NEWS UPDATE 19-20 APRIL 2017
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Thursday, 20 April 2017
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
CLIMATE SERVICE : ONLINE ACCESS : Elsevier
Recent Climate Services Articles
Recently published articles from Climate Services
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/climate-services/recent-articles
The IMPACT2C web-atlas – Conception, organization and aim of a web-based climate service product
Swantje Preuschmann | Andreas Hänsler | Lola
Kotova | Nikolaus Dürk | Wolfgang Eibner | Carina Waidhofer | Christoph
Haselberger | Daniela Jacob
Available online 12 April 2017
The IMPACT2C web-atlas is a web-based climate
service product, which presents interdisciplinary project results in a
harmonized format. The web-platform www.atlas.impact2c.eu is targeted at
a wide audience...
Impacts of 2°C global warming on primary production and soil carbon storage capacity at pan-European level
Abdulla Sakalli | Alessandro Cescatti | Alessandro Dosio | Mehmet Ugur Gücel
Available online 12 April 2017
Atmospheric CO2 has been dramatically increasing
since beginning of the industrial time (i.e. 1860), being one of the
main driver for climate change at regional and global level. The change
in CO2 concentration...
Future
projections of extreme precipitation intensity-duration-frequency
curves for climate adaptation planning in New York State
Arthur T. DeGaetano | Christopher M. Castellano
Available online 31 March 2017
A set of future extreme precipitation
probabilities are developed for New York State based on different
downscaling approaches and climate model projections. Based on nearly 50
downscaling method-climate...
Climate science information needs among natural resource decision-makers in the Northwest US
Elizabeth Allen | Jennie Stephens | Georgine Yorgey | Chad Kruger | Sonya Ahamed | Jennifer Adam
Available online 31 March 2017
Managing water resources, air quality, forests,
rangelands and agricultural systems in the context of climate change
requires a new level of integrated knowledge. In order to articulate a
role for university-based...
From science to practices – lessons learned from the TaiCCAT research programme
Peiwen Lu | Yang Ting Shen | Gin-Rong Liu | Tang-Huang Lin
Available online 25 March 2017
Nicola Golding | Chris Hewitt | Peiqun Zhang | Philip Bett | Xiaoyi Fang | Hengzhi Hu | Sebastien Nobert
The needs of decision makers in China are being
used to develop climate science and climate services through the Climate
Science for Services Partnership. Focusing on examples of work for the
energy...
Heat waves analysis over France in present and future climate: Application of a new method on the EURO-CORDEX ensemble
G. Ouzeau | J.-M. Soubeyroux | M. Schneider | R. Vautard | S. Planton
December 2016
Currently, the analysis of heat waves and the
representation of such events in a comprehensible and accessible way is a
crucial challenge for climate services, in particular for delivering
scientific...
The method of producing climate change datasets impacts the resulting policy guidance and chance of mal-adaptation
Marie Ekström | Michael Grose | Craig Heady | Sean Turner | Jin Teng
December 2016
Impact, adaptation and vulnerability (IAV)
research underpin strategies for adaptation to climate change and help
to conceptualise what life may look like in decades to come. Research
draws on information...
G. Rosas | S. Gubler | C. Oria | D. Acuña | G. Avalos | M. Begert | E. Castillo | M. Croci-Maspoli | F. Cubas | M. Dapozzo | A. Díaz | D. van Geijtenbeek | M. Jacques | T. Konzelmann | W. Lavado | A. Matos | F. Mauchle | M. Rohrer | A. Rossa | S.C. Scherrer | M. Valdez | M. Valverde | G. Villar | E. Villegas
CLIMANDES is a pilot twinning project between
the National Weather Services of Peru and Switzerland (SENAMHI and
MeteoSwiss), developed within the Global Framework for Climate Services
of the World...
Why climate change adaptation in cities needs customised and flexible climate services
Jörg Cortekar | Steffen Bender | Miriam Brune | Markus Groth
December 2016
Cities are key players in climate change
adaptation and mitigation due to a spatial concentration of assets,
people and economic activities. They are thus contributing to and
especially vulnerable to...
Patrick Monfray | Dagmar Bley
“Push” dynamics in policy experimentation: Downscaling climate change adaptation programs in Canada
Adam Wellstead | Michael Howlett | Sreeja Nair | Jeremy Rayner
December 2016
Policy experiments have often been touted as
valuable mechanisms for ensuring sustainability transitions and climate
change adaptation. However problems exist both in the definition of
‘experiments’,...
Catherine Vaughan | Lawrence Buja | Andrew Kruczkiewicz | Lisa Goddard
Climate services involve the timely production,
translation, and delivery of useful climate data, information, and
knowledge for societal decision-making. They rely on a range of
expertise and are underpinned...
Towards an assessment of adaptive capacity of the European agricultural sector to droughts
Keith Williges | Reinhard Mechler | Paul Bowyer | Juraj Balkovic
Available online 17 November 2016
Analyses of climate change vulnerability and
risk have been steadily evolving, and have moved from an impact-focused
towards a more risk-based approach. In the risk and vulnerability
communities, the...
Climate and weather service provision: Economic appraisal of adaptation to health impacts
Alistair Hunt | Julia Ferguson | Michela Baccini | Paul Watkiss | Vladimir Kendrovski
Available online 4 November 2016
This paper seeks to demonstrate that the value
of climate projection information can be used to derive quantitative
estimates of both the costs and benefits of information-based measures
introduced...
A.M. Zaman | M.K. Molla | I.A. Pervin | S.M. Mahbubur Rahman | A.S. Haider | F. Ludwig | W. Franssen
Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable due to the
combined impacts of sea level rise, rainfall and runoff variability,
and changes in cyclone patterns. This paper presents the application of
an integrated...
Penny H. Whetton | Michael R. Grose | Kevin J. Hennessy
This paper describes the history of national
climate change projections for Australia since 1987, with a focus on the
series of statements in 1992, 1996, 2001, 2007 and 2015. These were
prepared by...
Jason Vogel | Elizabeth McNie | David Behar
This article explores the efforts of four water
utilities to co-produce actionable science by forging partnerships with
scientific institutions to explore integrating climate considerations
into their...
Production and use of regional climate model projections – A Swedish perspective on building climate services
Erik Kjellström | Lars Bärring | Grigory Nikulin | Carin Nilsson | Gunn Persson | Gustav Strandberg
September 2016
We describe the process of building a climate
service centred on regional climate model results from the Rossby Centre
regional climate model RCA4. The climate service has as its central
facility a...
Heat index trends and climate change implications for occupational heat exposure in Da Nang, Vietnam
Sarah Opitz-Stapleton | Lea Sabbag | Kate Hawley | Phong Tran | Lan Hoang | Phuong Hoang Nguyen
September 2016
Occupational extreme heat exposure can lead to a
number of detrimental heat-health impacts on workers. Excessive
night-time temperatures following hot days do not allow for workers to
recover and can...
The effect of the pathway to a two degrees warmer world on the regional temperature change of Europe
Cathrine Fox Maule | Thomas Mendlik | Ole B. Christensen
Available online 10 August 2016
The purpose of this study is to investigate if
the pathway to reach a 2 degree warmer world influences the regional
climate in Europe at the time of 2 degrees of global warming above the
pre-industrial...
Andrea Damm | Wouter Greuell | Oskar Landgren | Franz Prettenthaler
Increasing temperatures and snow scarce winter
seasons challenge the winter tourism industry. In this study the impacts
of +2°C global warming on winter tourism demand in Europe’s ski tourism
related...
Andrea Damm | Judith Köberl | Franz Prettenthaler | Nikola Rogler | Christoph Töglhofer
The electricity sector is not only a substantial
source of carbon emissions, but also vulnerable to climate change, both
due to the growing share of renewables and due to temperature related
changes...
Michel Déqué | Sandro Calmanti | Ole Bøssing Christensen | Alessandro Dell Aquila | Cathrine Fox Maule | Andreas Haensler | Grigory Nikulin | Claas Teichmann
The impact of a +2°C global warming on
temperature and precipitation over tropical Africa is examined, based on
an ensemble of 12 regional climate model scenario simulations. These 12
scenarios are...
Roger B. Street
The European Commission established an ad hoc
Expert Group to develop a framework for action towards growing a strong
and flourishing climate service sector across Europe. The growth of this
sector...
Bart J.J.M. van den Hurk | Laurens M. Bouwer | Carlo Buontempo | Ralf Döscher | Ertug Ercin | Cedric Hananel | Johannes E. Hunink | Erik Kjellström | Bastian Klein | Maria Manez | Florian Pappenberger | Laurent Pouget | Maria-Helena Ramos | Philip J. Ward | Albrecht H. Weerts | Janet B. Wijngaard
The EU Roadmap on climate services can be seen
as a result of a convergence between the society's call for “actionable
research”, and the ability of the climate research community to provide
tailored...
How representative is the spread of climate projections from the 5 CMIP5 GCMs used in ISI-MIP?
Carol F. McSweeney | Richard G. Jones
March 2016
In many studies that use data from Coupled Model
Inter-comparisons Project Five (CMIP5) the large number of models
included prohibits the use of data from all models. Studies based on
small subsets...
Alison M. Meadow | Zack Guido | Michael A. Crimmins | Jonathan McLeod
The National Research Council (NRC) proposed six
principles for effective decision support in its 2009 report Informing
Decisions in a Changing Climate. We structured a collaborative project
between...
Manolis G. Grillakis | Aristeidis G. Koutroulis | Konstantinos D. Seiradakis | Ioannis K. Tsanis
Tourism is highly dependent on the climatic
conditions of a given destination. This study examines the impact of two
degrees global warming on European summer tourism from a climate
comfort perspective....
Karl W. Steininger | Birgit Bednar-Friedl | Herbert Formayer | Martin König
Climate change triggers manifold impacts at the
national to local level, which in turn have various economy-wide
implications (e.g. on welfare, employment, or tax revenues). In its
response, society...
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
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Labeling anti-mining adivasis in Niyamgiri as Maoists: shame!
[Clarification to the text I posted this morning, below; now having access to the Ministry of Home Affair's report on this, here is what it says:
"The Maoists tried to strengthen coordination between its mass organizations and other like-minded organizations to undertake programmes against alleged state violence and for protection of democratic rights. In 2016, the issue of displacement of local communities remained the main plank of mobilization by the mass organisations. In Niyamgiri Hills area (Districts Rayagada and Kalahandi, Odisha), the outfit continued to guide the activities of the Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti."
The Hindu's report was somewhat misleading, since the Ministry does not say that NSS is itself Maoist. Nevertheless, in making such an allegation the Ministry is clearly linking NSS with Maoists, and thereby opening up the possibility of strong action against it ... the matter therefore remains serious].
According to the following news item, the central government has branded Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti, NSS (and another Jharkhand movement group) as 'Maoist':
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-links-two-ngos-to-maoists/article18072465.ece
If correctly reported, this is utterly shameful, and a mockery of the duty of the government to uphold adivasi rights. The NSS has been at the forefront of the valiant struggle of the Dongria Kondh, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (with special Constitutional and legal protection guarantees), against proposed mining in their hills by UK-based Vedanta corporation. Thus far they have been successful, having taken their fight all the way from their Odisha habitat to London, with the help of civil society, and gaining the mandate to say 'no' under a Supreme Court order that upheld their cultural and livelihood rights. Yet despite unanimous resolutions by gram sabhas against the mining, the state government has repeatedly tried to re-open the area for mining. Armed police have remained in the area, frequently terrorising the adivasis, illegally and without proper procedure detaining their youth and leaders.
It is a fact that the CPM's local unit has helped the movement, and it is also rumoured that so-called 'Maoists' are roaming in the area. Whatever the truth of the latter, it is a far cry from this to labelling the Dongria Kondh and their movement, led by the NSS, as Maoist (and thereby giving the impression that they are terrorists, anti-state, etc).
This government may as well change the constitution, to provide fundamental rights to corporations, replacing those that adivasis and other people of India are supposed to have.
For more on the struggle, pl. see:
The Niyamgiri Story: Challenging the idea of growth without limits (detailed case study)
Revisiting the Legend of Niyamgiri
The Niyamgiri Story: From resistance to hope for a better future
Taken from blog:
THE HINDU
Centre links two NGOs to Maoists
NEW DELHI APRIL 16, 2017 22:59 IST
Ministry report names groups opposed to mining and sale of tribal land
The Home Ministry has said in its annual report that at least two civil rights groups working for tribal people in Odisha and Jharkhand were allegedly acting as a front organisation for the Maoists and were using “displacement of local communities” as their main plank.
The Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS) in Odisha and the Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vikas Andolan (VVJVA) in Jharkhand are the organisations.
The samiti has actively campaigned against mining activity by the Odisha Mining Corporation atop the Niyamgiri hills in south-western Odisha, which would have given U.K.-based Vedanta Group access to natural resources.
In 2013, as many as 12 gram sabhas of Dongaria Kondh and Kutia Kandha spread across Rayagada and Kalahandi districts voted against any mining activity in the area.
Last year, the Supreme Court quashed a petition by the corporation to hold fresh gram sabha consultations to allow bauxite mining on Nyamgiri hills.
Changes to tenancy law
Last year, the VVJVA vehemently opposed the Jharkhand government’s decision to amend two tenancy laws to allow use of agricultural land of tribal people for non-agricultural purposes. The Chotanagpur Tenancy Act of 1908 restricts the sale of tribal land to non-tribals in 16 districts of Jharkhand. The Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act of 1876 also prohibited sale of tribal land to non-tribals in the Santhal Pargana region.
“The Maoists tried to strengthen coordination between its mass organisations and other like-minded organisations to undertake programmes against alleged state violence and for protection of democratic rights. In 2016, the issue of displacement of local communities remained the main plank of mobilisation by the mass organisations,” the Home Ministry’s report said.
Referring to the samiti, the report said, “In Niyamgiri Hills area, the outfit [Maoists] continued to guide the activities of the NSS.”
Pro-tribal campaigns
“Similarly, in Jharkhand, the VVJVA, a front of CPI(Maoist) tried to rake up the pro-tribal issues and opposed amendments to the Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana Tenancy Acts, modifications in Domicile policy, etc.” it said.
The report said Maoist affiliates also undertook protest programmes and resorted to anti-government propaganda over alleged atrocities by security forces. “They organised similar meetings over the issue of Kashmir and called for a plebiscite in the State,” the report said.
As per Home Ministry data, at least 323 incidents of violence related to left-wing extremism were reported in Jharkhand in 2016, second only to Chattisgarh, which recorded 395 incidents. Odisha recorded 86 incidents in 2016.
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LINK:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-links-two-ngos-to-maoists/article18072465.ece
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