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Workshop on the preparation of the fourth national communicationsDublin 2004
BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer
Reporting on Vulnerability assessment, climate change impacts and adaptation measures – The
Austrian approach
Herbert Formayer University of Natural Resources and Applied Life
Sciences, Vienna - Austria
Workshop on the preparation of the fourth national communications by
Parties included in Annex I to the Convention
30 September - 1 October 2004
Dublin, Ireland
Workshop on the preparation of the fourth national communicationsDublin 2004
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Location: Central Europe
Area: ~ 84.000 Km²
Population: ~ 8 Million
BIP per capita: ~ € 25.000,--
Total greenhouse gas emissions
per capita: ~ 10 t
Some basic facts about Austria
Workshop on the preparation of the fourth national communicationsDublin 2004
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Specific circumstances of Austria
Main parts within the Alps
40 % of total area above 1000 m
No Coastline
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Worldwide unique situationof the European Alps
Mountainous region very densely populated.
High infrastructural values due to population and trans-European transportation (goods and energy).
High infrastructural values at high elevations and extreme terrain due to tourism.
It is not possible to protect all this infrastructure especially against extreme events (e.g. avalanche Galtür 1999).
Highest density of observing systems in a mountainous region worldwide.
Long term continuous time series. In Austria since 1775 in Vienna and even since 1886 at the mountain top Sonnblick at 3106 m.
High experience in data acquisition, quality control and analysis.
Very high vulnerabilityto climate change.
Best conditions to identify and analyse climate change effects in
a mountainous region.
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1856, Martens 2001, Holzhauser
Glacier decline in the Alps
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Schöner, 2004
Glacier decline in the Alps
Area 1978: 2.04 km²
Area 1998: 1.13 km²
Area decline: 45 %
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BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer Flood August 2002
Estimated loss in Austria:More than € 2 Billion.
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BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer Drought and heatwave 2003
Estimated loss in Austria:More than € 300 Million only
in grassland production.
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BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer The Austrian approach
for the NC-Chapter VI
Due to the specific situation, Austria did not strictly follow the recommended Guidelines from IPCC and UNEP.
We used the following structure for Chapter VI to meet the Austrian requirements best way:
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Structure of NC-Chapter VIExpected Impacts of Climate Change
Impacts on Physical SystemsMountain Cryosphere
Geomorphological Processes…
Impacts on Ecological SystemsEcophysiological Processes
Vegetation Migration…
Impacts on Socio-economic SystemsMountain Agriculture
Tourism…
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BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer Structure of NC-Chapter VI
Vulnerability Assessment
Hydro- and Cryosphere
Ecosystem Responses
Extreme Events and Geomorphological Processes
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BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer Structure of NC-Chapter VI
Adaptation Measures
Potential of Adaptation
Forest Ecosystems
Avalanche, Erosion and Torrent Control Measures
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BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer Problems and Achievements
Some efforts have been made and are on the way to diminish the above mentioned structural problems.
Structural ProblemsThe competences in Austria are distributed among several federal and state institutions. Also climate related research is spread over several Universities and Research Institutes. Therefore the compilation of comprehensive summaries needs much time for contacting all relevant institutions and research groups.
No comprehensive Austrian climate change research program is established yet.
The Austrian climate change research is patchy, because the selection of research areas is mainly driven by traditional competences or personal interests. Additionally the main research funding is achieved from small to medium individual research projects.
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BOKU-MetHerbert Formayer Developments since the 3. NC
Public awareness on Climate Change has grown in Austria due to the extreme events in 2002 and 2003.
Peer reviewed interdisciplinary multipart research projects have been established (e.g. StartClim)
A multiyear inter- and transdisciplinary research Program will start next year (ProVision)
Thank you for your attention.
