EU Policy Briefing Presentations: How can studying the Arctic help us predict future European weather and climate beyond the mean?

• Main Authors: Olsen, Steffen M., Swingedouw, Didier, Langehaug, Helene R., Ballester, Joan, Lopes, Nuno, Grist, Hannah, Bearzotti, Chiara
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: climate change, tipping points, policy discussion, extreme weather, EU Arctic Strategy, disaster reduction; Arctic; Greenland; Climate change
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4094928; https://zenodo.org/record/4094928

Blue-Action in partnership with the EU Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development and the European Climate Research Alliance, invited policy-makers, MEPs and stakeholders to join us for this briefing event on 14th October 2020. The topic under discussion was: Tipping points, extreme events and uncertainty: How can studying the Arctic help us predict future European climate beyond the mean? Researchers leading on this topic from Blue-Action presented the current state of knowledge to decision-makers and other policy-stakeholders. The event included a panel discussion with Blue-Action partners, hosting MEPS Urmas Paet and Christel Schaldemose, ECRA representative Lars H. Smedsrud, Greenland Representative Mininnguaq Kleist and European Commission representative Sigi Gruber.