WCSSP impact and benefits
The Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) programme is delivering essential weather and climate knowledge and services to protect lives and livelihoods.
The programme is harnessing scientific expertise to strengthen the resilience of communities in China, Brazil, South Africa, India and Southeast Asia to weather and climate variability.
What difference is the WCSSP programme making?
Its impacts and benefits include:
- Building a network of international partnerships involving more than 600 researchers from 60+ institutes and organisations.
- Training more than 600 people, including early career researching, to transfer knowledge and develop their skills.
- Conducting world-leading pioneering research, with over 900 papers published in international journals and over 30,000 citations by academia.
- Showcasing the research at more than 400 workshops and conferences and informing over 100 research exchange visits, accelerating scientific knowledge and expertise.
- Developing 60+ new or improved weather and climate service prototypes, and stimulating over £26 million of additional research funding.
- Resulting in more than 2 million views and 350,000 downloads of its publications, citied in 350+ policy documents. These include policy documents for including governments, Think Tanks and Intergovernmental Organisations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the United Nations.
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WCSSP case studies
- Developing world-leading capability and delivering significant global impact and value
This case study highlights how the Met Office's world-leading Event Attribution system, developed through the Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP), is improving understanding of how climate change influences extreme weather events around the world. The system has supported more than 100 scientific studies, strengthened climate science capabilities in the UK, China and Brazil, and helped provide evidence that informs climate policy, adaptation planning and disaster risk management.
Download the attribution system case study as a PDF
- Helping food system planners manage present-day climate risks for regional and global food security
The Met Office and Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP) China partners have developed climate-informed maize yield forecasting tools that help decision-makers anticipate the impacts of drought, flooding and climate variability on food production. By providing earlier and more localised climate risk information, the service is helping strengthen food security planning, agricultural resilience and economic stability in China and beyond.
Download the maize yield forecast case study as a PDF
- Sustainable pathways for future wheat production in the UK
The Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP) China project has developed a practical framework to help policymakers and industry identify the long-term actions needed to build climate-resilient wheat supply chains in the UK. The work is supporting food security planning, informing adaptation and mitigation policies, and providing a scalable approach that can be applied to other crops, sectors and countries.
Download the sustainable pathways case study as a PDF
- Improved solar forecast model supporting services for the South Africa energy sector
Through the Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) South Africa, the Met Office and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) have developed an innovative machine learning-based solar forecasting model to support renewable energy planning. The enhanced forecasts are helping energy operators balance electricity supply and demand more effectively, strengthening energy security and supporting South Africa’s transition to a more resilient, low-carbon power system.
Download the solar forecasting case study as a PDF
- Transforming climate resilience in tea production in China and the UK
The Tea-CUP (Co-developing Useful Predictions) project, delivered through the Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP) China, is helping tea growers in China and the UK adapt to climate change by co-developing tailored climate services and decision-support tools. By combining scientific research with local expertise, the project is improving understanding of climate risks to tea production and providing information that supports more resilient and sustainable agricultural practices.
Download the Tea-CUP case study as a PDF
- Improved information on global wildfires to support decision making
The Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP) Brazil is helping improve understanding of global wildfire risks through its contribution to the internationally recognised State of Wildfires project. By providing accessible, evidence-based information on wildfire trends, drivers and future risks, the initiative is supporting policymakers and organisations to strengthen climate adaptation, disaster preparedness and wildfire management.
Download the global wildfires case study as a PDF
- Better understanding of high-impact weather events in Southeast Asia for improved early warning
The Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) Southeast Asia programme is improving understanding and forecasting of high-impact weather events such as heavy rainfall, floods and landslides across the region. Through international collaboration and the development of advanced forecasting tools, the project is strengthening early warning capabilities, enhancing disaster preparedness, and delivering forecasting improvements that benefit both Southeast Asia and the UK.
Download the high-impact weather events case study as a PDF
- Providing improved flood risks and impacts information to decision makers in India
The Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) India programme has co-developed an innovative Flood Hazard Impact Model with Indian partners, helping improve flood forecasting, early warnings and emergency response planning. By strengthening scientific capability and operational forecasting, the project is helping reduce the impacts of flooding on communities, infrastructure and the economy while supporting long-term resilience to future flood risks.
Download the Flood Hazard Impact Model case study as a case study
- Building global climate resilience through scientific excellence, international partnerships and capacity development
The Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) programme has helped build global expertise in climate attribution science, enabling researchers and decision-makers to better understand how climate change influences extreme weather events. Through collaborative workshops, training and international partnerships, the programme has strengthened scientific capability, informed climate adaptation and disaster risk management, and created a lasting network of experts across multiple countries.
Download the extreme event attribution workshops case study as a PDF
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