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Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate
change
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IPCC-TGCIA Guidelines on the Use of Scenario Data for Climate Impact
and Adaptation Assessment
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Description
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Data Distribution Centre (DDC) www.ipcc-data.org provides access to data sets, climate and other
scenarios, and other materials (e.g., technical guidelines on use of scenarios). The DDC operates
under the oversight of the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate
Assessment (TGICA), which was established by the IPCC to facilitate wide availability of climate
change-related data and scenarios to enable research and sharing of information across the three
IPCC working groups.
There are four technical guideline documents:
- General Guidelines on the use of Scenario Data for Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment
(2007);
- Guidelines for Use of Climate Scenarios Developed from Regional Climate Model Experiments;
- Guidelines for Use of Climate Scenarios Developed from Statistical Downscaling Methods;
- Future climate in world regions: an intercomparison of model-based projections for the new IPCC
emissions scenarios(Regional Scatter Diagrams).
There is also a visualisation tool, providing maps of observed and projected climate variables and
a help desk.
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Appropriate Use
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Scenario data should be applied as part of a greater methodological framework for climate change
vulnerability and adaptation assessment.
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Scope
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All regions and sectors. IPCC approved data and technical guidelines on its use.
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Key Output
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The data available from the DDC should be used in conjunction with the technical guidelines.
Primarily designed to serve the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research community. Also of
potential interest to policy makers, planners and the general public. The DDC provides technical
guidelines and three types of data: observed global climate data sets, nonclimatic (other
environmental, socio-economic and emissions) baseline and scenario information, and results from
global climate model experiments.
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Key Input
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Queries and user feedback
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Key tools
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Data visualisation, data archive, technical guidelines on use of data.
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Ease of Use
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Depends on techniques employed
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Training Required
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Depends on guidelines employed
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Training Available
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No formal training offered
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Computer Requirements
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Browser for data access. Additional software may be required to process some of the data. Details are
provided on the DDC site www.ipcc-data.org
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Documentation
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Available at 
http://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/TGICA_guidance_sdciaa_v2_final.pdf
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Applications
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Not applicable
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Contacts for Framework, Documentation, Technical Assistance
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Tim Carter, Finish Environment Institute; Tel: +358.9.40300.315; e-mail: tim.carter@vyh.fi.
Data: IPCC Document Distribution Center, e-mail: ipcc.ddc@uea.ac.uk; website: http://ipcc-ddc.cru.uea.ac.uk.
Dr. Michael Lautenschlager, IPCC DDC Manager; Tel: +49.404.1173.297; e-mail: lautenschlager@dkrz.de.
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Cost
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Guidelines and data are provided free of charge
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References
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IPCC-TGICA, 2007: General Guidelines on the Use of Scenario Data for Climate Impact and Adaptation
Assessment. Version 2. Prepared by T.R. Carter on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Assessment.
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