In the JRC PESETA II project the following biophysical impact categories have been considered:
Agriculture
Climate change in Europe can be expected to affect the agricultural sector via the effect of changes in temperature and precipitation on crop yields...
Demand for energy
Changes in temperature and precipitation due to climate change are likely to lead to supply-side and demand-side effects in the energy sector. On the...
Droughts
Droughts are defined in this analysis as periods of low river flow. The PESETA II report investigates how incidence of drought is projected to change...
Forest fires
Forest fires lead to large set of environmental problems (affecting natural ecosystems) as well as economic and social ones. They are a major source...
Human health
Human health is sensitive to climate conditions and it seems reasonable to expect that climate change will affect seriously human health in future...
River floods
River floods cause major economic losses, being the most common natural disaster in Europe. Climate change could increase the magnitude and frequency...
Sea level rise
Sea level rise impacts can include land loss due to erosion and flooding due to storm surges and the backwater effect on rivers.MethodologyCoastal...
Tipping points
Recent research efforts have led to the proposal that additional model-based research is needed into climate tipping points. Therefore, an exploratory...
Tourism
The tourism model estimates changes in tourism revenues according to an econometric analysis of the relationship between regional tourism demand...
Transport infrastructure
Transport infrastructure in Europe could be affected by climate change through the impact of higher temperatures, altered precipitation patterns and...
Tree species habitat suitability
*//*-->*/The PESETA II analysis includes a pilot study examining the effects of climate change on the distribution of forest tree species. For this...
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