Liggett, D.Carrasco, J.Dawson, J.Heinrich, V.Jeuring, J.Lamers, M.Ljubicic, G.Stewart, EmmaThoman, R.Viguier, T.Werner, K.Zaika, Y.2021-07-152021-06-24https://hdl.handle.net/10182/14020This presentation will summarise the Polar Prediction Project's Societal and Economic Research and Applications Task Team's (PPPSERA) lessons learnt from engagement with stakeholders who utilise polar weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information in support of their operations. Fisheries, tourism and government stakeholders as well as indigenous community members in the Arctic shared their perspectives with WWIC information and environmental forecasts in a series of PPP-SERA Open Sessions and a range of research projects involving PPP-SERA members over the last five years. The wealth of qualitative data obtained that way hints at the value of experience in WWIC-related decision-making and identifies that 'one size' does not fit all as forecasting is concerned. A rigid dichotomy between users and producers of WWIC information no longer exists. Continued technological advancement has resulted in a diverse landscape of environmental forecasting products requiring different skills to derive meaningful and task-suited information, which in turn affects the perceived and actual risks associated with operational decisionmaking.enConference Contribution - unpublished