TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate change and interconnected risks to sustainable development in the Mediterranean
AU - Cramer, Wolfgang
AU - Guiot, Joël
AU - Fader, Marianela
AU - Garrabou, Joaquim
AU - Gattuso, Jean Pierre
AU - Iglesias, Ana
AU - Lange, Manfred A.
AU - Lionello, Piero
AU - Llasat, Maria Carmen
AU - Paz, Shlomit
AU - Peñuelas, Josep
AU - Snoussi, Maria
AU - Toreti, Andrea
AU - Tsimplis, Michael N.
AU - Xoplaki, Elena
N1 - Funding Information: This work has benefited from discussions with V. Alary (CIRAD, France), W.W.L. Cheung (Univ. British Columbia, Canada), K. Radunsky (Umweltbundesamt, Austria), J. Le Tellier (Plan Bleu, France), C. Webster (MedPAN, France) and many participants at five MedECC workshops between October 2016 and April 2018. Coordination was supported by the Laboratory of Excellence OT-Med (A*MIdex project no. 11-IDEX-0001-02). Publisher Copyright: © 2018, Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Recent accelerated climate change has exacerbated existing environmental problems in the Mediterranean Basin that are caused by the combination of changes in land use, increasing pollution and declining biodiversity. For five broad and interconnected impact domains (water, ecosystems, food, health and security), current change and future scenarios consistently point to significant and increasing risks during the coming decades. Policies for the sustainable development of Mediterranean countries need to mitigate these risks and consider adaptation options, but currently lack adequate information — particularly for the most vulnerable southern Mediterranean societies, where fewer systematic observations schemes and impact models are based. A dedicated effort to synthesize existing scientific knowledge across disciplines is underway and aims to provide a better understanding of the combined risks posed.
AB - Recent accelerated climate change has exacerbated existing environmental problems in the Mediterranean Basin that are caused by the combination of changes in land use, increasing pollution and declining biodiversity. For five broad and interconnected impact domains (water, ecosystems, food, health and security), current change and future scenarios consistently point to significant and increasing risks during the coming decades. Policies for the sustainable development of Mediterranean countries need to mitigate these risks and consider adaptation options, but currently lack adequate information — particularly for the most vulnerable southern Mediterranean societies, where fewer systematic observations schemes and impact models are based. A dedicated effort to synthesize existing scientific knowledge across disciplines is underway and aims to provide a better understanding of the combined risks posed.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41558-018-0299-2
DO - 10.1038/s41558-018-0299-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1758-678X
VL - 8
SP - 972
EP - 980
JO - Nature Climate Change
JF - Nature Climate Change
IS - 11
ER -
