What’s the latest news on climate and greenhouse gas emissions? How can we govern according to the climate targets and measure the effect? On 27. and 28. April, KLP, Climate Futures, CICERO, Norwegian Environment Agency and Statistics Norway together organize the event “Den Lille Store Utslippsdagen” Here, you’ll hear from about the latest in climate …
What will the climate look like in Norway in the future? Will the seasons change? How will that affect Norwegian agriculture? These are some of the questions Climate Futures is trying to answer through a pilot project about developing the crops of the future. Background Climate Futures works with weather- and climate forecasts on a …
The insurance company Tryg is one of the partners in the Resilient Societies node in Climate Futures. We have talked to Karl Ove Aarbu and Linn Beathe Hæreid at Tryg to hear more about the company, how climate change affects their sector, and what they think about the collaboration in Climate Futures. How does climate …
“5 questions” is a series that gives you as a reader some insight into the people in and around Climate Futures. This time, we have talked to Ellen-Margrethe Hovland from Gartnerhallen who recently took over as leader of the agricultural part of the Sustainable Food Production node. Tell us a bit about your background I …
Wednesday 23 March is World Meteorological Day. Meteorology can be used for many purposes in several different fields, and this article will give some insight into the different ways that the skilled meteorologists in SFI Climate Futures work. Ole Wulff: Seasonal Forecasts In Climate Futures, we work on advancing predictions of weather and climate multiple …
Climate Futures launched the seasonal forecast for spring on Wednesday 16 February. Erik Kolstad, the director of Climate Futures and climate scientist at NORCE, presented the seasonal forecast for early spring, mainly focusing on March. The forecast indicates a mild early spring, with clear signals for a wetter and warmer season than normal. After a …
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The Climate Festival Varmere, Våtere, Villere will be arranged 9. – 11. March in Bergen. This year, Climate Futures will participate in the event “Temperert sone“ in the Aula at the University of Bergen. The following people from Climate Futures will attend the event “Klima og kraft ved et vannskille”: Christian Askvik-Hansen, Head of Data …
Graminor is one of the agricultural partners in the Sustainable Food Production node. We have talked to Muath Alsheikh, head of research and development at Graminor, to learn more about what they do and what they hope to achieve by being a part of Climate Futures. About Graminor Graminor was established in 2002 with the …
This week, Erik Kolstad presented the seasonal forecast for March, April and May 2022 for the partners in Climate Futures. The forecast indicates a mild start to spring this year. In November 2021, Climate Futures published a forecast that said we could probably expect a mild winter. The forecast for spring 2022 is now out, …
The seasonal forecasts in Climate Futures can tell us about temperature, precipitation, and wind. In a new pilot project within the centre, we will use these variables to create an even more practical forecast for many of our partners, namely a frost forecast. This forecast will say something about how long it will be until …
