Enviroinfo/ICT4S 2015 Copenhagen

Venue:

Workshop 8 September 2015, 14:00 – 15:30

Room 4C, Kosmopol

Presenter:

European Environment Agency/

European Topic Center on climate change Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation (ETC/CCA)

Adaptation knowledge platform –

approaches for presenting complex information to an European audience

Adaptation knowledge platform workshop (8 September 2015, 14:00 – 15:30)

Visualisation of climate observationand projection data (table 2)

Adpatation policy and planning tools (table 2) Successful and verified

approaches (table 3)

Interactive urban vulnerability maps(table 4)

European countries policy overview(Table 1)

European Sector Policies (table 3)

IT architecture and Workflow (table 5)

Adaptation knowledge platform workshop (8 September 2015, 14:00 – 15:30)

Expected outcomes:

Show Climate-ADAPT approach to present complex knowledge on adaption to climate change at EU level

Learn from participant´s experiences in presentating complex information

Gain new users from environmental themes

Climate-ADAPT framework (URL: http://climateadapt.eea.europa.eu)

Mandate:

• Launched 2012, supports developing and implementing adaptation strategies, policies and actions

Intended Users:

• Experts and decision makers on EU, transnational, national, sub-national levels, research institutes

Maintenance:

• Funded and carried out by EEA with DG CLIMA, supported by ETC/CCA

Use numbers:

(Google Analytics; 2013/2014):

• Total number of visits: 5800/month (average)

• Unique visitors: 3600/month (average)

Unique Features: European countries adaptation policies (table 1; Clare )

• Presenting official information based on governmental reporting (Art. 15 EU MMR)

• Unique summary of adaptation policy of EEA Member countries

• Web-based template with links to key national documents and official web-pages

• Accomodating different user groups via multiple entry points

Unique features: Adaptation Policy Tools (table 2; Kati)

Stepwise policy and planning tool

• Available in a general and in a version

for the specific needs of cities

For each step:

• Pull-down menus with links to other

tools

• Further resources from the database

highlighted

• Check list for practical implementation

Unique feature: Visualisation of climate observation and projection data (table 2; Kati)

Time Series Tool • Visualizing the time dimension of

observations and projections of selected climate indicators and datasets

• Based on European project data, presented through the time-series tool

• Developed by Joint Research Center (JRC)

Unique feature: Case studies (table 3, Emiliano)

• Successful and verified

adaptation approaches

• Metadata sheet with easy

access to all aspects of

planning and implementation

• Including images and

documents

• Searchable via filter criteria

• Accessible via different entry

points including an

interactive map based

search tool

Unique feature: EU Sector policies (table 3; Emiliano)

• Mainstreaming of adaptation into

EU sector policies

• Including links to key documents

and official web-pages

• Highlighting key information from

the Climate-ADAPT database

Unique feature: Interactive Urban vulnerability maps (table 4, Birgit)

• Interactive map book

based on European data

presenting urban climatic

threats

• A way to join single

pieces of information to

present a complex matter

IT architecture, work flow (table 5, Christian)

IT Architecture:

• CMS: Liferay 6.2

• Database: PostgreSQL

• Maps: ArcGIS via EEA web

map server.

• User authentication via CAS

using EIONET LDAP

accounts

Submissions of content:

Web content:

• by EEA, ETC/CCA and

consultants

Database items:

• by registered users

• via a review process

Unique feature: Map viewer (table 5, Christian)

• Visualisation of climate

observation and

projection data

• European data from

research projects and

Joint research Center

(JRC)

• Easy navigation

• Easy access to the data

sources

• Metadata available