Using a co-creation framework developed in the project, fifteen tailored and human centred pre-operational climate service were co-created through collaboration between the interdisciplinary project team and multi-actor platforms (MAP) established in the seven Living Labs (LL). These MAP brought together >50 voluntary organizations and >100 individuals, displaying innovative and successful co-creation actors across the climate service value chain. The co-created CS are available to users in the LL and other stakeholders through the novel I-CISK web-based platform designed on open-source cloud-native components that allows seamless integration of Copernicus, GEO, and local data. The platform also includes a novel AI-driven CS composer, allowing even non-experts to design a climate service using natural language prompts. The co-creation framework to guide developing human-centred climate services beyond the project is a key output, with the framework refined during the project using the feedback and experience of users. The project also generated novel insights, datasets, tools and models to analyse human-system feedback and risk of maladaptation; enhanced the reliability of global data and models such as sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasts through bias correction using machine learning and through integration of local data and knowledges; produced policy recommendations, and; created education and capacity development materials (e.g. mini-documentary videos, an open online course, or MOOC, and an-online version of the co-creation guidelines). Results were widely communicated and disseminated through appropriate channels and activities (e.g. website, social media, journal articles, conference presentations and side/brokerage events, science-policy interfacing at high-level meetings such as with UN, WMO, UNESCO, ECCA). Embracing open science and the FAIR principles, all I-CISK outputs are publicly available as open access publications, making deliverables available on the I-CISK website and through a Zenodo repository ensuring long-term access, and the open source I-CISK CS web-based platform and tools available on GitHub. Along with the exploitation and business strategies for the key exploitable assets (co-creation framework; pre-operational CS; AI-enabled I-CISK CS platform and linked tools; MOOC; and co-creation guidelines) these ensure wider access, high usability potential and long-term impact within the LL regions, EU member states and beyond. In several LL, the CS co-created by the project are transferred to members of the MAP to deploy as operational services, supported by partners from the consortium, and ensuring continuity beyond the project.
