Victoria Reyes?García|Álvaro Fernández?Llamazares|Maximilien Guèze|Ariadna Garcés|Miguel Mallo|Margarita Vila?Gómez|M. A. Vilaseca
Local indicators of climate change: the potential contribution of local knowledge to climate research
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
local knowledge proposed placebased tool groundtruth climate models narrow geographic sensitivity assess potential role local knowledge quest understand better climate change impacts first need critically review strengths weaknesses local knowledge climate change potential complementarity scientific knowledge aim conducted systematic quantitative metaanalysis published peerreviewed documents reporting local indicators climate change including local observations climate change observed impacts biophysical social systems overall primary data topic abundant methodological development incipient geographical extent unbalanced 98 case studies documented recorded mention 746 local indicators climate change mostly corresponding local observations climate change 40 also observed impacts physical 23 biological 19 socioeconomic 18 systems results suggest even local observations climate change frequently reported type change rich finegrained knowledge relation impacts biophysical systems could provide original contributions understanding climate change local scale