Co-design of sectoral climate services based on seasonal prediction information in theMediterranean

We present in this contribution the varied experiences gathered in the co-design of a
sectoral climate services collection, developed in the frame of the MEDSCOPE project.
This colletion of climate services have in common the application of seasonal predictions for the Mediterranean
geographical and climatic region. The project was originally conceived to develop and
evaluate climate services for various sectors with high societal impact in the region:
renewable energy, hydrology, and agriculture and forestry. The project also served as
the scientific branch of the WMO led Mediterranean Climate Outlook Forum (MedCOF)
that had as objective -among others- partnership strengthening on climate services
between providers and users within the Mediterranean region. The diversity of the
MEDSCOPE experiences in co-designing shows the wide range of involvement and
engagement of users in this process across the Mediterranean region, which benefits
from an existing solid and organized community of climate services providers and
users. A common issue among the services described here -and also among other
prototypes developed in the project- was related with the communication of forecasts
uncertainty and skill for efficiently informing decision-making in practice. Another
challenge concerns the demonstration of the economic, social, and environmental
value of predictions provided by these MEDSCOPE prototypes.