Title: Climate Science to Inform Adaptation and Policy
Speaker: Prof. Krishna Achyuta Rao, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT_D
Date: 4 September 2024
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: LH 313.1
Abstract:
Climate Science has been focused on understanding the behavior of the climate system. Climate models have been a very useful tool in non only understanding how the climate system works but also to project how it can change in the future. Models and observations together can also tell us how natural variations occur. Through attribution techniques, we can now quantify the natural and human contributions to changes in the long-term climate as well as specific extreme weather events.
Much work exists on the projections of future climate and the resulting impacts on various sectors such as agriculture, health, water, etc. Most of this has in the past focused on long-term (multiple decades to a century) changes (and their impacts) that depend on future emissions that are highly uncertain. Lately, models are being used to predict the climate and its variations on "actionable" time-scales. Forecasts a season ahead or for the next decade can be very useful in making various decisions. However, our capabilities in this are still primitive and much work needs to be done.
My work in climate science has been in these areas. Through examples of my past and ongoing research, I will touch upon the possibilities for using science to inform adaptation and policy studies in general.
Bio:
Krishna AchutaRao joined the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences in 2007 and worked extensively on the modelling of Regional Climate Change, Weather and Climate Extremes, Climate Change Detection and Attribution, Climate Modeling, Climate Variability, Climate Model Validation and Diagnosis, Ocean Heat Content, Sea-level Rise, UV CDAT. Currently he serves as the Dean (Faculty). Please read more about his publications and projects by visiting the link below:
https://web.iitd.ac.in/~akrishna/