COMPASS Workshop on “Compound extremes attribution of climate change”

COMPASS partners, namely the University of Szczecin (US) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) organised a Workshop on “Compound extremes attribution of climate change” in Poland. The Workshop took place on the 24th of June 2024, at the Gdynia (Poland) / Institute of Meteorology and Water Management – National Research Institute in Gdynia (Poland) , and was attended by researchers/ academics and stakeholders/ agencies involved in risk assessment of climate change attribution, climate attribution of compound extremes and analysis of the related societal impacts.

During the workshop we provided an overview of the COMPASS project, emphasizing the goal of developing a harmonized, yet flexible, methodological framework for climate and impact attribution of various hazard types, and our aim to move beyond single-driver extremes to address complex events such as compound, sequences, and cascading hazards. More details were presented on the operational demonstrator Use Case of Poland connected with compound droughts and heatwaves (UC5).

The COMPASS goals and progress were presented by Dr. Paprotny (PIK) and P. Terefenko (US), followed by an open discussion. Participants stressed the importance of aligning the project’s outcomes, to the extent practical, with official weather and climate products and services in Poland. They acknowledged also the need of increased collaboration between academic bodies and both governmental and local authorities. Finally, they recommended expanding collaborations to include more stakeholders for enhanced methodological and practical robustness of the planned demonstrator.