This deliverable D2.2 presents the user requirements, stakeholder insights, and future development pathways for two IRISCC Service Design Labs (SDLs): the Soil Carbon SDL (SDL #3) and the Co‑design Lab on Climate Services with Copernicus (SDL#4).
Through workshops, interviews, expert consultations, and collaborative design activities, the SDL #3 identified key barriers to implementing carbon farming friendly practises—including knowledge gaps, fragmented data, limited financial incentives, contextual differences across regions, and the need for trustworthy and transparent MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) systems. The workshops revealed that farmers must be placed at the centre of future systems, supported by peer learning, long‑term monitoring, fair compensation mechanisms, and clear governance structures. The scientific community highlighted persistent scale mismatches, data fragmentation across research infrastructures (RI), and the need for standardisation, shared benchmarks, and improved RI–private sector collaboration.
SDL #4 focused on challenges users face in integrating climate information into operational decision‑making. Although Copernicus provides high‑quality climate datasets, stakeholders emphasized the need for interdisciplinary workflows that combine climate, socio‑economic, risk assessment data, and vulnerability data. The methodology relies on structured Collection of data concerning user requirements and needs (storage in a User Requirements Database, iterative prioritisation through a Requirements Analysis Document, and subsequent incorporation into service evolution and quality control processes).
Both SDLs converge on several common user requirements: interoperable data systems, common standards, transparent monitoring, reporting, verification, and continuous stakeholder engagement. This D2.2 outlines recommended actions for scaling services—including the cross‑SDL coordination and learning from each other’s research and development methods. These efforts pave the way for credible, user‑centred, and scalable knowledge services supporting EU climate and carbon‑farming policies.
