Historical reconstruction climate variability and change in Mediterranean regions

In the frame of “US-Italy cooperation on Science and Technology of climatic change", sponsored by INGV, we organized a meeting focusing on decadal climate variability in the Mediterranean regions in the context of long-term climate change. Our aim is to assess past climate variability using historical climate reconstructions and sources in the Mediterranean region both of western US and southern Europe. This report summarizes some key aspects of climate variability in the Mediterranean region in the past 200 years and identifies uncertainties and unresolved scientific questions still open for further research.