I was invited to an interesting political discussion surrounding the strategic actions required to face the challenges of climate change. The conference took place in Porto (Portugal) with the presence of 5 ministers of Portugal as well as many other decision makers. The slot in which I participated about "agriculture and climate change starts roughly at 2h26 min of the following . . . [ Read More ]
Climate change adaptation: complexity and uncertainty
I was asked to write an essay about climate change adaptation. The original version can be read here, but I copy below the full text too because the format is not the most user friendly: Adaptação à mudança num contexto de complexidade e incerteza O mundo encontra-se num processo de transformação profunda. Se as alterações climáticas e a perda de biodiversidade globais já estavam na agenda . . . [ Read More ]
Interview Expresso
About pathogens and biodiversity, the European Green Deal, Climate Change, and Great Decoupling. A pdf to the interview to be provided soon. . . . [ Read More ]
Interview Jornal de Negócios
Full text here. . . . [ Read More ]
Que hacemos en el lab en 1 minuto
https://youtu.be/CoYYYlUKq4Y . . . [ Read More ]
Climate change for journalists’ workshop: a success
Seven journalists from Norway met seven journalists from Portugal to exchange experience and discuss the science of climate change with environmental journalist Ricardo Garcia, and myself, and with extra inspiration and knowledge sharing by experts in specific domains of climate change modelling, oceans and climate change, fire and fire spread under climate change, climate change mitigation, and . . . [ Read More ]
Interview to Jornal de Notícias – Notícias Magazine
The full text here. The article is the journalist's summary of a written interview that I am copying here for reference. 1) Disse, em entrevista ao Expresso aquando da atribuição do Prémio Pessoa, “o afagar do ego é bom e serve de estímulo para continuar a trabalhar, mas também há o perigo de se perder a clarividência”. Em que medida o Prémio Pessoa lhe serviu de estímulo? Sentiu que a perda de . . . [ Read More ]
Gulbenkian Prize to fight climate change and its effects
Miguel B. Araújo is proud to be involved and support the Calouste Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, awarded annually, in the amount of 1 million euros. The Prize aims to recognize people, groups of people and/or organizations from all over the world whose contributions to mitigation and adaptation to climate change stand out for its novelty, innovation and impact. The . . . [ Read More ]
Post doc – Modelling the effects of climate change extremes on Caribbean biodiversity
Title: Coastal Biodiversity Resilience to Increasing Extreme Events in the Caribbean Principal Investigators: Dr. Miguel Araujo CSIC-MNCN Dr. Ana Rey CSIC-MNCN Dr. Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta, CIFOR 1. Background Central America (CA) (Mesoamerica + Caribbean) has faced increased exposure to damaging climate extreme events. This region has long been dubbed the miner’s canary of climate . . . [ Read More ]
Conservationists are ignoring climate change
CLIMATE change is the greatest threat humanity faces – and we aren’t the only ones at risk. Global warming will harm millions of other species, including iconic endangered animals such as polar bears and tigers. Despite this, conservationists often don’t take climate change into account, meaning plans to preserve these species are doomed to fail. “It’s astonishing,” says Miguel Araujo at the . . . [ Read More ]