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The organization calls for the blacklisting of companies on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List and Global Oil and Gas Exit List, specifically mentioning Gazprom. 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The findings advocate for the co-development of intuitive, multilinguistic tools that provide necessary context to support climate risk reduction and adaptation strategies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001214#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"There is a critical need for climate information to be presented more effectively to support adaptation and reduce risks, specifically requiring easy access, native-language availability, and the ability to connect real-time weather with long-term trends.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001214#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Existing European climate tools suffer from two primary deficiencies: they are predominantly available only in English and they lack the context needed to link current extreme weather with historical or future trends.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001214#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A survey of 390 users across six countries revealed a strong preference for native-language access, with 95% preferring it and 88% currently using it; Polish participants showed particularly low willingness to use English (18%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001214#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Users across different sectors identified precipitation (averages, droughts, and heavy precipitation) and temperatures (averages and heat waves) as the most relevant climate parameters.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001214#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Evaluation of three sample tools showed that while the Global Climate Monitor was the most accessible and clear, the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal was the most stimulating and novel, and the Copernicus Climate Information Portal was perceived as the most complex and least clear for end-users.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001214#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a pronounced 'West-East divide' in the availability of national climate information tools, with well-established systems in Germany and Sweden but few native-language tools in Russia and Eastern Europe.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001214#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate information","Climate information service","climate change adaptation","climate risk management","extreme weather event","precipitation","heat wave","drought"],"geography_discussed":["Estonia","Russia","Poland","Germany","Ukraine","Sweden"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["user experience research","stakeholder analysis","comparative tool evaluation"]},{"id":"costratri-000100","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/costratri-000100","title":"The Council on Strategic Risks on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine","publisher":{"name":"The Council on Strategic Risks","organization":"the-council-on-strategic-risks"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2022-02-25","source_url":"https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/25/the-council-on-strategic-risks-on-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) addresses the Russian invasion of Ukraine, emphasizing the convergence of the conflict with existing ecological, nuclear, and biological security crises. 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