Use.AT - Harvesting learnings from the use of ÖKS15 in the Austrian decision making process to improve climate services in Austria and beyond

This Use.AT project aims to systematically collect findings from the development, use and dissemination of ÖKS15 (= retrospective analysis) and related products as well as from comparable international approaches for Climate Services (CS) in order to develop the new climate scenarios for Austria (ÖKS26) in line with requirements, to prepare them for specific target groups and thus to improve their usability.

The ÖKS15 climate scenarios for Austria provide robust and high-resolution daily data on past and future climate. ÖKS15 is the standard climate service product and many organisations use and/or refer to the data sets or results. In order to meet new requirements (e.g. Paris Agreement, IPCC Assessment Report 6) and the current state of climate research (e.g. CMPI6), new climate scenarios for Austria are under development and can be expected in 2026. The new ÖKS26 are being developed as part of a co-design process that aims to create needs-orientated and useful results for users that are also scientifically sound.

Das vorliegende Projekt Use.AT zielt darauf ab, Erkenntnisse aus der Entwicklung, Verwendung und Verbreitung von ÖKS15 (= retrospektive Analyse) und verwandten Produkten sowie aus vergleichbaren internationalen Ansätzen für CS systematisch zu sammeln.

Use.AT wants

• learn from established climate service providers (e.g. at EU level, in Switzerland, in Germany) and map available climate services and products as well as providers in Austria. learn from the ÖKS15 as a standard climate service product for Austria by gaining insights into the requirements, needs, barriers, etc. of users, non-users and potential users and act as a learning laboratory for the co-production of climate services.
• research the role of ÖKS15 in decision-making processes and its limitations. Overall, the findings from Use.AT will help to develop the new climate scenarios for Austria (ÖKS26) in line with demand and thus improve their usability. In addition, Use.AT will derive recommendations for CS providers on how climate services in Austria can be improved to provide the best possible support for climate-sensitive decision-making processes.

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