Developing skills to use climatic information and services for various climate-dependent branches of economy
7 – 11 April 2025
The ClimEd Trainings are focused on training the faculty/ teaching/ research staff and postgraduates at the ClimEd partner institutions and collaborating organizations in advanced educational and information-and-communication technologies for building a flexible multi-level integrated practice-based education system in the field of Climate Services, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.
The 7th ClimEd training includes
Training materials:
* Announcement (aim, training programme in short, organizing committee, organizers, lecturers, target audience, selection criteria, registration details)
* Online application (including motivation letter and CV), deadline 31 March 2025; go to web-form
* List of participants (accepted applicants/ trainees and lecturers/ instructors)
* Training Programme and Venue
Day 1: Monday, April 7 2025. Climate Data and Indices.
Welcome from FTG Dean Òscar Saladié and URV ClimEd Team Leader – Enric Aguilar
Welcome from ClimEd European Coordinator – Hanna Lappalainen / Sviatoslav Tyuriakov / ONU representative: Andrii Smitiukh
Lecture I. Climate Indices. Enric Aguilar
Lecture II. Developing climate indices: The Climpact App. Enric Aguilar, Anna Boqué, Jon Olano
Lecture III. GIS Applications in Climate Services. Dmytro Diadin
Lecture IV. User friendly Climate Data. Anna Boqué, Jon Olano
Lecture V. Workgroup Presentation. Anna Boqué. Jon Olano
Practice I. Download Climate Data and Apply Climpact Software. Anna Boqué. Jon Olano
Day 2: Tuesday, 8 April. Climate Products
Lecture VI. Defining Climate Needs // Recovering indices of training IV. Jon Olano, Anna Boqué
Practice II- Definition and operationalization of sectorial indices. Jon Olano, Anna Boqué
Practice III. Download Data and Computation of sectorial indices. Jon Olano, Anna Boqué
Lecture VII. Introduction to RSTUDIO. Jon Olano, Anna Boqué
Lecture VIII. Introduction to Shiny. Jon Olano, Anna Boqué
Practice IV. Work in groups. Functions to compute sectorial indices. Jon Olano, Anna Boqué
Day 3: Wednesday, 9th April. Climate information to make decisions
Feedback Session on Moodle Courses and MOOCs developed under Training V and VI. Veljo Kabin, Lagle Löhmus
Practice V. Workgroup. Creating a Shiny App (supported by AI if necessary)
Day 4: Thursday, 10th April. Climate information to make decisions
How to Evaluate the Ecological Conditions of Ecosystems and Their Relationship to Ecosystem Services. Kalev Sepp
Practice VI. Workgroup. Creating a Shiny App (supported by AI if necessary)
Day 5: Friday, 11th April. Communication of climate service
Onsite Groups presentations
Additional: Climate Informational Portal