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GFCS Implementation in Germany: - 1st national GFCS implemen- tation workshop on June 26/27 2013 at DWD in Offenbach - About 50 providers and users of climate services participated - Main goal: Facilitation of climate-informed decisions in different sectors of climate
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GFCS Implementation in Germany: - 1st national GFCS implemen- tation workshop on June 26/27 2013 at DWD in Offenbach - About 50 providers and users of climate services participated - Main goal: Facilitation of climate-informed decisions in different sectors of climate change adaptation on all decision levels - Next steps: Proposal for German GFCS governance, annual user workshops, additions to German climate portal
User interface for German climate services: Das Deutsche Klimaportal www.deutschesklimaportal.de Partner of the German climate portal (Stand: 24.06.2013) Climate services for the „Länder“ Sectors German Climate atlas
Main German GFCS workshop recommendations: The climate service information needs to… Additional points from the discussion: Take into account climate vulnerability assessments and cascade effects Take into account impact on standardization and on legislative processes Feedback from sectorial user-interaction into the research component Spatial planning as cross-cutting issue for water, agriculture, health, and civil protection sector Further improvement of climate observation data sets and climate model output on all scales is necessary
Extreme Flooding in June 2013 in Eastern and Southern Germany Source: Federal Environment Agency of Germany