Projects & Initiatives – Climate Services


ENHANCE – Disaster Risk Reduction Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

As natural catastrophes, such as floods, heatwaves or wildfires, are expected to become more frequent and intense in the future, mitigating their impacts through working partnerships and the dissemination of risk information is vital. This is the message highlighted by an EU-funded research project ENHANCE in a newly published book ‘Novel Multi-Sector Partnerships in Disaster Risk Management – Results of the ENHANCE project’. The book...

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Food Insecurity interactive tool Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

Experts from the World Food Programme have worked in collaboration with Met Office climate scientists to devise a measurement of food vulnerability to climate change. The Food Insecurity and Climate Change index is a measure of how vulnerable to disruption a country’s food security system is as a result of flood and drought events. The results of this research have been incorporated into an interactive...

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NACLIM: North Atlantic Climate Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

The North Atlantic Ocean is one of the most important drivers for the global ocean circulation and its variability on time scales beyond inter-annual. Global climate variability is to a large extent triggered by changes in the North Atlantic sea surface state. The quality and skill of climate predictions depends crucially on a good knowledge of the northern sea surface temperatures (SST) and sea ice distributions. On...

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JRC – Joint Research Centre Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission’s science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to EU policy. In this section, you can learn more about the JRC’s role, how it is structured, its resources and the people that make it work. You’ll also find contact details, addresses and, if you’re...

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JPI Climate – Joint Programming Initiative “Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe” Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

JPI Climate is a collaboration between 16 European countries to coordinate jointly their climate research and fund new transnational research initiatives. Transnational coordination of the research base aims to overcome research fragmentation, to make better use of precious public R&D resources and to facilitate cross border collaboration between top scientists. JPI Climate connects scientific disciplines, enables cross-border research and increases science-practice interaction. By doing this,...

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GFCS – Global Framework for Climate Services Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

The World Climate Conference-3 (Geneva 2009) unanimously decided to establish a Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), a UN-led initiative spearheaded by WMO to guide the development and application of science-based climate information and services in support of decision-making in climate sensitive sectors. Thirteen heads of state or government, 81 ministers and 2 500 scientists unanimously agreed to develop the GFCS. GFCS’s vision is “To enable...

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GEO – Group on Earth Observations Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

Established in 2005, GEO is a voluntary partnership of governments and organizations that envisions “a future wherein decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations and information.” GEO Member governments include 101 nations and the European Commission, and 95 Participating Organizations comprised of international bodies with a mandate in Earth observations. Together, the GEO community is...

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C3S – Copernicus Climate Services Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

Environmental information is of crucial importance. It helps to understand how our planet and its climate are changing, the role played by human activities in these changes and how these will influence our daily lives. The well-being and security of future generations are more than ever dependent on everyone’s actions and on the decisions being made today on environmental policies. To take the right actions,...

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Climate-KIC Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

Climate-KIC is Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership focused on climate change, consisting of dynamic companies, the best academic institutions and the public sector. Its mission is to bring together, inspire and empower a dynamic community to build a zero carbon economy and climate resilient society. The vision is to enable Europe to lead the global transformation towards sustainability. Climate-KIC is one of three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)...

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GCOS – Global Climate Observing System Climate Observations / Climate Observations - Explore / Climate Services / Climate Services - Explore / Explore / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Observations / Projects & Initiatives - Climate Services

GCOS is intended to be a long-term, user-driven operational system capable of providing the comprehensive observations required for: Monitoring the climate system, Detecting and attributing climate change, Assessing impacts of, and supporting adaptation to, climate variability and change, Application to national economic development, Research to improve understanding, modelling and prediction of the climate system. GCOS addresses the total climate system including physical, chemical and biological...

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