Co-design of sectoral climate services based on seasonal prediction information in theMediterranean

Esteban Rodríguez-Guisado,Eroteida Sánchez-García,Jose Costa-Saura,Llorenç Lledo,Valentina Bacciu,Albert Soret,Ernesto Rodríguez-Camino,Silvia Terzago,Guido Nigreli,Beatriz Navascués,Marta Chiarle,Maria Nieves Garrido,Jost Von Hardenberg,Valentina Mereu,Monia Santini,Roberta Paranuncio

doi:10.5194/ems2022-667

Abstract

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We present in this contribution the varied experiences gathered in the co-design of a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;sectoral climate services collection, developed in the frame of the MEDSCOPE project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;This colletion of climate services have in common the application of seasonal predictions for the Mediterranean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;geographical and climatic region. The project was originally conceived to develop and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;evaluate climate services for various sectors with high societal impact in the region:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;renewable energy, hydrology, and agriculture and forestry. The project also served as&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;the scientific branch of the WMO led Mediterranean Climate Outlook Forum (MedCOF)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;that had as objective -among others- partnership strengthening on climate services&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;between providers and users within the Mediterranean region. The diversity of the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;MEDSCOPE experiences in co-designing shows the wide range of involvement and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;engagement of users in this process across the Mediterranean region, which benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;from an existing solid and organized community of climate services providers and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;users. A common issue among the services described here -and also among other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;prototypes developed in the project- was related with the communication of forecasts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;uncertainty and skill for efficiently informing decision-making in practice. Another&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;challenge concerns the demonstration of the economic, social, and environmental&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;value of predictions provided by these MEDSCOPE prototypes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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