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Website organised in 6 main areas: Climate change in Austria; Adaptation to climate change; Austrian adaptation strategy; Research on CCA; Database of adaptation measures; Links/Glossary/Newsletter.

Information and tools offered by other national platforms and Climate-ADAPT provided on the website.

Developed as part of the participation process to accompany and support the development of the Austrian NAS/NAP.

Substantially updated and revised in January 2013 with financing by the Austrian Climate- and Energyfonds.

Aims to inform the interested public and provide material relevant for Austria.

Since 2011 issues newsletters targeting policy makers, decision makers and interested public.

Created with little budget (approx. 7.000 Euro for technical set-up) and few personal resources.

Updated in January 2013 with funds from the Austrian Climate- and Energyfonds.

Website provides a description of: Observed trends; Future projections (including regional scale); Impacts of climate change; and Vulnerability to climate change.

Possible online use of results and set up of interaction with potential users (e.g. offering training and support, organising events, online games, offering apps, setting up competitions for innovative approaches and good practices).

Planners – through the process of adaptation planning, from fundamental understanding of change in climate to being able to integrate its consequences into decision making.

A web GIS has been developed – interactive maps and tools are available at the portal. Best practice and cases are provided. Tools and guidance. Public information campaign

Mobile team for municipalities. The portal has three entry points one for citizens; one for municipalities, and one for businesses. The portal has 4 different adaptation tools; entries to different sectors; a knowledge database, and a case study database, as well as a newsletter. Also available in English. The portal has 34 case studies in it and 55 Web Pages link in to the portal.

Portal. Research institutions and other stakeholders provide the scientific and practical basis and research results.

Target users: Municipalities, Businesses & Citizens. The site is paid and maintained by the Ministry of the Environment (Naturstyrelsen). Cost approx. 1.5 mil. Euro.

Scenarios A2, B2, EU 2 degree target and A1B, timescales - (2021-50, 2071-2100, reference 1961-90

Annual, seasonal and monthly mean values

Future climate, SLR summary facts

Ensure the best possible framework for climate change adaptation in the municipalities

Ensure a common knowledge base and regularly prepare guidelines on climate change adaptation impacts

Coordinate initiatives across authorities, the business community and the general public

Have a focus on growth potential – innovative solutions

Reduce cc impacts at international level

Another aim is to enable Finnish research institutions, authorities and expert organizations to make their climate change information and services more easily available to society. Observed and modeled climate change with impacts conveniently on maps and in graphs, via two easy-to-use user interfaces. Climateguide.fi enables the user to gain a better overall view on climate change. It pools research-based information produced by various actors into compatible and comparable data that can be examined in parallel

[Note: French only Website.

Info here reported was translated through an on-line translator.

Contact for further info: onerc@developpement-durable.gouv.fr]

The platform was developed by CETMEF (Institute for inland and maritime waterways under the direction of the General Commission for Sustainable Development (CGDD) of the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (Ministère de l'Ecologie du Développement durable et de l'Energie - MEDDE) in the framework of the French National Plan of Adaptation to Climate Change (NAPCC).

Wiklimat is a collaborative platform (based on a Wiki like structure) for sharing knowledge between actors of adaptation to climate change: everyone can document the French initiatives on adaptation to climate change and each actor can share experience and achievements.

Wiklimat aims to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and know-how from multiple sectors. ^(a)

Developed adaptation measures can be searched through an interactive map.

Each result page can be accessed from three entry points: “Issues”, “Backgrounds” and “Territories”. The further category “Knowledge / Actors” identifies key stakeholder organizations in the field of adaptation in support of files’ presentation.

Through the Geoportal tool, the location of each presented result is indicated, to promote the territorial reading of Wiklimat.

Target audience –matches with the contributors audience: officers of public institutions operating in the field of climate change adaptation, agents of decentralized State services, pilots actors identified in the National Adaptation Plan, communities and territorial observatories, consulting firms and companies, associations and non-governmental organizations.

Funding – info not available. Since the leading organization is the French Ministry MEDDE, Wiklimat is likely state-funded. (THIS SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED through contact).

Links to DRR - the portal includes information on the National Observatory natural Hazards (Observatoire National des Risques Naturels - ONRN, http://www.onrn.fr/). The implementation of this observatory strengthens the link between insurance and prevention and provides a framework for gathering players around prevention of natural hazards data and indicators of vulnerability reduction.

DRIAS has 3 main sections: the “support area” provides a guide to use and best practices for climate projections; the “discovery centre” provides the information to understand different axes, models, emission scenarios, parameters and climate indices; the “space data and products” section is dedicated to the control and download of digital data.

Products include: main atmospheric parameters and climate indices from regionalized climate simulations, performed by major French climate modelling teams.

The portal allows an interactive exploration of the information made available in DRIAS Futures of climate, visualizing, using maps, various simulated climate change scenarios for the next century over France.

The website is a multi-partnership endeavour. Coordination and services are implemented by Direction of Climatology at Météo-France, public organism belonging to the French Ministry MEDDE.

Target users – DRIAS is designed for a wide spectrum of users (scientists, laboratories, universities, etc.) and non-experts (decision-makers, stakeholders, etc.) and people implied and interested in climate change impacts and adaptation issues.

Funding – info not available. Since the leading organization is the French Ministry MEDDE, DRIAS is likely state-funded. (THIS MIGHT BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED).

One of the main tasks of KomPass is to develop and implement the German Adaptation Strategy (DAS) and to identify ways towards a resilient society.

For that purpose, KomPass compiles the latest research findings on climate impacts and potential adaptation measures and uses them to develop target group-specific information products. The majority can be found on the website.

KomPass promotes the cooperation and networking among stakeholders responsible for adaptation through: workshops and conferences, expert dialogues and cooperation exchanges on climate adaptation.

Is states that: the “Tatenbank”, the project catalogue on climate impacts and adaptation and the Klimanavigator (see below) constitute further useful tools for successful climate change adaptation.

Target users –authorities, scientists, industrial and environmental associations and citizens

Funding – the development of the platform services were based on projects funded by the Federal Ministry of the Environment (in charge of the NAS) The maintenance of the platform is funded by UBA (as the host).

Links to DRR - Identification and assessment of risks is one of the topics of the Portal.

Furthermore, in Germany there are informal links: annual workshops are organized to exchange info on ongoing activities by both groups on DRR and CCA.

(THIS SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED e.g. at the expert meeting)

[Note: German only Website.

Part of the info here reported was translated through an on-line translator.]

The objective of the Klimanavigator is to provide an overview of the climate-related research as well as on climate change and climate adaptation initiatives on a universally understandable level and on the international current state of research.

It provides: knowledge on climate change - the current state of research, German and regional climate atlases (on the basis of observational data and regional climate projections showing either the already observed and the expected changes in different climate variables for Germany and for different regions in Germany) and a directory of institutions and associations (research institutions have to apply for partnership). There are dossiers on interdisciplinary emphases that are jointly created by scientists and reviewed externally.

The Climate Service Center – CSC Germany (http://www.climate-service-center.de/) is the initiator of the Klimanavigator and assists the technical side. The CSC is a research-oriented service institution which was created within the Hightech-Strategy on Climate Protection of the German Federal Government, established in January 2009 at the Helmholtz-Center, and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

The Klimanavigator is a standalone portal with original trade mark and corporate design (and is pointed to by the CSC Website).

Apart from the content, strategic and conceptual orientation and the admission of new portal partner are decided at the annual meeting in which all portal partners are represented. Participation in the Klimanavigator requires the signing of a cooperation agreement and is free for the partners. The partners have the opportunity to contribute to the content and the design of the portal.

The portal is accessed free of charge.

Target users^(c) – Main target users are stakeholders from politics, business and management, who are confronted with the issues regarding climate change. Other target groups include media and educational institutions that receive coordinated with the Klimanavigator background information on climate and climate change.

Funding - The development phase was funded by BMBF. The next phase is not clear: http://www.fona.de/en/10060

The role of CSC is of facilitator, editor, technical support.

Common decisions of portal partners (via elected bodies).

Links to DRR - Apparently there’s no link with DRR at all.

(THIS SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED e.g. at the expert meeting)

[Note: Hungarian only Website.

Part of the info here reported was translated through an on-line translator.]

The Climate Dialogue Forum is an expert exchange and negotiation platform on likely impact of climate change, prevention, preparedness including adaptation and awareness-raising.

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Target users – professional network

Funding – Info not available.

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Links to DRR – Info not available.

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The second phase is building on this prototype to develop and operational platform for Ireland to support decision makers with assessments of climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation planning.

The platform and associated resources are primarily designed and developed to support decision-makers in meeting the requirements of the NCCAF and providing a source of climate and adaptation information for the general public

The Climate Information tool integrates and standardises (temporally and spatially) existing and down-scaled projection of climatic change for Ireland and allows users to examine and query the available data.

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  continue enhancing the usability of the resource;
  
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  Provision of improved mechanisms for data interrogation and display;
  
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  Improvement of mechanisms for decision support;
  
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  User engagement and dissemination activities; and
  
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  Options for embedding, governing, funding and sustaining an operational platform
  

Objective: to reinforce the governance of National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change (PNACC), providing a tool to exchange information and to enhance coordination among administrations and key stakeholders.

Being developed with wide participatory process.

Conceptual basis of the platform: simple, direct, fast, efficient and highly self-managed.

Heart of the platform: Information repository - System that allows upload, post, store, search and retrieve information on adaptation

Also, permanent private space and ad-hoc Working Groups.

Full information on adaptation to climate change in Spain at regional level.

Sectoral structured information on impacts and adaptation to climate change.

Full alignment of AdapteCCa with the objectives and structure of the National Adaptation Framework (coherence among the elements of the adaptation cycle)

Wide previous work with potential users and stakeholders to design the structure, contents and functionalities of the platform.

Governance: Nodes - Central Node (OECC) – main administrator; Territorial Nodes (17 CCAA) Users (Public / Register / Authorized)

Central node to review and validate proposals and to set up and manage private spaces for Working Groups: Territorial nodes to provide comprehensive info on their regional adaptation frameworks. AdapteCCa as the front entry- door to complete regional info.

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Target users – Info not available.

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Funding – Ministry of the Environment

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Links to DRR – Info not available.

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Further info not available.

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  To support society and citizens preparing for the consequences of climate change
  
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  To increase interest and understanding of adaptation among the general public
  
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  To serve as the national focal point for information about adaptation
  
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  To give an overview – “easy to find” – and links to information on other web sites.
  

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  Information on how the climate is changing
  
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  Latest news on adaptation, internationally and in Sweden
  
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  Information on effects on society (sector based info.)
  
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  Description of roles and responsibilities, financing, research, legal framework
  
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  Useful tools and databases
  
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  Examples of adaptation work.
  

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  Feed-back through the networking authorities
  
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  Visiting numbers checked every half year
  
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  Yearly evaluation of quality and content through survey
  
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  Linking to other platforms
  
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  The portal itself contains only little unique information. It aims to provide an overview of the issues, with links to further information, sites, databases and applications.
  
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  Closely connected to smhi.se, which leads traffic to the Portal
  
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  Important news on Twitter, sometimes Facebook
  
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  Links to European adaptation platforms
  

Cooperation between fourteen national authorities

Run by Swedish National Knowledge Centre for Climate Change

Adaptation at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Using same framework and web platform as smhi.se

One head editor, several content contributors

The portal is marketed through every available channel of the networking authorities.

Small budget with 2 part-time people but access to SMHI

Website has been available previously, but have taken over now

Adaptation – national no government authority has overall responsibility

Links science, policy and practice (sector authorities).

Links to European adaptation platforms.

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  Increase visibility
  
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  Regional and local authorities – main target group, as well as government agencies
  
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  Major re working of portal (currently in Swedish) look and feel, navigation and content – keep information that has to be updated to a minimum (links)
  
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  Have not yet updated tools and examples of good practices
  

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  Compiling + providing most relevant information on CCA in Switzerland
  
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  Sensitising target groups
  
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  Empowering stakeholders.
  

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  2010 Screening existing CCA web portals
  
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  2011 Demand analysis of target groups
  
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  2011-2012 Implementation concept, technical realisation, generation of contents (esp. screening of adaptation activities in Switzerland)
  

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  March 2012 Launch
  

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  National Adaptation Strategy
  
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  Strategies of Cantons
  
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  Pilot programme (call for projects of Cantons, regions, municipalities = national funding programme)
  
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  Responsibilities, publications, news
  
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  Adaptation activities: research programmes, projects, measures
  

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  Administrative bodies on national, Canton and municipal level
  
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  Relevant associations, networks, platforms
  
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  Experts from private economy (consulting, assurance) and (applied) science
  

Launched March 2012 (DG

CLIMA, EEA).

Adaptation support tool (AST)

Overview of countries activities.

Case study search tool.

Database.

EU sector policies on adaptation.

Web stats: ~15 000 unique page views per months on average.

5^th most visited EEA domain (after Home Page, EUNIS (nature information), Glossary and Natura2000 (protected areas)).

Pages most visited: Country profiles, Adaptation support tool. Visitors mostly from Denmark, Italy, Germany, UK, Netherlands, France, Belgium, US, Spain and Austria.Visitors access through: Direct link (25%), Google (25%), EEA web site (20%).

Next steps: dissemination (training, etc.)+ Newsletter, Update national information and strengthen links to transnational platforms (e.g. Baltic Sea Region) and national adaptation platforms (and climate services), Case studies improvement, outputs (e.g. tools) from key EU research projects, information from DG CLIMA and Interreg/LIFE+ projects, Enhance city information, Links to (future) Copernicus climate change service, information on EU funding options, Extend to include other countries (e.g. West Balkan).

Combines expertise in climate modelling, computational science, data management and climate impacts.

A 4-year project, Started April 2013, Website under development due to be Operational April 2014.

User interactions completed: Use cases, User requirements, User tools inventory, User evaluation of prototype.

Technical developments completed: Architectural design, Documentation, Portal prototyping.

Features expected: search, process, visualize and download climate model data and guidance documentation.

User interactions: Setup of evaluation board, Promotion of climate4impact, Connect to related projects - Climate-ADAPT, EUPORIAS, SPECS, CLIP-C.

Technical developments: Operational portal, Enhanced data and Information access, Derived Data products (indices, downscaling, bias corr.), Services reusable by other portals.

AIMS: One stop shop on climate change for the Pyrenees: cross border information on climate change. Useful tool to support decision making. Raise awareness and capacity building of stakeholders.

Contents: impacts & vulnerability, tools for communication (newsletter), Database of adaptation measures, guidelines. lines of action (biodiversity, flooding), tools (Catalogue, cartography, Directory).

4 languages – Catalan, Spanish, French, English.

~15,000 visitors pa2012-2013, web stats - who visited.

Financing is currently project-based depending on external funding – issue makes long-term planning difficult. Keeping website up to date requires lots of human resources - regular maintenance difficult.

The partnership combines authorities responsible for climate adaptation policies on national and regional levels and expert institutions that support national and European adaptation strategies.

C3-Alps is coordinated by the Environment Agency Austria and is co-funded by the Alpine Space programme, through the European Regional Development Fund – European Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013.

The project's runtime will last from January 2012 to December 2014.

Within C3-Alps a Knowledge Inventory Platform (KIP) is being developed aiming at the production of a Climate Adaptation Web Platform.

The target groups are defined using a user oriented approach: municipalities, public administration.

The objective is the provision of customized products in the national, regional and local ‘languages’.

The underlying questions behind the development of the KIP were: What knowledge has been produced? Is that knowledge relevant and complete? Is it able to support a complete strategy? Is something missing? Is this knowledge useful? Is it able to match the target group requirements? How to improve the efficacy of that knowledge?

The KIP aims at: (1) collection of knowledge relevant for the Alps; (2) compare, analyse and synthesize the knowledge to assure it is complete and practically sound; (3) organize and prepare the knowledge to make it useful and practical; (4) target group oriented information products with an easy access via web portal; (5) provide smart search options.