Tasks and objectives

Main tasks
- investigating the need of society for advice regarding questions related to the climate
- being a link between climate-researchers and climate-advisors in Germany
- integrate research data on the climate-system and preparing this for the needs of clients
- providing this information to customers via products, which are sector-specific and tailored to suit client needs
- coordinating feedback from practitioners to scientists

- responding to individual enquiries
- identifying client-needs regarding questions on climate
- in-house production of climate-simulations for replying to customers requests
- to initiate practice oriented research projects
- supporting the interpretation of climate-simulations
- consultation regarding uncertainties of models
- arranging expert-workshops
- initializing cooperation in the CSC-network
- to provide data and information regarding climate questions

The guidelines of the CSC are based on multidisciplinarity, a close connection to science and a well-developed customer and staff focus.