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The target audience of the mini-MOOCs includes a relatively broad spectrum of learners, worldwide, with the overarching learning objective to make sense of the climate data types provided by C3S (observations, reanalysis, seasonal predictions, projections, derived indicators).
Learners may therefore include those supporting policy makers; engineers and consultants from the private sector; those responsible for adaptation planning; those who need to respond to EU directives; students from other domains who need/desire to work with climate data.
The target audience can Targeted learners could be classified as “intermediaries”, who may have some technical skills, but not in the domain of climate data. The MOOCs address those who wish/need to better understand what climate data is, what it can/cannot be used for, and who uses it.
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- Practitioners from organisations who need to implement EU directives. E.g. water basin authority.
- Employees of private companies responsible for reporting on climate risk.
- Met service or environmental agency staff developing national climate adaptation plans, or other public sector technical employees supporting policy-makers.
- Academics, university students, or engineers in research centers , need who work in non-climate domains and need/desire to develop skills in processing climate data.
- Data journalists responsible for collecting, analysing and presenting climate data and information.
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