Delegation from Taiwan visiting GERICS

A taiwanes delegation of eight members of the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) led by the director, Dr Hongey Chen, visited GERICS on April 9th, 2018 for exchanging in possible future collaboration.

The Taiwanese delegation presented their project TCCIP (Taiwan Climate Change Projection and Information Platform). The meeting focused on the generation of future common climate services for Taiwan in the field of adaptation to climate change.

GERICS scientists presented results from the regional downscaling activities in GERICS and from the projects IMPACT2C and CLIPC.

The Taiwanese delegation was highly interested in the development of climate services and participatory processes in Taiwan. They presented first their efforts in communicating science to society in Taiwan. First explorations together will support the development of storylines for adaptation to climate change in Taiwan.