Work Package 6 works across the other WPs and through all phases of the project. We are collaborating closely with local stakeholders in the cities of Bergen, Paris, Barcelona and Prague to ensure that the climate information produced in I4C is tailored towards these “Demonstrator City” use-cases.
Project-spanning discussions with stakeholders about the co-production and co-evaluation of the climate services being developed are providing timely feedback and reflections on the real information needs and usability of climate information for each city. This helps to iteratively and collaboratively develop tailor-made climate services to support climate change adaptation planning.
Our approach:
- Transdisciplinary service design: We bring together different disciplines and types of knowledge to create a more holistic understanding of possible solutions to complex problems. This includes engaging local stakeholders throughout all stages of the co-production alongside scientists from across other I4C WPs and the WP6 team.
- Diverse European Case Studies: The four demonstrator cities are facing different climate challenges. This diversity provides a palette of urban contexts in which to test and assess the potential of I4C’s climate information to inform adaptation planning and decision making. Essentially, we hope that the use cases will provide a wide range of climate services which generate knowledge that can potentially be applied to other cities around the world with similar climates/urban contexts.
- Communicating, disseminating and (bi-directional) capacity building: As we co-produce the services, we are developing guidance and dissemination material to facilitate user uptake and explore how different stakeholders can appreciate the challenges and the efforts of others (e.g. helping climate scientists understand the reality of urban decision making or helping decision makers understand the uncertainties in climate information).
- Evaluating the process and the outputs: We are working with stakeholders (including urban decision makers and physical climate scientists) to understand what to evaluate – and how – to understand whether the services being developed in the demonstrators are fit for purpose. Building on methodologies implemented in other EU-funded projects, we are looking at how well I4C climate information supports decision making (i.e. whether it is “actionable knowledge”), but also whether there are spillover effects like the impact on trust and uptake of climate services more broadly.