Climate change is a complex challenge demanding a skilled and knowledgeable workforce. IRISCC recognises this need and is committed to building capacity through a comprehensive training and knowledge exchange program. Work Package 3 (WP3) spearheads this initiative, aiming to equip researchers, institutions, and stakeholders with the expertise required to tackle climate change risks head-on.
Training
Sharpen Your Skills, Tackle The Climate Change Risks
Why?
Our Mission
- Maximise Impact: Ensure widespread adoption and utilisation of IRISCC’s resources and services.
- Develop Expertise: Enhance climate change risk assessment skills for researchers and practitioners.
- Foster Innovation: Harvest insights from the IRISCC Demonstrators to drive innovation in climate service development.
- Cultivate Collaboration: Build a vibrant knowledge exchange network across research infrastructures for a sustainable future.
Training Opportunities
Risk on food security due to multi-hazard risks (pests, floods, drought, heatwaves)
Learn how integrating observational research, climate manipulation experiments, and remote sensing into the AgroRisk.cz portal
3 February 2027
14:00 CET
Risk on marine ecosystems biodiversity, functioning and services caused by ocean acidification, warming and deoxygenation
Explore how transnational access to harmonized mesocosm experiments across contrasting European coastal seas enables rigorous
27 January
14:00 CET
Risk on coastal regions due to flooding caused by sea-level rise and storm surges
Learn how a new cloud-enabled Virtual Research Environment integrates meteorological data with hazard, inundation, and
2 Dec 2026
14:00 CET
Risk on human health in urban areas during heatwaves associated with deteriorated air quality
Explore how a single-access-point service integrates ACTRIS and EIRENE (EXPANSE) data to simplify linking European
13 Jan 2027
14:00 CET
Risk on Multiple Systems (Human Health, Environmental Matrices, and Socio-Economic Sectors) Due to Wildfires in Europe
Discover how the new IRISCC Wildfire Virtual Research Environment combines multi-infrastructure observational data from ACTRIS,
25 Nov 2026
14:00 CET
Risk on Terrestrial Ecosystem Functioning & Services Due to Droughts & Heatwaves
Ahead of the upcoming 2nd Service Release, this webinar offers a demonstration of a new
11 Nov 2026
14:00 CET
Q&A Session (2/2): IRISCC 4th Open Call for Access
Couldn’t join the first session, or would you like another chance to discuss your proposal?
23rd September
14:00-15:00 CEST
Q&A Session (1/2): IRISCC 4th Open Call for Access
Join our Q&A session to get the clarity you need about the **IRISCC Fourth Call
9th September 2026
14:00-15:00 CEST
IRISCC onsite autumn school: Climate risks data analysis & methods
Join the 5-day intensive training for researchers and data scientists in the Technical University of
14-18 September 2026
Future Training Opportunities
IRISCC is launching a training programme to support researchers, institutions, and innovators in making the most of climate-related research infrastructure services. The training covers a mix of practical topics, capacity building, and community engagement, delivered in varied, engaging formats.
Webinars
1
The IRISCC Catalogue of Services (CoS)
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Summer 2025 (3rd & 6th June)
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
2
Research Infrastructures (RIs) in IRISCC
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Winter – Spring 2026 (4th February – 29th April)
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
3
The D4Science Virtual Research Environment (VRE)
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Autumn 2025
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
4
Data stewardship
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Spring 2026
- Objectives To: facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
5
IRISCC demonstrators
- Audience: Research community
- Timing:
Summer – autumn 2026
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
6
RISCC Service Design Labs (SDLs)
- Audience: Research community
- Timing:
Spring – Summer 2028
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
Webinar Recordings
IRISCC: D4Science & IS-ENES Research Infrastructure Introduction
IRISCC: AnaEE & IAGOS Research Infrastructure Introduction
IRISCC Q&As 3rdCall
IRISCC: ACTRIS & eLTER Research Infrastructure Introduction
How to Discover and Access IRISCC Services
June 05, 2025
Introduction to DIVA-ND for Data Interpolation and Analysis
IRISCC: EMBRC & SeaDataNet Research Infrastructure Introduction
IRISCC: ICOS & EIRENE Research Infrastructure Introduction
IRISCC: ECMWF & EGI Infrastructure Introduction
IRISCC: GESIS & OPTED Research Infrastructure Introduction
Turning Research Services into Impact: Managing Key Exploitable Results in IRISCC
November 05, 2025
Discover IRISCC Opportunities at the RICH Europe Webinar on Transnational Access
24 November 2025
16:00 – 17:00 CET
Training Resources
Tutorials
1
IRISCC CoS virtual tour
- Target Audience: Research community, Policy makers, Commercial users, Societal users
- Timing: Spring 2025
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
2
Applying for transnational access for IRISCC users
- Audience: Research community, Policy makers, Commercial users, Societal users
- Timing: Summer 2025
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
3
Evaluating transnational access applications for IRISCC providers
- Audience: Research community, Policy makers, Commercial users, Societal users
- Timing: Summer – Autumn 2025
- Objectives: To: facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
4
Peer-reviewing transnational access applications for IRISCC reviewers
Audience: Research community, Policy makers, Commercial users, Societal users
Timing: Summer – Autumn 2025
Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
Online Workshops
1
Populating the IRISCC CoS
Audience: Service providers
Timing: Winter 2025 (17th & 19th February)
Objectives: To foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, and build a knowledge-sharing culture
2
Online workshop: Coastal Flood Impact Analyser
Audience: Research community
Timing: Autumn 2026
Objectives: To improve skills, foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, build a knowledge-sharing culture
3
IS-ENES Virtual Research Environment (VRE)
Audience: Research community
Timing: Winter 2028
Objectives: To improve skills, foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, build knowledge-sharing culture
On-site Training & Workshops
1
FitSM IT service management
Audience: Research Infrastructures
Timing:
- Spring 2027 (online)
- Autumn 2025 (7th October, Marseille – France)
Objectives: To improve the IT service management skills
2
Data Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVAnd) software tool
Audience: Research community
Timing:
Autumn 2025 (8th December) – Spring 2026 (Liège – Belgium)
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, and empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
3
Engaging stakeholders in socio-ecological risk analysis
Audience: Research community
Timing: Summer 2026 (24th and 26th June, Vienna – Austria)
Objectives: To improve skills, foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, increase the effectiveness in policy and practice implementation, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture, encourage diversity of thought
4
Socio-ecological tools for stakeholder engagement
Audience: Research community
Timing: Spring 2027
Objectives: To improve skills, foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, increase the effectiveness in policy and practice implementation, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a
knowledge-sharing culture, encourage diversity of thought
Summer and autumn schools
1
Summer school: Climate risks data analysis tools and methods
Audience: Research community
Timing: Summer 2026 (14th – 18th September, Chania – Greece)
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
2
Spring school: High-performance scientific computing in terrestrial systems (HPSC TerrSys)
Audience: Research community
Timing: Spring 2027 (Jülich – Germany)
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
3
Summer school: Data science for climate risks
Audience: Research community
Timing: Summer 2027
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
4
Hackathon: RiskHack
Audience: Research community, Data scientists, Developers
Timing: Autumn 2026 (online)
Objectives: To improve skills and competencies, foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, build a knowledge-sharing culture, encourage diversity of thought, facilitate user interaction and service improvement
