Climate Services in the Weather value chain: an outlook for Europe.

Traditionally, the Weather value chain was focused on providing weather services, including mostly measurements, short- and mid-range forecasts and derived services for different downstream sectors. Climate characterisations, Assessments and relate services were largely the responsibility of National Hdyro-Meteorological Services (NHMS) and Academia, and only a small part of the service range, and only few private companies specialised in providing such services to their customers.

With the increasing certainty and impact of Climate change, the need has increased to provide more in-depth analyses of impending changes and their impact. This has led to the emergence of new services, and of new companies providing specific services of climate change assessment to different segments of the industry during the past 10 years. This trend is likely to continue and to require new skills and personnel.

This paper analyses the market for climate services in Europe from 2010-2020, by quantifying the presence and emergence of new companies providing such services in terms of sales, number of jobs and market segments. Where possible, the data are updated until 2022.

The paper then lists legal requirements imposed by European legislation, company policies and recent demand to quantify the market requirements.

Based on past trends and market needs, the paper further attempts to make projections for the period 2023-2030 regarding the evolution of the market in terms of sales volume, the number of jobs and the qualifications required.

The market analysis is based on the European market research conducted by PRIMET for the period 2010-2020, and own research in the area since then.