Co-creating a stakeholder-oriented climate risk service in Austria

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On 28 February 2025, a webinar presenting the results of the project concluded the successful end of the 2,5-year project. Through a climate risk lens, the project aims to bridge the gap between Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation and develops a participatory process for co-creating tools and methods for a climate risk service in the Austrian context. It incorporates information on hazards, but more importantly, also on exposure and vulnerability – aspects that are often not receiving enough attention but are important for the usability and sustainability of climate risk services.

Engaging with stakeholders has been an important aspect from the very beginning of the project; potential end-users were already consulted during the project proposal writing stage. Over the course of the project implementation phase, regular meetings on- and offline, in-person workshops, interviews and surveys ensured that the views and knowledge of all parties involved were incorporated. A milestone was the development of the CRiSDA Demonstrator StoryMap with feedback loops with stakeholders to discuss and compare the expectations with the technical realization of the first prototypes. The Demonstrator comprises interactive tools for evaluating drought risk in different regions in Austria, visualizing spatial and temporal patterns, and assess potential impacts on agriculture. With the help of the demonstrator, we can create a risk index with details on which influencing factors are involved and which data are combined.