23 September 2015- BREAKOUT 2 - 13:30
This BOF meeting will focus on risks affected by changes in heat waves, water resources availability and sea-level rises. These risks fall among the most sigificant impacts of climate change, in particular in Europe according to the IPCC (2014). However, the distribution of reliable geospatial information based on research data on these impacts remains insufficient to meet the societal need for information on future climate impacts. This BOF meeting will adress this issue. Its particular focus will be on reviewing recent experiences, with the final aim of drawing potential roadmaps to initiate new synergies between research data providers and users, in particulat through a strong focus on pilot demonstrators that use research data from both climate and "climate impacts" communities.
This BOF meeting will proceed as follows:
- 1. Review of scientific and technological challenges posed by the use of research data within climate adaptation services (management of heterogeneous data, criteria for reliable climate services, communication of uncertainties, etc.).
- 2. Identification of potential sectors/territories where strongly interdisciplinary climate services are required and where pilot demontrator could create synergies between users, service providers and research data owners and providers.
- 3. Highligth on existing strucutred groups involved in the dynamics of climate adaptation services development (data and services providers, present and future users, national inter-institutes comittees suporting the development of climate services)
- 4. Identification of research needs and potential roadmaps.