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Itxaso Ruiz

Climate change, and in particular abrupt climatic events, increase the risk of society’s stability. Taking into account the variations that the anthropogenic action produces to the climate and to society, we believe that a better understanding of the land use change experienced over the past few decades together with the evolution of the environmental awareness in society, can be of benefit to the development and effective implementation of concrete environmental policies.

"Climate change, and in particular abrupt climatic events, increase the risk of society’s stability. Taking into account the variations that the anthropogenic action produces to the climate and to society, we believe that a better understanding of the land use change experienced over the past few decades together with the evolution of the environmental awareness in society, can be of benefit to the development and effective implementation of concrete environmental policies. "

Position:
Junior Researcher - PhD Student
Main Research Field:
Sustainable land management; paleoclimate
BC3 Research Line:
1. Research Line Climate Basis
Contact information:
Email address: itxaso.ruiz@bc3research.org
Contact phone: 94.401.46.90 Ext. 135
Scopus Author ID: 57207459360

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Short CV

Itxaso Ruiz graduated with a degree in Geological Sciences at the University of Barcelona (Spain) and studied a Master of Science in Marine Geosciences at the University of Bremen (Germany). She developed both her bachelor and master thesis in the field of Paleoclimate. During those years she got involved in several research projects as a junior collaborator at the University of Barcelona, the research centers of MARUM- Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften and AWI- Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung (Germany) and the University of São Paulo (Brazil).

Following, she moved from developing paleoclimatic reconstructions to study the present-day context of climate change.

Currently, she is developing a PhD in the “Quaternary: Environmental Change and Human Ecological Footprint” programme from the University of the Basque Country. For this, she explores the synergies that arise among the potential of sustainable land management practices, the interactions of land use change - the regional climate, and the community drivers of climate change perception. The aim of this assessment is to inform policy-makers about key actions to better address desertification, land degradation, climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Mediterranean basin. Likewise, she has had the opportunity to collaborate in both national and international projects of the UNCCD, FAO and IHOBE organizations.

Journal Articles

2018
Ruiz I., Pena L. 2018. Isótopos de Neodimio y Estroncio como indicadores del área fuente del material terrígeno depositado en el NE de Brasil. Boletin Geoologico y Minero. 129. (4) 633-646. DOI (10.21701/bolgeomin.129.4.003).

Books and Specials

2017
M.J. Sanz, J. de Vente, J.-L. Chotte, M. Bernoux, G. Kust, I. Ruiz, M. Almagro, J.-A. Alloza, R. Vallejo, V. Castillo, A. Hebel, and M. Akhtar-Schuster. 2017 Sustainable Land Management contribution to successful land-based climate change adaptation and mitigation. A Report of the Science-Policy Interface. Bonn, Germany. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). 178. ISBN 978-92-95110-96-0 .

BC3 Working Papers & Policy Briefings

2019
[PB 2019 – 02] Why sustainable land management? the case of the Mediterranean basin Itxaso Ruiz, María José Sanz
2017
[2017-02] Drivers of climate change opinion Itxaso Ruiz, Sérgio Henrique Faria and Marc B. Neumann

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Itxaso Ruiz

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Journal Articles

Books and Specials

BC3 Working Papers & Policy Briefings