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Hail remains one of the main climatic risks for agricultural crops. Assessing the implications of climate change for hail risk is of paramount importance for informing adaptation. Within the SNF-sinergia project “Seamless coupling of kilometre-resolution weather predictions and climate simulations with hail impact assessments form multiple sectors (scClim)” we tackle the development of dynamic model components for simulating hail-damages in field crops, combining crop phenology models, results from laboratory studies, loss data from stakeholders, and detailed swiss land use data. The model components will be integrated into the open source, event-based risk modelling platform CLIMADA and used for post hazard and climate change impacts assessment.