Robust projections and predictions of climate variability and change, particularly at regional scales, rely on an accurate representation of driving processes in model simulations. A new international effort to further develop the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), involving CMCC researcher Enrico Scoccimarro, improves how we simulate and understand extreme weather events and their relationship to the climate system, making climate models more detailed and useful for decision makers and placing CMCC at the forefront of global efforts in climate modelling.

Although preventing all the consequences of climate change is now impossible, we can adopt policies to mitigate its impact. In a set of policy recommendations produced by the University of Jyväskylä, researchers examine the development of sustainable livelihoods in the Sundarbans, a coastal region of India and Bangladesh that is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The Sundarbans is one of the largest threatened mangrove ecosystems, which efficiently store carbon dioxide and protect coastal areas from cyclones.