Macedonia

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National plans/strategies for Macedonia

Reports/papers that focus on important Macedonian topics

• Agriculture, forest fires: Giannakopoulos et al. (2009). Climatic changes and associated impacts in the Mediterranean resulting from a 2°C global warming. Download.

Reports/papers that present a sound overview for Europe

• Eisenreich (2005). Climate change and the European water dimension. A report to the European water directors.
• European Environment Agency (2005). Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Europe. Download.
• European Environment Agency, JRC and WHO (2008). Impact of Europe’s changing climate – 2008 indicator-based assessment. Download.

Reports/papers that focus on specific topics, relevant for all of Europe

• Agriculture: Rounsevell et al. (2005). Future scenarios of European agricultural land use II. Projecting changes in cropland and grassland. Download.
• Agriculture: Fischer et al. (2005). Socio-economic and climate change impacts on agriculture: an integrated assessment, 1990–2080. Download.
• Biodiversity: Thuiller et al. (2005). Climate change threats to plant diversity in Europe. Download.
• Coastal erosion: Salman et al. (2004). Living with coastal erosion in Europe: sediment and space for sustainability. Download.
• Droughts: Blenkinsop and Fowler (2007). Changes in European drought characteristics projected by the PRUDENCE regional climate models. Download.
• Droughts: European Environment Agency (2009). Water resources across Europe – confronting water scarcity and drought. Download.
• Forestry: Seppälä et al. (2009). Adaptation of forests and people to climate change. A global assessment report. Download.
• Health: Kosatsky (2005). The 2003 European heat waves. Download.
• Health: WHO (2008). Protecting health in Europe from climate change. Download.
• Insurance and Business: Mills et al. (2005). Availability and affordability of insurance under climate change. A growing challenge for the U.S. Download.
• Security and Crisis management: German Advisory Council on Global Change (2007). World in transition: Climate change as a security risk. Summary for policy-makers. Download.
• Storms: Gardiner et al. (2010). Destructive storms in European forests: Past and forthcoming impacts. Download.
• Storms: Pinto et al. (2007). Changing European storm loss potentials under modified climate conditions according to ensemble simulations of the ECHAM5/MPI-OM1 GCM. Download.
• Tourism: Deutsche Bank Research (2008). Climate change and tourism: Where will the journey lead? Download.

Additional information

Database on disasters worldwide

• The international disaster database EM-DAT
• Information on disaster risk reduction: preventionweb.net
• Global Risk Data Platform PREVIEW: preview.grid.unep.ch
• Dartmouth Flood Observatory

Weblogs in English

• The Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre: bridging climate change and disaster risk reduction
• The website of the European Environment Agency
• Expertise centre for biodiversity and sustainable development
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC
• The United Nation's work on climate change
• Drought Management Centre for Southeastern Europe
• South East European Forum on Climate Change Adaptation
• World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal
• PIANC organisation for the global waterborne transport community: climate change home page

Weblogs in English and Macedonian

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Weblogs in Macedonian

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EU funded Research Projects

Aquifers

Climate change scenarios

• STARDEX (5th FP): Statistical and regional dynamical downscaling of extremes for european regions

Droughts and water scarcity

• MIRAGE (7th FP): Mediterranean intermittent river management
• CLIMB (7th FP): Climate induced changes on the hydrology of mediterranean basins
• CC-WaterS (INTERREG): Climate change and impacts on water supply
• DMCSEE (INTERREG): Drought Management Centre for South East Europe

Floods

• FLOODsite (6th FP): Integrated flood risk analysis and management methodologies

Fresh water resources

• REFRESH (7th FP): Adaptive strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on European freshwater ecosystems
• WATCH (2007-2011, 6th FP): Water and global change

Mitigation / adaptation options and costs

• ClimateWater (7th FP): study European and international adaptation measures and strategies related to climate change impacts and how these are taken into account in water policies
• PESETA (2007, JRC): Projection of economic impacts of climate change in sectors of the European Union based on bottom-up analysis

Urban areas

• SWITCH (6th FP): sustainable urban water management in the ‘City of the Future’