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

• Main Authors: Steffen M. Olsen, Didier Swingedouw, Helene R. Langehaug, Joan Ballester, Nuno Lopes, Hannah Grist, Chiara Bearzotti
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: climate change; tipping points; policy discussion; extreme weather; EU Arctic Strategy; disaster reduction; Arctic; Greenland; Climate change
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4106029; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4106029

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.