EGU25-8577, updated on 14 Mar 2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-8577
EGU General Assembly 2025
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Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Display time Thursday, 01 May, 08:30–18:00
 
vPoster spot 5, vP5.16
A review of climate change impacts in the Canary Islands
Judit Carrillo1,2, José Barrancos1,3, Pierre S Tondreau1, Juan C Pérez1, Albano González1, Francisco J Expósito1, and Juan P Díaz1
Judit Carrillo et al.
  • 1Department of Applied Physics, GOTA Research Group, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain (jcarrill@ull.edu.es)
  • 2Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Mann Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, US
  • 3Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38320 La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

Environmental and socioeconomic factors increase small islands' exposure and vulnerability to climate change. This study reviews issues related to current and future climatic change and its impacts on the small island environments in the Canary Islands. Convection-permitting regionalized projections driven by data from three global climate models included in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) have been performed, covering the recent past (1980–2009) and future (2070–2099) periods, under two Representative Concentration Pathways, 4.5 and 8.5. The impact analysis includes water resources, energy, ecosystems and biodiversity, natural hazards, and health issues. We provide a succinct review of sectors that warrant particular attention, due to their weight in the gross domestic product, agriculture and tourism. The concluding section discusses adaptation and response strategies, and the portfolio of research that needs to be addressed. 

How to cite: Carrillo, J., Barrancos, J., Tondreau, P. S., Pérez, J. C., González, A., Expósito, F. J., and Díaz, J. P.: A review of climate change impacts in the Canary Islands, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-8577, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-8577, 2025.