CLIMATE SCENARIOS are estimates of possible future climate features. In order to have adequate spatial and temporal resolution, the DOWNSCALED SCENARIOS are generated, which serve as a reference for developing specific impact and vulnerability studies and assessing the needs of adaptation to climate change in different socioeconomic sectors (such as productive, civil defence or infrastructures) and ecological systems.

EUROCLIMA+ supports the generation of downscaled climate scenarios in several countries based on the indications of the last IPCC report (AR5), through the strengthening of national meteorological services, according to their needs, mobilising experts from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

This action stems from the regional priorities identified in the framework of the intersectoral work carried out by the three Ibero-American cooperation networks in matters of weather, water and climate: CIMHET, CODIA and RIOCC.