National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS)
The National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) coordinates collaboration between climate information providers and users in order to facilitate the creation of user-driven climate services.
To find out more click here: About the NFCS
Watch the explainer video below to find out more about the NFCS:
What does the NFCS do?
The NFCS acts to join up climate services and climate information activity, to promote and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and information across the community, and to pull through the most robust information and emerging science advances to support a more climate resilient Ireland. The NFCS serves to promote existing information (for example the TRANSLATE project) as well as signposting any and all relevant climate information for sectors and users.
Ireland has shown substantial progress in the provision and application of climate services over the past five years, according to the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) annual State of Climate Services report for 2024, published today.
The report includes deep dive analysis on how countries have succeeded in using climate services to deliver a range of socioeconomic benefits and advance climate action, with Ireland highlighted as an example of how to successfully establish a National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS).
For more insights into the report, you can find out here.
2024 State of Climate Services
What exactly are Climate services?
A Climate Service is the provision of climate information to assist in climate-smart decision-making. The service must respond to user needs and must be based on scientifically credible information and expertise. A climate service is most effective when there is collaboration between users and providers of climate information and expertise.
Climate services exist across time ranging from short term warnings to climate projections that span decades and centuries. The infographic below illustrates the relationship between time and planning for climate services.
Find out more about Climate Services.
National Framework for Climate services in practice: Case studies:
NFCS Resources
NFCS Newsletter
The NFCS newsletter is brought to you on a quarterly basis throughout the year. The newsletter will bring updates on all the activities from the NFCS, its members and the broader climate services community both in Ireland and internationally.
NFCS Workshop Reports
The NFCS workshop was held on the 20th and 21st February 2024 in the Hilton Kilmainham, Dublin. The two-day, in-person workshop was attended by a wide range of stakeholders including both producers (Day 1) and users (Day 2) of climate services. The workshop report identifies the key findings over the two day event and concludes with a number of recommendations for the NFCS moving forward. Click on the link below to see the report:
NFCS-Workshop-Report-2024.pdf (met.ie)
The NFCS Uncertainty Workshop: Addressing Climate Uncertainty was held on 26th November 2024 in the Hilton Kilmainham, Dublin. This one-day, in-person workshop was attended by a wide range of stakeholders from government departments and agencies, to universities and private companies. The workshop report identifies the key findings from the day and concludes with some key findings from the climate services community on the topic of climate uncertainty. Click on the link below to see the report:
Sea Level and Coastal Flooding Guidance
The National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) has facilitated a national dialogue among sea level rise and coastal flooding experts, including the Marine Institute, the Office of Public Works (OPW), Met Éireann and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to identify the most appropriate dataset to use for future sea level rise and flooding in Irish Sectoral Adaptation Plans.
