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Classification of Climate-Related Hazards
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Climate Change and Climate Risk Information Portals
INFO: Climate change and climate risk information portals are online platforms created by government bodies, environmental agencies, and organizations to provide critical information and resources to help individuals, businesses, and municipalities understand and respond to the impacts of climate change. These portals typically include:
- Data on Climate Impacts: Information on how climate change is affecting specific regions, such as increased temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and the frequency of extreme weather events.
- Adaptation Strategies: Practical recommendations, guidelines, and tools to adapt buildings, cities, and regions to the evolving climate, such as making infrastructure more resilient to floods, heatwaves, or storms.
- Climate Protection Plans: Policies and actions that individuals, businesses, and governments can take to mitigate or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Collaboration and Networking Tools: Resources to foster information exchange between different actors, such as municipalities, disaster response teams, and environmental professionals.
Task
For Each of the 5 regions do the following :
Identify the Key Climate Risk Portals in your Region: Each region usually has its own governmental and environmental bodies responsible for climate risk management. These might be state agencies, national environmental offices, or dedicated climate adaptation portals. (see table below)
For each identified portal, collect the following information:
- Portal Operator: Who runs the portal (e.g., a federal agency, state agency, or NGO)?
- Link to the Portal: A URL to access the portal.
- Content Overview: Summarize the key information available on the portal. For example, does it provide climate risk maps, adaptation strategies, or research findings
EXAMPLE
| Region / State | Portal Provider | Information | Link |
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| Bavaria/Germany | The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBSR) | At klimastadtraum.de, current research results and practical project examples from various research fields of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs, and Spatial Development (BBSR) are presented. Valuable working aids are available for the practical implementation of climate protection and climate adaptation in cities, regions, and the building sector. Moreover, the portal provides a selection of working aids to assist in implementing climate change adaptation measures for the building and urban development. | klimastadtraum |
| Bavaria/Germany | Bavarina State Office for the Environment (lfu) | The Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) provides resources and strategies for climate adaptation in Bavaria. The site includes information on sector-specific impacts and measures for climate adaptation, tools like the Bavarian Climate Information System (BayKIS), and publications such as the Bavarian Climate Adaptation Strategy and the 2021 Climate Report. It emphasizes regional approaches to managing climate impacts, offers data and guidance for municipalities, and supports local adaptation initiatives through various projects and dialogue options | Klimaanpassung in Bayern |
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Future Climate and Climate Risk Warning Tools
INFO: Future climate prediction and climate risk warning tools are platforms designed to help governments, organizations, and individuals anticipate and prepare for the impacts of climate change. These tools use data from climate models and real-time weather systems to provide information on future climate scenarios and warn users about potential environmental hazards. Such tools are essential for:
- Long-term Climate Projections: Predicting future climate trends based on different greenhouse gas emission scenarios.
- Real-time Weather and Risk Warnings: Providing immediate notifications on natural disasters, environmental risks, and extreme weather conditions.
- Sector-Specific Impacts: Illustrating how climate change might affect key sectors like energy, water, and health
Task
Identify future climate prediction and weather and climate risk warning tools relevant to your region (All 5 pilots).
Future Climate Prediction
| Region / State | Portal Provider | Information | Link |
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| Germany | Climate Service Center Germany | GAGERICS (Climate Service Center Germany) has published climate outlooks for all 401 German counties, districts, and independent cities. Each report summarizes key climate indicators such as temperature, heat days, dry days, and heavy rain days over a few pages. The projections cover the 21st century, offering three scenarios: one with significant climate protection (RCP2.6), one with moderate climate protection (RCP4.5), and one without effective climate measures i.e High emissions scenario (RCP8.5) | Klimaausblicke für Landkreise |
| Germany | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) | This portal illustrates the potential impacts of climate change on Germany across various sectors, including climate, agriculture and forestry, water, energy, tourism, and health. Users can explore various parameters such as temperatures, crop yields, or wildfire risks. The portal provides data for the period 1901-2010 (observed data from the German Weather Service) and 2011-2100 (simulated data from the Impact2c project). Selected parameters are displayed as color-coded maps of Germany, with three integrated zoom levels offering more detailed views at the state or county level.
The portal includes three future climate scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, and RCP 8.5), based on different levels of greenhouse gas emissions for the period 2011-2100. These scenarios help visualize how varying levels of emissions might affect different regions and sectors in Germany |
klimafolgen online |
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Weather and Climate Risk Warning tools
| Region / State | Portal Provider | Information | Link |
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| Bavaria | Bavarian State Office for the Environment (lfu) | The app allows residents in Bavaria to receive warnings about natural or environmental hazards such:
Flood Notification Service Low Water Information Service Avalanche Warning Service naturgefahren.bayern.de (Natural Hazards Bavaria) Alpine Natural Hazards Earthquake Service Bavaria Georisks Information Service Bavaria Severe Weather Warnings from the German Weather Service (DWD) Air Pollutants Ozone Levels Users can set up to three locations (e.g., home, workplace, vacation spot) and select specific hazard warnings or environmental information for each. Once the locations and hazard preferences are set, users will receive a notification on their smartphone in case of severe or extreme weather or natural hazards. A warning will also appear on the app’s homepage, where real-time environmental information is displayed based on the user’s preferences . ||App umweltinfo | |
| Germany | German Weather Service (DWD) | The WarnWetter app from the German Weather Service (DWD) provides important weather and warning information to the general public, as well as to emergency services involved in disaster, civil protection, and environmental protection, in accordance with its legal mandate.
The free version of the WarnWetter app offers the following features: Current warning situation in Germany, down to the municipal level Detailed information on the warning situation Configurable warning elements and warning levels Configurable alert function (push notifications) Warnings about natural hazards (floods, storm surges, avalanches) Predicted storm cell tracks Coastal and inland sea warnings (for Bavarian lakes and Lake Constance) Video updates during significant weather events |
WarnWetter-App |
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