Projects
Strategic litigation based on indigenous peoples’ rights: a viable option to force States to act against climate change? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Public opinion on the welfare state, climate change and energy in the EU and Russia KU Leuven
This project compares opinions of Russian citizens with that of EU citizens as regards the welfare state, climate chnage and energy, using data of various waves of the European Social Survey.
The Role of Agricultural Trade and Trade Policy in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation KU Leuven
Food systems face a dual challenge: they are responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are at the same time heavily affected by climate change. Agri-food trade across borders plays an important role in this challenge as food systems are globalized, and both the GHG emission intensity of and climate change impacts on agricultural production vary internationally. The overall research objective of the PhD thesis is to ...
Impact of vegetation responses to climate change on the hydrological system in Belgium. KU Leuven
Impact of Climate Change on Precipitation Extremes and Pluvial Flooding in Europe KU Leuven
Extreme precipitation and flood are among the major climate-related disasters which cause thousands of fatalities and billions of euros in damages each year. The risk of these events is expected to increase remarkably under changing climatic and socioeconomic conditions, increasing pressure on vulnerable societies and ecosystems. Yet, the impact of the changing conditions on sub-daily extreme precipitation and pluvial flooding and their ...
Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Hydrological Extremes of the Upper Blue Nile Basin KU Leuven
Impacts of Climate Change on Catchment Runoff for the Paute River Basin in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes KU Leuven
1. Preamble
The National Park Cajas is only 35 km from the city of Cuenca. The altitude of the Park ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 m. The Park measures nearly 30,000 ha (300 km2), contains mountains and 232 glacial lagoons, interconnected by small rivers and streams. Two of the main rivers surrounding Cuenca, the Tomebamba and the Yanuncay, begin in the National Park. The most common vegetation includes ...
Forest products: contribution to carbon storage and climate change mitigation KU Leuven
Climate change is one of the biggest threats for our earth. Mitigation of climate change is thus an urgent challenge our society needs to take up. Many benefits are provided by forests, and one is their potential to mitigate climate change. This mitigating effect can be achieved in many ways, for example increasing the stock of carbon in managed forests or replacing more emission-intensive goods with wood-based products. To maximize the ...
Stochastic compilation of moisture reference years to assess the impact of climate change on building envelopes Ghent University
The issue of climate change is inevitable in today's mind-set. Beside the socio-economic consequences of global warming, there is a growing awareness of the impact of climate change in the building sector. Many studies focus on the heating and cooling demand of buildings. There are only a handful of studies on premature failure of building envelope enclosures due to moisture degradation with regards to climate change. Especially, research ...