Laura Wendling, senior research scientist at SINTEF Community, recently joined Engineering With Nature podcast host Sarah Thorne and cohost Jeff King, National Lead of the Engineering With Nature (EWN) Program, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), to talk about how nature-based solutions can address climate change related challenges in cold regions.
Laura is particularly interested in how climate change is affecting cold regions.
She cites a recent report published by the European Environment Agency, the European Climate Risk Assessment, which highlights gaps in current understanding, as well as the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, which she notes highlights climate change impacts in the Arctic region.
"The Arctic is warming at a rate that’s far greater than the rest of the world, and there’s been profound – possibly irreversible – effects on terrestrial, aquatic, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and the cryosphere, as well as the people who live in these areas. This is an area that’s in urgent need of climate change adaptation, and nature-based solutions may play an important role here", she says.
Read more and check out the Engineering With Nature Season 7 Episode 12 podcast to hear more about nature-based solutions and how we can harness the power of nature to address climate change and its impacts in cold regions.
