Summary

The Climateurope2 kick-off meeting was attended by more than 90 people from at least 13 countries.

The first day opened with an overview by the project coordinator, Prof. Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Dr Roger Street, Research Associate of the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) from Oxford University and co-author of the EU Roadmap for Climate Services, gave an inspirational talk on ‘Rethinking the value chain of climate services’.

On the second day, technical developments on the project platforms were discussed,  including the Climateurope2 community platform and the internal data repository. Special attention was devoted to discussing the dissemination strategy and engagement with the community. A representative from the Horizon Europe project MAGICA, a Coordination and Support Action that aims to maximise the synergy of European research governance and innovation for climate action, was invited to deliver a presentation.