GFCS Implementation in Germany: - 1st national GFCS implemen- tation workshop on June 26/27
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GFCS Implementation in Germany:
- 1st national GFCS implemen- tation workshop on June 26/27 2013 at DWD in Offenbach
- About 50 providers and users of climate services participated
- Main goal: Facilitation of climate-informed decisions in different sectors of climate change adaptation on all decision levels
- Next steps: Proposal for German GFCS governance, annual user workshops, additions to German climate portal
User interface for German climate services:Das Deutsche Klimaportalwww.deutschesklimaportal.de
Climate services for the „Länder“
Sectors
German Climate atlas
Main German GFCS workshop recommendations:
The climate service information needs to…
Feedback from sectorial user-interaction into the research component
Take into account climate vulnerability assessments and cascade effects
Take into account impact on standardization and on legislative processes
Additional points from the discussion:
Further improvement of climate observation data sets and climate model output on all scales is necessary
Spatial planning as cross-cutting issue for water, agriculture, health, and civil protection sector
Extreme Flooding in June 2013 in Eastern and Southern Germany
Source: Federal Environment Agency of Germany