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Climate Change Community Response Portal

CCCRP

FMI, SYKE, HUT/ Centre for Urban and Regional Studies

SYKE Life+ seminar Maria Holmberg

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CCCRP

• 2009 – 2011, 2 M€• Life+ Information and Communication 2007• Coordinator Juha A. Karhu FMI• Partners

– SYKE Tim Carter, Matti Melanen, Maria Holmberg– HUT/CURS Lasse Peltonen, Simo Haanpää

http://www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/ilmastonmuutos/viestinta_3.html

Ilmastonmuutosportaali

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OBJECTIVES – Awareness

• global climate change and implications for Finland

– Communication• scientific information to general public• impacts, adaptation options, mitigation responses

–Guidance and support• municipalities and regions

– Common platform• disseminate information on climate change

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MEANS 1 / Portal– Climate Change Explained Wizard

• scientific background

• interactive e-Learning modules

– Climate Data and Scenarios Wizard• scientific information to general public

• impacts, adaptation options,

mitigation responses

– Climate Impacts Wizard• municipalities and regions

– Community Response Wizard• disseminate information on climate change

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Climate Change Explained Wizard

FMI, SYKE, CURS– Scientific background– Interactive e-Learning modules

• Science– Radiative forcing illustrated– Uncertainty of climate change

information

• Impacts

• Mitigation– Emission calculator

• Adaptation

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Climate Data and Scenarios Wizard

FMI– Observational data

• more than 40 years, 10 long-term stations • indices

– heating-degree days– growing season length

• return periods for extreme events – T, P, dry spells, hot and cold spells

– Gridded climate information • 1971- 2000, spatial resolution about 10 km• T, P, radiation

– Scenarios data• selection of climate model outputs• SRES 4 scenarios and updates

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Climate Impacts Wizard

SYKE– Extending FINESSI

http://www.finessi.info/finessi

– Awareness raising web tool CIW

– Impacts matched with climate observations

and scenarios defined in

Data and Scenarios Wizard

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Community Response Wizard

HUT/CURS, SYKE– Tool to facilitate local decisions

– Question tree format

– Guide user to relevant information and

actor networks

– Awareness raising and practical purpose

– Mitigation and adaptation

– Focus on municipal / regional scale

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MEANS 2 / User participation– Steering Committee

• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities• City of Tampere and the Municipality Coalition in the Tampere Region

– Pilot test group• end users• web journalists

– Training• end user training sessions in municipalities and regions

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MEANS 3 / Timetable2009

• Design phase: eLearning solution, software, content, form• 26.2.2009 Kick-off meeting• Survey of user needs

2010• Implementation phase: preparation of content • Pilot versions of Wizards:

– Climate Change Explained (May)– Climate Data and Scenarios (May)– Climate Impacts (Dec)– Community Response (Dec)

2011• Evaluation phase: survey of user comments• Seminars: result providers, pilot group, target group• May: Portal released (Finnish)• December: English and Swedish versions of Portal

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SYKE’s tasks – Lead

• Action 4: Climate Impacts Wizard

– Participate in • Action 2: Climate Change Explained Wizard• Action 5: Community Response Wizard

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SYKE’s personnel in CCCRP

Contract Category Monthstemporary researcher 17.00temporary researcher 13.30permanent contract senior researcher 18.10permanent contract information officer 3.00permanent contract web journalist 3.00civil servant senior researcher 4.40civil servant research engineer 24.80civil servant research professor 10.00civil servant research manager 3.00

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Synergy potential

– VACCIA• Impacts • Adaptation measures

– Julia 2030• Adaptation measures• Carbon accounting