Accessibility Statement

Accessibility of Climate Information

This website is run by SMHI on behalf of GCF, WMO and WRCP. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website, and this document describes how climateinformation.org complies with the accessibility regulations, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report problems so that we can fix them.

How accessible is website?

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible.

The links below lead to detailed information about the accessibility problems you may encounter in various usage situations.

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website?

If you need content from this website that is not accessible for you, but is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations as described below, please contact us.

You can also contact us in the following ways:

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website?

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or if we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact us and let us know about the problem.

Enforcement procedure

The Agency for Digital Government is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Agency for Digital Government to lodge a complaint.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

This website is not compliant with the Swedish accessibility regulations. The non-accessible sections are listed below.

Non accessible content

The content described below is, in one way or another, not fully accessible.

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

Issues with usage without vision

  • Alternative presentations for content that is not text is in some cases missing.
  • Options for video is missing.
  • Audio description for prerecorded video is missing.
  • The maps use color to convay information.
  • Difficult to reach some fields with the keyboard.
  • Difficult to close popups in the applications using a keyboard. 
  • Some ARIA and HTML5 tags are missing in the applications.
  • Some links lack a clear purpose in the link text.
  • Not always clear which element on the page that has the keyboard focus.
  • Some errors lack in description.
  • Some components are missing names and roles in the applications.
  • Heading levels are missing in some places.

Issues with usage with limited vision

  • Alternative presentations of content that is not text are in some cases missing.
  • Options for video is missing.
  • The maps use color to convay information.
  • Some images has text in them.
  • Some problems with the map applications when the screen resolution is low.
  • Maps and charts lack in contrast.
  • Difficult to close popups in the applications using a keyboard. 
  • Difficult to reach some fields with the keyboard.
  • Some ARIA and HTML5 tags are missing in the applications.
  • Some links lack a clear purpose in the link text.
  • Not always clear which element on the page that has the keyboard focus.
  • Not possible to undo if you click on a new location in a map.
  • Some errors lack in description.
  • Some components are missing names and roles in the applications.
  • Heading levels are missing in some places.
  • Text may be placed on top of the charts if greatly enlarged.

Issues with usage without perception of colour

  • The maps use color to convay information.
  • Some images has text in them.
  • Maps and charts lack in contrast.
  • Some errors lack in description.

Issues with usage without hearing

  • Alternative presentations for content that is not text is in some cases missing.
  • Options for video is missing.
  • Subtitles are missing in video.

Issues with usage with limited hearing

  • Alternative presentations for content that is not text is in some cases missing.
  • Options for video is missing.
  • Subtitles are missing in video.

Issues with usage with limited manipulation or strength

  • Difficult to reach some fields with the keyboard.
  • Difficult to close popups in the applications using a keyboard. 
  • Some ARIA and HTML5 tags are missing in the applications.
  • Some links lack a clear purpose in the link text.
  • Not always clear which element on the page that have the keyboard focus.
  • Not possible to undo if you click on a new location in a map.
  • Some components cannot be read by voice control.
  • Heading levels are missing in some places.

Issues with usage with limited reach

  • Not possible to undo if you click on a new location in a map.
  • Some components cannot be read by voice control.
  • Heading levels are missing in some places.

Issues with usage with difficulties in reading or understanding

  • Difficult to close popups in the applications using a keyboard. 
  • Some ARIA and HTML5 tags are missing in the applications.
  • Some links lack a clear purpose in the link text.
  • Not always clear which element on the page that has the keyboard focus.
  • Not possible to undo if you click on a new location in a map.
  • Some errors lack in description.

How we tested this website

We have performed a self-assessment (internal testing) of climateinformation.org.

The last assessment was made on 16 June, 2020.

The statement was last updated on 16 June, 2020.