“The workshop offered a great opportunity to discuss the first results coming out of the latest simulation phase, with a focus on the impacts of extreme weather and climate events, and the evaluation of model performance,” says Katja Frieler, head of the ISI-MIP coordination team at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Jointly organized by this team and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the workshop brought together global and regional climate impact modelers from a wide range of impacted sectors.
The first phase of ISI-MIP led to publication of a number of studies in a special issue of the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences, identifying for the first time the extent of climate change impacts on agriculture, ecosystems, water, and health. However, it also made clear how much uncertainty remains about the effects of climate change.In the second phase of ISI-MIP, the researchers are expanding the project to additional sectors including energy, permafrost, fisheries, and forestry. They also aim to intensify the connections between sectors, and to focus on extreme events and variability.
Weblink to the workshop at IIASA
Weblink to PNAS special issue on findings from the first phase of ISI-MIP
