The Met Office is the UK's National Weather Service. It includes the Met Office Hadley Centre (MetO) with 180 employees who specialise in climate research and prediction to inform decision-making.

The University of Leeds is one of the largest Universities in the UK with over 32,000 full-time students, 7,500 staff and an annual turnover of €545 million.

KNMI is the national research and information centre for weather, climate and climate change in the Netherlands. KNMI has a long tradition in operational and scientific activities.

UL-IDL is a research centre that quantitatively studies most of the important components of the Earth System.

Clinton Devon Estates own and manage 25,000 acres of land across three separate Estates in Devon; the Heanton Estate in North Devon and the Beer and Clinton Estates in East Devon, where 2,800 acres