Cross-sectoral programme “NCCS-Impacts”: synopsis of preliminary results and climate services

In light of ongoing climate change in Switzerland that adversely affects more and more facets in nature, society and economy, a better understanding and handling of the multiple impacts on various sectors is imperative. This aspect is currently being analysed with the dedicated programme “NCCS-Impacts” of the Swiss National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS), in which five projects cover the following aspects from 2023-2025: (1) socioeconomic scenarios, (2) human and animal health, (3) ecosystem services, (4) supply chains, and (5) economic costs. The projects are inter-linked and share manifold synergies. The climate change scenarios CH2018 and hydrological scenarios Hydro-CH2018, elaborated within the NCCS network previously, serve as a common data base.

Besides generating new science-based insights on climatic impacts, NCCS-Impacts puts an emphasis on the development and provision of actionable and user-oriented climate services. These products are elaborated in close collaboration between project partners from research and practice, stakeholders and communication experts to maximise their impact in the use for climate adaptation and mitigation. 

Serving as a pit stop of the programme, this presentation will present a synopsis of preliminary results obtained from the projects. This includes for instance intermediate results on the new socioeconomic pathways for Switzerland, heat mortality projections as well as heat vulnerability analyses, climatic impacts on food safety, and projections of agricultural yields. The presentation will also showcase some of the anticipated products such as web-applications, dashboards, print products and visualizations. Finally, the contribution will reflect on lessons learnt in terms of governance of the programme, while providing a framework on how the project results can be consolidated into a common synopsis.