Juliana Arbelaez Gaviria

Researcher

Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group

Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program

Biography

Juliana Arbelaez Gaviria joined the IIASA Ecosystems Services and Management Program (ESM) as a Guest Research Assistant in September 2020, to work on the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) for the Czech Republic. She is a PhD student in Applied Bioclimatology at the Mendel University of Brno and Research Assistant at Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences- CzechGlobe, where she is focusing on assessing the efficiency of mitigation strategies of the water regime under future climates. Ms. Arbelaez obtained a master's degree in Environmental Modeling from the University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic. During her studies for her master thesis, she implemented a hydro-thermodynamic model to evaluate evaporation in soils.

During her PhD research, Ms. Arbelaez will work at CzechGlobe to assess the efficiency of the mitigation and adaptation strategies in the Czech Republic in the context of the SustES project - Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions, with an interdisciplinary modeling approach to increase the water retention in ecosystems. Her main research interest is in combining environmental and economic sciences to evaluate global and local factors that impact the adaptation and mitigation measurements related to climate change.

Last update: 08 OCT 2020

Publications

FABLE (2023). Ecological restoration and deforestation control: Implications for Colombia’s agriculture and climate goals. FABLE Policy Brief. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) , Paris, France/Laxenburg, Austria.

Palazzo, A. , Arbelaez Gaviria, J., Boere, E., Leclere, D., Frank, S. , Janssens, C., Havlik, P. , Kahil, T. , Balkovič, J. , & Burek, P. (2022). An integrated assessment of agricultural hotspots and irrigation as a climate adaptation option. In: Scenarios Forum 2022, June 2022.

Arbelaez Gaviria, J., Palazzo, A. , Boere, E., Havlik, P. , Burek, P. , Balkovič, J. , & Trnka, M. (2022). Present and future water scarcity hotspots for rainfed and irrigated
agriculture under climate change: a global study. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, 23-27 May 2022, Vienna.