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     * Claire Scannell briefly described Met Éireann's work to develop their national framework for climate services. Met Éireann considers climate services across all time scales. They identified that there was little coordination among actors, no standards followed, and no consistent information and guidelines, in Ireland. Actors were doing something similar, but still different. The framework considers four pillars: community, data and information, quality and guidance, and resources. They started their standardisation effort by creating standard datasets for everyone to use in the framework and in the elaboration of the different climate-related reports and plans. The framework prepares a regular newsletter.     * Claire Scannell briefly described Met Éireann's work to develop their national framework for climate services. Met Éireann considers climate services across all time scales. They identified that there was little coordination among actors, no standards followed, and no consistent information and guidelines, in Ireland. Actors were doing something similar, but still different. The framework considers four pillars: community, data and information, quality and guidance, and resources. They started their standardisation effort by creating standard datasets for everyone to use in the framework and in the elaboration of the different climate-related reports and plans. The framework prepares a regular newsletter.
     * Sophie Martinoni-Lapierre focused on Météo-France's climate services for adaptation, which use climate projections prepared by the French community. These data, available from a couple of portals, feed a series of sector-oriented portals to respond to different climate adaptation needs. She mentioned the TRACCS programme that acts as a backbone for all the developments required for climate services in France. The reference datasets use multiple methods, large ensembles, and varied sources. They provide high-resolution data with high time frequency. The target scenario corresponds to a French warming level of 2.7ºC by 2050 and 4ºC by the end of the Century. The standardisation of the climate datasets is considered critical for climate services uptake via a more efficient communication, the generation of climate indicators that meet user needs, and the future sustainability of the products. She shared an example of the richness required for an adequate data documentation.     * Sophie Martinoni-Lapierre focused on Météo-France's climate services for adaptation, which use climate projections prepared by the French community. These data, available from a couple of portals, feed a series of sector-oriented portals to respond to different climate adaptation needs. She mentioned the TRACCS programme that acts as a backbone for all the developments required for climate services in France. The reference datasets use multiple methods, large ensembles, and varied sources. They provide high-resolution data with high time frequency. The target scenario corresponds to a French warming level of 2.7ºC by 2050 and 4ºC by the end of the Century. The standardisation of the climate datasets is considered critical for climate services uptake via a more efficient communication, the generation of climate indicators that meet user needs, and the future sustainability of the products. She shared an example of the richness required for an adequate data documentation.
-    * Andreas Fischer  +    * Andreas Fischer explained that the Swiss National Centre for Climate Services is a virtual institution participated by seven federal offices. This brings a broad range of expertise into the initiative. The Centre does not just focus on climate data but also on variables relevant to climate-sensitive sectors (forestry, hydrology, etc.). It has an ambitious dissemination strategy, producing documents oriented to specific sectors, and a web site that collects all the information generated. It has a cross-sectoral programme for impacts with six different projects (health, energy infrastructures, ecosystems, socio-economic scenarios, etc.) 
-    * Discussion:  +    * Esteban Rodríguez presented examples of climate services in Spain. One was the estimation of rainfed cereal yield using seasonal forecasts. The other focused on streamflow estimates for reservoir management. The work is not standardised but the result of organic collaborations. A joint effort with CSIC is developing a range of climate indicators for ten different sectors. 
-    * WMO, ECMWF, KNMI, Met Office, and RHMSS are all partners of the Climateurope2 project and are often called in to represent the NMHSs' views.+    * Discussion: 
 +      * Very different perspectives of what standardisation means and implies, with several experiences focusing on reference datasets. 
 +      * There are valuable lessons from engagements with other sectors, like the April 2025 workshop with private providers of climate services. The use of the climate services components in the community interaction proved very useful. 
 +      * NMHSs are climate services operators in the public space that develop products following the guidance provided by WMO, but many do not cover all the spaces that go all the way to the users. In this context, the CEN-CENELEC standardisation addresses all those actors that are not part of the WMO ecosystem. The question then emerges of what are the implications of these new standards for NMHSs and other public operators because the CEN-CENELEC standards will apply to all those present in the European market. Amir mentioned that WMO is not fully aware of these developments pushed by the European Commission. He suggested that it's fundamental to engage representatives from NMHSs and WMO in the process to avoid confusion among user communities with parallel developments for standardisation (from WMO's and CEN-CENELEC's sides). 
 +      * Esteban considered useful to formulate the standards in terms of minimum requirements to assess the resources required to comply. He also mentioned that very interesting developments emerging from research projects struggle to make their way into operations at NMHSs because these institutions lack the human resources and expertise to offer them in a sustained manner. This also has to do with the resource allocation. 
 +      * Samuel Morin (Météo-France) explained that there is a struggle to define climate services. He suggested to streamline in future interactions what can be considered a climate service so that the remit is clearer. While he considers data portals an element of a climate service, he expects climate services to be close to the decision-making process. Material from past and current projects could be used to illustrate what is under discussion. 
 +      * Amir mentioned the existing WMO guidelines to define competences and skills of those involved in the service provision. He considered standardising human competences particularly relevant. 
 +    * Note: WMO, ECMWF, KNMI, Met Office, and RHMSS are all partners of the Climateurope2 project and are often called in to represent the NMHSs' views.
  
   * Actions   * Actions
-    * A one-day online workshop about climate services standardisation and NMHSs will be organised by Climateurope2 in either late 2025 or early 2026. All European NMHSs will be invited to participate. WMO is expected to help relaying the information to all the relevant European contacts.+    * A one-day online workshop about climate services standardisation and NMHSs will be organised by Climateurope2 in January 2026. All European NMHSs will be invited to participate. WMO will be requested to help relaying the information to all the relevant European contacts. Support from the NMHSs already involved will be most welcome to increase the engagement from other countries. (BSC lead, all NMHSs involved, C3S, and WMO to help) 
 +    * Develop a programme for the workshop. (BSC lead, Climateurope2 partners, all NMHSs involved, C3S, and WMO to contribute) 
 +    * Suggest ideas for additional participants to the workshop. (Climateurope2 partners, all NMHSs involved, C3S, and WMO to contribute) 
 +    * Agree on a definition of what is considered a climate service for future interactions like the workshop. (BSC lead, Climateurope2 partners, all NMHSs involved, C3S, and WMO to contribute)
  
   * Presentations   * Presentations
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     * WMO's role in the Climateurope2 project (Amir Delju, WMO)     * WMO's role in the Climateurope2 project (Amir Delju, WMO)
     * {{:wiki:content:wp_8:KNMI_NMHSmeeting_June2025.pdf|Data provenance: purposes and techniques in climate services}} (Alessandro Spinuso, KNMI)     * {{:wiki:content:wp_8:KNMI_NMHSmeeting_June2025.pdf|Data provenance: purposes and techniques in climate services}} (Alessandro Spinuso, KNMI)
-    * Met Éireann climate services (Claire Scannell, Met Éireann)+    * {{:wiki:content:wp_8:climateeurope__Met_Éireann_12062025.pdf|Met Éireann climate services}} (Claire Scannell, Met Éireann)
     * {{:wiki:content:wp_8:2025-06 Meteo France Climate Services and Standardization.pdf|Météo-France climate services: From awareness to decision support}} (Sophie Martinoni-Lapierre, Météo-France)     * {{:wiki:content:wp_8:2025-06 Meteo France Climate Services and Standardization.pdf|Météo-France climate services: From awareness to decision support}} (Sophie Martinoni-Lapierre, Météo-France)
     * {{:wiki:content:wp_8:NCCS_NMHSmeeting_June2025.pdf|National Centre for Climate Services}} (Andreas Fischer, Meteoswiss)     * {{:wiki:content:wp_8:NCCS_NMHSmeeting_June2025.pdf|National Centre for Climate Services}} (Andreas Fischer, Meteoswiss)
 +    * Climate services at AEMET (Esteban Rodríguez, AEMET)