EMS Annual Meeting Abstracts
Vol. 23, EMS2026-188, 2026, updated on 22 Jun 2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2026-188
EMS Annual Meeting 2026
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Oral | Tuesday, 08 Sep, 09:30–09:45 (CEST)| Room Media Arena (Media Plaza)
New insights on climate risks in Switzerland – findings from the cross-sectoral programme “NCCS-Impacts”
Andreas Fischer1, Astrid Björnsen2, Samuel Brown3, Mischa Croci-Maspoli1, Angela Michiko Hama1, Denise Fussen4, Jürg Füssler5, Lena Gubler2, Nina Huber6, Quirin Oberpriller5, Jan Rajczak1, Remo Röthlin4, Vincent Roth7, Arlette Szelecsenyi8, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera9,10, and Andreas Zysset4
Andreas Fischer et al.
  • 1Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Climate Division, Zurich-Airport, Switzerland (andreas.fischer@meteoswiss.ch)
  • 2Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
  • 3CelsiusPro, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 4EBP Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 5INFRAS, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 6Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Bern, Switzerland
  • 7Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Bern, Switzerland
  • 8Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO, Bern, Switzerland
  • 9Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • 10Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Climate change is increasingly affecting natural, societal and economic systems in Switzerland, requiring a better understanding of cross-sectoral risks and their interactions. This challenge is addressed by the programme “NCCS-Impacts” of the Swiss National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS), in which five interlinked projects cover (1) socioeconomic scenarios, (2) human and animal health, (3) ecosystem services, (4) supply chains, and (5) economic costs. The projects are closely connected and generate strong synergies. Results will be released progressively until the end of 2026.

In addition to generating new scientific insights, NCCS-Impacts places strong emphasis on developing actionable, user-oriented climate services. These are co-produced by researchers, practitioners, stakeholders and communication experts to maximise their usability and relevance for climate adaptation and mitigation. At the programme level, a key objective is to synthesise results across sectors and disciplines in a consistent and structured way making complex and heterogeneous findins more accessible, comparable and relevant for decision-making.

The presentation provides a synthesis of key results from the projects, including new socioeconomic pathways for Switzerland and associated greenhouse gas emissions, projections of heat-related mortality and vulnerability risks, climate risks for supply chains, and impacts on agricultural yields. It will also showcase selected web-based tools tailored to user needs, such as a hospital management tool for forecasting heat-related emergency visits, an interactive map for identifying supply chain risks, and a dashboard for exploring cross-sectoral impacts on ecosystem services. In addition, the presentation will introduce the overarching synthesis concept developed within NCCS-Impacts, illustrating how cross-sectoral findings can be integrated, structured and communicated to support informed decision-making.

How to cite: Fischer, A., Björnsen, A., Brown, S., Croci-Maspoli, M., Hama, A. M., Fussen, D., Füssler, J., Gubler, L., Huber, N., Oberpriller, Q., Rajczak, J., Röthlin, R., Roth, V., Szelecsenyi, A., Vicedo-Cabrera, A. M., and Zysset, A.: New insights on climate risks in Switzerland – findings from the cross-sectoral programme “NCCS-Impacts”, EMS Annual Meeting 2026, Utrecht, Netherlands, 6–11 Sep 2026, EMS2026-188, https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2026-188, 2026.