Opening tu delft climate institute

12-04-2023

Challenge the future

DelftUniversity ofTechnology

TU Delft Climate Instituteoverview

Herman Russchenberg

2Opening TUDelft Climate Institute

Global warming

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Global warming: past and future?

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Level of understanding

Warming effectCooling effect

1750-2005


Forcings, feedbacks, consequences

WeatherSea levelPublic healthAgricultureInfrastructuresSafetyFoodEconomy

e.g. greenhouse gases, aerosols

e.g. water vapour, melted ice,clouds

e.g. clouds


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Uncertainties

Understanding

• Sub-grid processes

• Long term observations

• Feedbacks and forcings

Consequences

• Mitigation

• Adaptation


TU Delft Climate Institute

Focus

• Observation of climate-relevant geo-physical parameters: needs, methods and technologies

• Understanding of climate-relevant geo-physical processes: experiment, modeling, parameterization and simulation

• Policy, adaptation and mitigation models and methods based on climate knowledge.


Faculty Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering earth system observation, climate-related satellite missions, data retrieval, validation & calibration, atmospheric observatories, mass transport, sea level

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics andComputer Science

sensor technology, (interactive) visualization, data bases, computational mathematics, modeling, data assimilation

Civil Engineering and Geophysics water management, hydrology, earth and atmospheric science, earth observation, fluid dynamics, geology

Applied Physics aerosol physics, bio-technology, multi-scale physics, space technology

Mechanical and Maritime Engineering Fluid dynamics, air quality

Architecture climate-adaptive architecture, climate resilient cities, geomatics

Technology, Policy and Management complex systems, climate ethics, climate policy

The Delft landscape


Governance structure and collaborations

• Campus network organization, hosted by the Department Geosciences and Remote Sensing

• Small progam office

3TU Data Centre• Since many activities will deal with observation,

simulations and data, close collaboration with the 3TU Data Centre is foreseen.


TU Delft Climate Instituteactivities

• Initiate joint, inter-facultary research programs with

national and international partners

• Define national observation/infrastructure programs

• Deploy academic activities like seminars, workshops, debates, lecture series

• Invite renowned guest scientists for a stay at Delft


2012 themes

• Extreme weather and the city

• Clouds, aerosols and radiation

• Mass transport and sea level rise

• Climate information and policy


Program for today

14:00 – 16:30 Scientific Programme

14:00 – 15:15 Presentations on selected themes of the TU Delft Climate Institute: Prof. Herman Russchenberg – Overview TU Delft Climate Institute Dr. Marie Claire ten Veldhuis – Extreme weather and the city Prof. Harm Jonker – Clouds and climate Dr. Bert Vermeersen –Sea level rise Dr. Andrew Bollinger – Climate policy

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30

Panel discussion: Challenges in climate science and policy Dr. Appy Sluijs (Utrecht University) Prof. Bram Bregman (Radboud University, KNMI) Prof. Bart van den Hurk (IMAU, KNMI)


Panel discussion

• How anthropogenic is global warming?

• Which topic should have the highest priority in climate research?

• What are the strengths and weaknesses of climate research in The Netherlands?

• Is energy policy the same as climate policy?

• How should the scientific community participate in the public debate?