Climate adaptation - A wake up call for the utilities sector
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– Adapting to climate change: A wake up call for the utilities sector Hans Olav Hygen (@hohygen) Director of climateservices, MET Norway
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– Adapting to climate change: A wake up call for the utilities sector
Hans Olav Hygen (@hohygen)Director of climateservices, MET Norway
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
No news today
The climate timesWe know the past the future everything - Since 800 BC
The big picture
1880
Temperature in Norway
Precipitation in Norway
Svante Arrhenius (1859 – 1927)
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
CO2 Scenarios
Global temperature and CO2
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Global to local
Euro CORDEX
Scaling and
bias adjustm
ent
Hydrological model
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
RCP2.6
Temperature change in Norway
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Precipitation change in Norway
Number of days with heavy precipitation towards 2060
[mm/døgn]
20-40
40-80
80-200
HeavyPrecipitation today
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Change in snow season towards 2060
RCP4.5 RCP8.5
Changes in flood patterns
Foto: Ingjerd Haddeland
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
National assesment and county summary
Meteorologisk institutt
Thank you
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