Explore2, supporting water management in the face of climate change
Eric Sauquet (INRAE), Sonia Siauve (OiEau) and Claire Magand (OFB) look back at the Explore2 project…
Water and aquatic environments
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Lire l’article: Explore2, supporting water management in the face of climate change
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Understanding torrential flooding to support regional planning
Lire l’article: Understanding torrential flooding to support regional planningGuillaume Piton’s team has been involved in supporting the reconstruction of several villages affected by catastrophic…
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Determining the volumes of water that can be abstracted on a regional scale
Lire l’article: Determining the volumes of water that can be abstracted on a regional scale“…] What we are interested in is being able to assess the impact of climate change on water resources at a local level. […] ”
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Understanding flow evolution in watercourses to assess the volumes that can be abstracted
Lire l’article: Understanding flow evolution in watercourses to assess the volumes that can be abstracted“…] We all want simple answers to our questions about the water available in the future, but we have to recognise that some decisions have to accept a degree of uncertainty […]”.
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Producing climate simulations to forecast water resources
Lire l’article: Producing climate simulations to forecast water resources“[…] we have been working on correcting the biases associated with the regional climate models used to produce hydrological…”
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Bringing the worlds of scientists and results-users closer together
Lire l’article: Bringing the worlds of scientists and results-users closer together“[…] Communication between [scientists and users] is not natural, but fundamental to better guarantee the relevance of choices and the appropriation of results. […] ”
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Facilitating water managers’ appropriation of scientific results
Lire l’article: Facilitating water managers’ appropriation of scientific results“[…] The MOOC was created in collaboration with the users’ committee in order to offer content that meets their needs […]”.
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Water resources in the face of climate change: characterising territories’ vulnerability
Lire l’article: Water resources in the face of climate change: characterising territories’ vulnerability“[…] We are using Explore2 modelling in the new adaptation plan for the Rhône-Méditerranée basin to characterise the vulnerability of territories to the effects of climate change”.
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Encouraging public water policies to take climate change into account
Lire l’article: Encouraging public water policies to take climate change into account“[…] The Ministry took part in the discussions when Explore2 was set up, because the issue of the impact of climate change on water resources is crucial for water-related policies […]”.
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Modelling the impact of climate change on groundwater
Lire l’article: Modelling the impact of climate change on groundwater“[…] In Explore2, I am using the RECHARGE model, which provides […] an estimation of the proportion of rainfall…”
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Anticipating scenarios for changes in intense rainfall, flooding and hydrological drought
Lire l’article: Anticipating scenarios for changes in intense rainfall, flooding and hydrological drought“In France, we see different types of extreme events depending on the region […].The Explore2 report on hydrological…”
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Anticipating water resources in overseas France
Lire l’article: Anticipating water resources in overseas France“The medium-term objective is to carry out an Explore2-type exercise in the French overseas territories.
