seal – Finnish “ice bear”
Winter tourism depends on snow cover
Climate Risk Management in Finnish Development Cooperation
6th Presentation: Adriaan Perrels (see also Annex)
14:30-15:20 Presentation Outline:
Title: “Economic perspectives of climate change adaptation”
Systemizing effects and their analysis
Review of climate change effects in built-up areas
Categorising natural hazards (for economic assessment purposes)
3 economic impact types – current (in)abilities
Impacts and trends
Do natural hazard cost outpace growth?
RCM and GCM based projections of changes in potential storm losses
Tourism suitability index changes in summertime
Economic impacts in Europe
Unmitigated river flood damage 2020…2080 (Source: FP7 CLIMATECOST Technical Policy Briefing Note)
Decomposing adaptation cost effects – case river flood risks
Lessons from Finnish assessments
FINADAPT (2005/2006)
Tolerate, Irtoriski, ISTO synthesis
TOLERATE study structure
Cost assessment summary
Extended event tree in IRTORISKI
GDP effects in Helsinki/Uusimaa & Pori/Satakunta
Linking direct and induced damage
Result of stakeholder based MCDA (Source: TOLERATE Study, Perrels et al, 2010)
Sensitivity analysis in MCDA – cost weight
Conclusions
7th Presentation: Kristiina Santti (see also Annex)
15:20-15:35 Presentation Outline:
Title: “National Early Warning System. LUOVA for Natural Disasters in Finland“
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LUOVA responds to needs
Internal security programme
Objectives of the LUOVA system. Participating actors of LUOVA
LUOVA implementation (Tasks: data transmission system, servers and database; work processes and expert co-operation; user interface form monitoring and web portal; Content of situation picture; training, (b) Challenges: 24/7 operation; various end-users with different demands; large amount of information; secure data transmission)
Data and information sources (Observations; National and International models; National and International Information Centers)
LUOVA warning centers (24/7 monitoring of various information sources; expert network; Secured communication and dissemination system; feedback mechanisms)
LUOVA situation picture (summary of hazard; Forecasts and warnings; Impacts)
End users- Specialised user groups
LUOVA warning levels (very dangerous; dangerous; potentially dangerous; no particular awareness is required)
Phenomena covered by LUOVA (storms; Tropical storms; Forest fires; Thunderstorms; Heavy rain; Sea water level; Floods; Earthquakes; volcanic eruption; tsunamis)
Distribution of warnings and situation picture (warnings: e-mail, sms)
Benefits of the LUOVA-system (provides real-time information to Finish government and safety authorities; provides analysed and accurate information; established expert network)
LUOVA – development in future
LUOVA- Situation picture
15:35-15:45 Questions:
How many observation stations are there in Finland? (Kyriaki Ioannou)
8th Presentation: Reija Ruuhela (see also Annex)
15:45-16:00 Title: “CYPADAPT at FMI 23 Feb, 2012”
Climate Service Center at FMI
An outcome of 3rd World Climate Conference (2009) Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
Components of GFCS: 1. Observations and Monitoring 2. Climate research, modelling and prediction, 3. Climate Service Information System (CSIS), 4. Climate User Interface Programme (CUIP), 5. Capacity Building
New climatological normal period, 1981-2010
What kind of climate information and climate services will you need within next 5 years?
What is the optimal way of obtaining the climate information you need?
The concept of Climate Guide portal
Course for journalists on climate change
Deliverable 2.1: Minutes from the visit in Finland
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
Climate is changing – education for journalist
1.3.4 Photos
Photo 1-5: Presentation during the third meeting (2nd Part) (on the left) and photo of the CYPADAPT working team with researchers from the Finnish Meteorological Service.
Semi-Frozen sea of South Harbor, Helsinki