Tools and approaches

It can be difficult to imagine the impact of climate change on our lives and in particular on local cultivated vegetation. Based on the results of the climate models used by the IPCC for its reports, we propose a visualization of the expected evolutions of local climates according to global greenhouse gas emission scenarios. These evolutions are compared to the climates found in the world between 1970 and 2000 to identify current climate analogues to future climates: in order to represent the future climate of a considered place, we look for places on the planet whose current climate is similar to this projected climate.

Systematic reviews are frequently carried out to compile research studies on a specific subject. They may be qualitative if they provide a synthesis of research studies, or quantitative, if they involve the processing of a set of data gathered from previous publications. Quantitative systematic reviews are generally referred to as “meta-analyses” when a statistical treatment is applied to a dataset derived from a literature review.