Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds

12
Photo: Simon Attwood

Transcript of Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds

Page 1: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds

Photo: Simon Attwood

Page 2: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds

Aim of talk1. Describe past climate in

Timor Leste (rainfall & temperature);

2. Summarise changes in long-term trend and seasonality;

3. Comment on historical climate variability and food production in Timor Leste.

4. Discuss utility of assessing past (autonomous) adaptation for future planning.

Photo: Kirsten Abernethy

Page 3: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds

Page 4: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds

Temperature ~ location + trend + season + random component

Page 5: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds

Photo: Jamie Oliver

Seasonal change in Rainfall at Dili Airport East Timor

Page 6: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds
Page 7: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds
Page 8: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds
Page 9: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds
Page 10: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds
Page 11: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds
Page 12: Strategies for adaptation to climate change in Timor Leste: the importance of climate thresholds