A look at some of the elements of the Intergovernmental Panel Report on Climate Change from research carried out in 2013. As temperatures are expected to increase, the infographic below touches upon certain elements including building heating and cooling, forestry and water resources.

1. BUILDING ENERGY DEMAND
IMPACTS ON FORESTRY
FUTURE OF FORESTS IN
SOUTHER EUROPE
include, increased fire
and storm damage
and increased insect
and pathogen damage
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HEAT AND COOLING DEMAND FOR
BUILDINGS EUROPE WIDE
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Future projected trends
confirm the widening of water
resource differences between
Northern and Southern
Europe.
FUTURE WATER SUPPLY
Significant impacts
on future water
availability, and
increased risks of
water restrictions in
Southern, Central
and Atlantic sub-
regions.
POSSIBLE FUTURE ENERGY SUPPLY
OPPORTUNITIES
High Performance Building Design
Focusses On Innovative Heating &
Cooling Solutions.
An Increase In Timber Production = More Timber By-Products
Increasing The Economic Viability Of Biomass Installations.
COOLING CHALLENGE
SOLUTIONS:
PASSIVE COOLING
SHADING – Window Design &
Ventilation Louver Design
References:
• The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate
Change, Climate Change Report 2013 The
Physical Science Basis.
• Frontline Energy & Environmental
Engineers.
 WIDE SPREAD WATER METERING
 WATER RESTRICTIONS
AREAS IMPACTED
IN NORTHERN AND ATLANTIC EUROPE with
increasing atmospheric CO2 and higher
temperatures, this is expected to cause an increase
in forest growth and wood production, in the short-
medium term.
A RECENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
EXPLORED VARIOUS IMPACTS OF OUR WARMING PLANET THAT MAY
OCCUR.
Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the
Earth’s surface than any preceding decade since 1850.
In the Northern Hemisphere, 1983–2012 was likely the warmest 30yr
period of the last 1400 years.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL EXPLORATION
OF CLIMATE CHANGE