What is the Project?
EMPOWERING PROFESSIONALS WITH CLIMATE – a project built to integrate fit-for-purpose enhanced climate data into projects, services, and applications, aimed at better anticipating climate risks. Its focus is on aligning strategic and regulatory requirements with the latest developments in climate science, ensuring that consulting, engineering, utilities, insurance, research, and international organizations have direct access to advanced climate projections and forecasts for robust risk assessments. Picture high-resolution, multi-model scenarios of future climate hazards stretching up to 2100 – this is a coherent collection of climate information designed for impact studies and physical risk assessments. Simply put, this project provides ready-to-use future climate information for the climate change adaptation community.
Main Benefit
Key figures and facts that highlight the benefits include:
- High-resolution and multi-model climate projections extending to the end of the century.
- Robust climate forecasts on sub-seasonal to seasonal timescales (from four weeks up to six months ahead).
- Custom climate services for tailored data management and processing based on unique user specifications.
- Storyline simulations that reconstruct observed weather under past and future climates, ideal for exploring extreme events.
- Data built with the highest scientific and technical standards, ensuring full traceability and auditability.
End-to-End Climate Data Solutions
At its core, the project stands as the go-to source for climate data, offering an integrated approach by combining climate projections, forecasts, and services. It provides high-resolution, multi-system data updated with information from leading operational centers. This approach, although technical, feels almost like having a knowledgeable friend whispering key insights about future climate conditions… allowing risk assessments to be more precise and dynamic. The data collection is not just technical—it is designed to meet direct use in climate change impact studies, making it an invaluable resource for professionals who rely on clear, actionable climate information.
Custom Climate Services
The project’s climate service is dedicated to the custom management and processing of climate data, ensuring that every user’s unique specifications are met. Whether there is a need for specific climate projections or tailored forecast data, or if managing public and proprietary datasets is part of the requirement, the service handles the task with efficiency and quality. It showcases an adaptable solution that integrates complex data into practical applications—helping users achieve detailed analysis with a streamlined process. The service, designed to match the high standards of the original data, proves essential for those who need reliability and precision.
Collaborating with Diverse Sectors
Capitalizing on robust and reliable climate data, the project supports a spectrum of professionals across various sectors. Risk professionals engaged in climate change adaptation, impact modeling, and physical risk assessments rely on comprehensive, high-quality data to drive effective strategies. Meanwhile, data support providers working on decision support tools and risk analysis platforms benefit by integrating this accurate climate data into their offerings. In addition, scientists across a range of disciplines are empowered, not only through data access but also via collaborative research projects that ensure a close relationship with both fundamental and applied climate research. This inclusive approach underscores how the project bridges technical expertise with real-world applications.
Reliable Data You Can Trust
Built on the pillars of scientific rigor and transparency, the climate data boasts full traceability and auditability. Reliability and trust mark every facet of the project—from its high-resolution projections to sub-seasonal forecasts that inform critical decision-support applications. Data from some of the world’s most authoritative weather and climate institutions back the project, consolidating its credibility. With a focus on clear, traceable methods and robust algorithms, professionals always know that the underlying data powering their analyses is both trustworthy and cutting-edge. This commitment to excellence is felt throughout every stage of data processing and service delivery.
Project Impact & SDGs
- SDG 13: Climate Action – by providing detailed, accurate climate data that informs adaptation strategies.
- SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure – through advanced technology integration and data support for infrastructure planning.
- SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities – by supporting urban planners and decision-makers in mitigating climate risks.
- SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy – indirectly contributing by helping to ensure energy security through climate resilience.
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals – fostering collaboration across public, private, and scientific communities.
Interactive Climate Exploration
To round out the offering, the interactive climate map delivers an engaging, animated experience to explore variables and hazards informed by high-resolution projection data. This tool adds an extra layer of interactivity to the user experience, allowing professionals to delve into the details of climate data in a dynamic way. Professionals can navigate through various climate hazards and variables as if talking through the data with an insightful companion, bringing the numbers and projections to life in a visually appealing format. In this way, the project not only informs but also invites deeper exploration into how climate change impacts the natural and built environment.
