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[MIS01-P06] Supporting adaptation strategies through web portal "Climate".
Keywords:adaptation, climate change , climatic indices
In line with Russian Federation policy and the adopted “Recommendations on climate risk assessment and ranking of adaptation measures” a “Climate change and adaptation” section of the “Climate” system (http://climate.scert.ru/adaptation/) was tailored to meet the needs of regional stakeholders. It presents calculated fields of anomalies of meteorological characteristics, climatic indices and various hydrothermal coefficients, obtained using web-GIS on the base of ERA5, CMIP6 and meteorological stations data. These characteristics show how temperature and precipitation vary from year to year on the territory of Siberia (50-65°N, 60-120°E). The following characteristics of current and projected climatic changes are presented: anomalies of meteorological characteristics, climatic indices, hydrothermal coefficients and climate vulnerability index. This section also contains a set of maps for each decade, as well as for the warm and cold seasons separately to give decision-makers underpinning information for the development of adaptation strategies. Maps of weather and climate risks in the cultivation of grains are presented as a decision-support measure in the agricultural sector. It also contains spatial and temporal climate vulnerability maps for the territory of Siberia which describe the degree to which natural, built, and human systems are at risk of exposure to climate change impacts. Additionally, to the downloadable maps there is an open archive of the relevant files in typical for users formats (http://climate.scert.ru/Environment/data/archive/).
Currently regions of Russia are developing plans for the adaptation of various types of economic activity to climate change, with the definition of priority measures based on an assessment of existing and foreseeing climate risks. The plans should contain operational and long-term adaptation measures in the transport sector, fuel and energy complex, construction and housing and utilities, agriculture and fishing, nature management, healthcare, Arctic zone, civil defense and emergency situations, industrial complex and foreign trade, as well as in the area of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population. The plans will be used to transform the region into a climate-resilient one. The web-GIS "Climate" is further developed to provide information required to meet these needs
Acknowledgements: projects FWRG-2021-0004 and 121031300158-9