During the last decades, the annual average temperatures in Saxony have increased significantly. Model-based projections foresee a continuous warming in the years to come. Summer rainfall is likely to decline and will not be compensated by the slight increases in winter precipitation. Higher temperatures mainly in winter will affect vegetation, snowmelt, and energy demand. These changes will influence the regional ecosystem (storm damage, floods etc.). Hence regional societal adaptation strategies become more and more important. As a contribution to the REGKLAM project, the Ifo Institute was asked to work out projections for the economic development of the Dresden region up to 2025. The interim report of the ifo Institute also identifies the industries in the Dresden region which are particularly vulnerable to climate change.
Interim Report [Auerswald (2009)]
Heike Auerswald and Gerit Vogt: „Zur Klimasensibilität der Wirtschaft in der Region Dresden“, in: ifo Dresden berichtet 03/2010, p. 15-23. (Download PDF, 183 KB).
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