Climate change adaptation stories: Co-creating climate services with reindeer herders in Finland
Reindeer husbandry in the Arctic region is strongly affected by the local climate. Reindeer herders are used to coping with adverse weather, climate, and grazing conditions through autonomous adaptation. However, today's rapidly changing Arctic environment poses new challenges to the management...
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ftupcatalunyair:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/404504 2024-04-14T08:07:03+00:00 Climate change adaptation stories: Co-creating climate services with reindeer herders in Finland Terrado, Marta Pérez-Zanón, Núria Bojovic, Dragana González Reviriego, Nube Versteeg, Gerrit Octenjak, Sara Martínez Botí, Albert Joona, Tanja Barcelona Supercomputing Center 2024 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2117/404504 https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13734 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168520 eng eng Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723071486?via%3Dihub info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101003766/EU/Co-ordinating and Co-designing the European Polar Research Area/EU-PolarNet 2 Terrado, M. [et al.]. Climate change adaptation stories: Co-creating climate services with reindeer herders in Finland. , 2024, vol. 908, 168520. 0048-9697 1879-1026 https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13734 http://hdl.handle.net/2117/404504 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168520 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Restricted access - publisher's policy Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia Climatology--Computer programs Communication in climatology Weather forecasting Climate services Co-production Arctic communities Sub-seasonal-to-seasonal climate prediction Traditional knowledge Northern Finland Simulació per ordinador Article 2024 ftupcatalunyair https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168520 2024-03-21T15:45:03Z Reindeer husbandry in the Arctic region is strongly affected by the local climate. Reindeer herders are used to coping with adverse weather, climate, and grazing conditions through autonomous adaptation. However, today's rapidly changing Arctic environment poses new challenges to the management of herding activities. Finding means for combining traditional and scientific knowledge without depriving any of the systems of its fundamental strengths is hence deemed necessary. In this work, we apply a transdisciplinary framework for knowledge co-production involving international researchers and reindeer herders from different cooperatives in northern Finland. Through ‘climate change adaptation stories’, we co-explore how climate predictions can inform herders' decision making during the herding season. Relevant decisions include the anticipation of summer harvest time, the inopportune periods of cold weather in spring, and insect harassment in summer. Despite their potential benefits for climate-sensitive decisions, climate predictions have seen limited uptake, mainly due to their probabilistic nature and lower quality compared with shorter-term weather forecasts. The analysis of two different adaptation stories shows that seasonal predictions of temperature for May and June can successfully advise about the likelihood of having an earlier than normal harvest. This information can be obtained up to three months in advance, helping herders to better arrange their time for other activities. Likewise, sub-seasonal predictions of temperature during April and May can be useful to anticipate the occurrence of backwinter episodes, which can support herders in deciding whether to feed reindeer in pens for longer, avoiding putting the survival of calves at risk. This study, which would benefit from co-evaluation in real world settings and consideration of additional adaptation stories, sets the basis for a successful co-production of climate services with Arctic reindeer herders. This research shows the potential to enhance ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Northern Finland Polar Research reindeer husbandry Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech: UPCommons - Global access to UPC knowledge Arctic Science of The Total Environment 908 168520 |
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Reindeer husbandry in the Arctic region is strongly affected by the local climate. Reindeer herders are used to coping with adverse weather, climate, and grazing conditions through autonomous adaptation. However, today's rapidly changing Arctic environment poses new challenges to the management of herding activities. Finding means for combining traditional and scientific knowledge without depriving any of the systems of its fundamental strengths is hence deemed necessary. In this work, we apply a transdisciplinary framework for knowledge co-production involving international researchers and reindeer herders from different cooperatives in northern Finland. Through ‘climate change adaptation stories’, we co-explore how climate predictions can inform herders' decision making during the herding season. Relevant decisions include the anticipation of summer harvest time, the inopportune periods of cold weather in spring, and insect harassment in summer. Despite their potential benefits for climate-sensitive decisions, climate predictions have seen limited uptake, mainly due to their probabilistic nature and lower quality compared with shorter-term weather forecasts. The analysis of two different adaptation stories shows that seasonal predictions of temperature for May and June can successfully advise about the likelihood of having an earlier than normal harvest. This information can be obtained up to three months in advance, helping herders to better arrange their time for other activities. Likewise, sub-seasonal predictions of temperature during April and May can be useful to anticipate the occurrence of backwinter episodes, which can support herders in deciding whether to feed reindeer in pens for longer, avoiding putting the survival of calves at risk. This study, which would benefit from co-evaluation in real world settings and consideration of additional adaptation stories, sets the basis for a successful co-production of climate services with Arctic reindeer herders. This research shows the potential to enhance ... |
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Climate change adaptation stories: Co-creating climate services with reindeer herders in Finland |
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