How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectives
Climate change will result in more intense and more frequent weather and climate events that will continue to cause fatalities, economic damages and other adverse societal impacts worldwide. To mitigate these consequences and to support better informed decisions and improved actions and responses, m...
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| author | Tobias Geiger Thomas Röösli David N. Bresch David N. Bresch Bodo Erhardt Andreas M. Fischer Dominik Imgrüth Stefan Kienberger Laura Mainetti Gudrun Mühlbacher Raphael Spiekermann |
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| description | Climate change will result in more intense and more frequent weather and climate events that will continue to cause fatalities, economic damages and other adverse societal impacts worldwide. To mitigate these consequences and to support better informed decisions and improved actions and responses, many National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are discussing how to provide services on weather and climate impacts as part of their operational routines. The authors outline how a risk framework can support the development of these services by NMHSs. In addition to the hazard information, a risk perspective considers the propensity for a given hazard to inflict adverse consequences on society and environment, and attempts to quantify the uncertainties involved. The relevant strategic, methodological and technical steps are summarized and recommendations for the development of impact-related services are provided. Specifically, we propose that NMHSs adopt an integrated risk framework that incorporates a hazard-exposure-vulnerability model into operational services. Such a framework integrates all existing forecast and impact services, including the underlying impact models, and allows for flexible future extensions driven by the evolving collaboration with partners, stakeholders and users. Thereby, this paper attempts to unify existing work streams on impact-related services from different spatial and temporal scales (weather, climate) and disciplines (hydrology, meteorology, economics, social sciences) and to propose a harmonized approach that can create synergies within and across NMHSs to further develop and enhance risk-based services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fadda610b7741b7b5402b8d6b5a6d4c2024-03-13T04:57:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Climate2624-95532024-03-01610.3389/fclim.2024.13439931343993How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectivesTobias Geiger0Thomas Röösli1David N. Bresch2David N. Bresch3Bodo Erhardt4Andreas M. Fischer5Dominik Imgrüth6Stefan Kienberger7Laura Mainetti8Gudrun Mühlbacher9Raphael Spiekermann10Regional Climate Office Potsdam, Climate and Environment, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Potsdam, GermanyFederal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Zurich, SwitzerlandFederal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Zurich, SwitzerlandInstitute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandCustomer Services and Development, Weather Forecast, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach, GermanyFederal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Zurich, SwitzerlandRiskLab-Weather, Climate and Natural Hazards, GeoSphere Austria, Vienna, AustriaRiskLab-Weather, Climate and Natural Hazards, GeoSphere Austria, Vienna, AustriaRiskLab-Weather, Climate and Natural Hazards, GeoSphere Austria, Vienna, AustriaRegional Climate Office Munich, Climate and Environment, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Munich, GermanyRiskLab-Weather, Climate and Natural Hazards, GeoSphere Austria, Vienna, AustriaClimate change will result in more intense and more frequent weather and climate events that will continue to cause fatalities, economic damages and other adverse societal impacts worldwide. To mitigate these consequences and to support better informed decisions and improved actions and responses, many National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) are discussing how to provide services on weather and climate impacts as part of their operational routines. The authors outline how a risk framework can support the development of these services by NMHSs. In addition to the hazard information, a risk perspective considers the propensity for a given hazard to inflict adverse consequences on society and environment, and attempts to quantify the uncertainties involved. The relevant strategic, methodological and technical steps are summarized and recommendations for the development of impact-related services are provided. Specifically, we propose that NMHSs adopt an integrated risk framework that incorporates a hazard-exposure-vulnerability model into operational services. Such a framework integrates all existing forecast and impact services, including the underlying impact models, and allows for flexible future extensions driven by the evolving collaboration with partners, stakeholders and users. Thereby, this paper attempts to unify existing work streams on impact-related services from different spatial and temporal scales (weather, climate) and disciplines (hydrology, meteorology, economics, social sciences) and to propose a harmonized approach that can create synergies within and across NMHSs to further develop and enhance risk-based services.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1343993/fullclimate serviceweather and climate riskextreme weather and climateNational Weather Serviceimpact assessmentco-design |
| spellingShingle | Tobias Geiger Thomas Röösli David N. Bresch David N. Bresch Bodo Erhardt Andreas M. Fischer Dominik Imgrüth Stefan Kienberger Laura Mainetti Gudrun Mühlbacher Raphael Spiekermann How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectives Frontiers in Climate climate service weather and climate risk extreme weather and climate National Weather Service impact assessment co-design |
| title | How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectives |
| title_full | How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectives |
| title_fullStr | How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectives |
| title_short | How to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts?–A summary of strategic, methodological, and technical perspectives |
| title_sort | how to provide actionable information on weather and climate impacts a summary of strategic methodological and technical perspectives |
| topic | climate service weather and climate risk extreme weather and climate National Weather Service impact assessment co-design |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1343993/full |
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