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

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
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
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Summer 2025
- Objectives: To: facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Summer – Autumn 2025
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Autumn 2025
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Autumn 2025 – Winter 2026
- Objectives To: facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Spring – Summer 2026
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
- Audience: Research community
- Timing: Spring – Summer 2028
- Objectives: To facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences,
promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-exchange culture
Tutorials
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
Audience: Service providers
Timing: Winter 2025
Objectives: To: foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, build a knowledge-sharing culture
Audience: Research community
Timing: Autumn 2026
Objectives: To improve skills, foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, build a knowledge-sharing culture
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
Audience: Research Infrastructures
Timing: Autumn 2025 (onsite)/Summer 2026 (onsite)/ Spring 2027 (online)
(tentative timings). The training is offered at least once, but can be
repeated if in demand)
Objectives: To improve the IT service management skills
Audience: Research community
Timing: Autumn 2025
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, and empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
Audience: Research community
Timing: Autumn 2025
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, and empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
Audience: Research community
Timing: Spring 2026
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
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
Audience: Research community
Timing: Autumn 2025
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
Audience: Research community
Timing: Summer 2026
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
Audience: Research community
Timing: Summer 2027
Objectives: To improve skills, facilitate knowledge transfer, empower participants/audiences, promote continuous learning, build a knowledge-sharing culture
Audience: Research community, Data scientists, Developers
Timing: Summer 2026
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