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Future climatic suitability of the Emilia-Romagna (Italy) region for grape production

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Grape production is highly responsive to weather conditions and therefore very sensitive to climate change. To evaluate how viticulture in the traditional Italian wine region Emilia-Romagna could be affected by climate change, several bioclimatic indices describing the suitability for grapevine production were calculated for two future periods (2011–2040 and 2071–2100) using CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) high-resolution climate simulations under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) scenarios—RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. The projections for both of the RCP scenarios showed that most of the Emilia-Romagna region will remain suitable for grape production during the period 2011–2040. By the end of the twenty-first century, the suitability to produce grapes in Emilia-Romagna could be threatened to a greater or smaller extent, depending on the scenario. During the period 2071–2100, the entire Emilia-Romagna region will be too hot for grape production under the RCP 8.5 scenario. Under the RCP 4.5 scenario, changes will be milder, suggesting that the Emilia-Romagna region could still be suitable for grape cultivation by the end of the twenty-first century but would likely require certain adjustments.

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The first author (N.T.) acknowledges the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, for providing support and also the Erasmus Mundus Joint EU-SEE PENTA program and the Fund for Young Talents of the Republic of Serbia for a PhD fellowship. Support was also provided by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia within the framework of integrated and interdisciplinary research (Project 43007 “Studying climate change and its influence on the environment: Impacts, adaptation and mitigation”).

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  1. Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy

    Nemanja Teslić, Arianna Ricci, Giuseppina P. Parpinello & Andrea Versari

  2. Institute of Food Technology, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia

    Nemanja Teslić

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Mirjam Vujadinović, Mirjana Ruml & Ana Vuković

  4. South East European Virtual Climate Change Center, RHMSS, Belgrade, Serbia

    Mirjam Vujadinović & Ana Vuković

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Teslić, N., Vujadinović, M., Ruml, M. et al. Future climatic suitability of the Emilia-Romagna (Italy) region for grape production. Reg Environ Change 19, 599–614 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1431-6

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