scholarly journals From participatory to inclusive climate services for enhancing societal uptake

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 100266
Author(s):  
David Samuel Williams ◽  
Daniela Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Climate Services ◽  
Inclusive Climate

scholarly journals Engagement, involvement and empowerment: Three realms of a coproduction framework for climate services

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 102271
Author(s):  
Dragana Bojovic ◽  
Asuncion Lera St. Clair ◽  
Isadora Christel ◽  
Marta Terrado ◽  
Philipp Stanzel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Services

scholarly journals Climate services for addressing climate change: Iindication of a climate livable city in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Yu-Jie ◽  
Chen Yu ◽  
Chris Hewitt ◽  
Ding Wei-Hua ◽  
Song Lian-Chun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Services

scholarly journals Translational Science for Climate Services: Mapping and Understanding Users’ Climate Service Needs in CSSP China

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-76
Author(s):  
Sarah Opitz-Stapleton ◽  
Roger Street ◽  
Qian Ye ◽  
Jiarui Han ◽  
Chris D. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Science ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Translational Science ◽  
Regular User ◽  
Climate Services ◽  
Weather Information ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Climate Service ◽  
User Groups

AbstractThe Climate Science for Service Partnership China (CSSP China) is a joint program between China and the United Kingdom to build the basis for climate services to support the weather and climate resilient economic development and welfare in China. Work Package 5 (WP5) provides the translational science on identification of: different users and providers, and their mandates; factors contributing to communication gaps and capacities between various users and providers; and mechanisms to work through such issues to develop and/or evolve a range of climate services. Key findings to emerge include that users from different sectors have varying capacities, requirements, and needs for information in their decision contexts, with a current strong preference for weather information. Separating climate and weather services when engaging users is often not constructive. Furthermore, there is a need to move to a service delivery model that is more user-driven and science informed; having sound climate science is not enough to develop services that are credible, salient, reliable, or timely for diverse user groups. Greater investment in building the capacity of the research community supporting and providing climate services to conduct translational sciences and develop regular user engagement processes is much needed. Such a move would help support the China Meteorological Administration’s (CMA) ongoing efforts to improve climate services. It would also assist in potentially linking a broader group of “super” users who currently act as providers and purveyors of climate services because they find the existing offerings are not relevant to their needs or cannot access CMA’s services.

scholarly journals Reframing climate services to support municipal and regional planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 100227
Author(s):  
Rob Swart ◽  
Louis Celliers ◽  
Martine Collard ◽  
Alberto Garcia Prats ◽  
Jo-Ting Huang-Lachmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Climate Services

scholarly journals Market demand for climate services: An assessment of users’ needs

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 100109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzi Tart ◽  
Markus Groth ◽  
Peer Seipold
Keyword(s):  
Market Demand ◽  
Climate Services

scholarly journals REVIEW OF SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECASTING FOR AGRICULTURE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES W. HANSEN ◽  
SIMON J. MASON ◽  
LIQIANG SUN ◽  
ARAME TALL
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Seasonal Forecast ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Seasonal Forecasting ◽  
Seasonal Forecasts ◽  
Climate Services ◽  
Seasonal Climate ◽  
Climate Forecasting ◽  
Probabilistic Forecasts ◽  
Sub Saharan

SUMMARYWe review the use and value of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a view to understanding and exploiting opportunities to realize more of its potential benefits. Interaction between the atmosphere and underlying oceans provides the basis for probabilistic forecasts of climate conditions at a seasonal lead-time, including during cropping seasons in parts of SSA. Regional climate outlook forums (RCOF) and national meteorological services (NMS) have been at the forefront of efforts to provide forecast information for agriculture. A survey showed that African NMS often go well beyond the RCOF process to improve seasonal forecast information and disseminate it to the agricultural sector. Evidence from a combination of understanding of how climatic uncertainty impacts agriculture, model-based ex-ante analyses, subjective expressions of demand or value, and the few well-documented evaluations of actual use and resulting benefit suggests that seasonal forecasts may have considerable potential to improve agricultural management and rural livelihoods. However, constraints related to legitimacy, salience, access, understanding, capacity to respond and data scarcity have so far limited the widespread use and benefit from seasonal prediction among smallholder farmers. Those constraints that reflect inadequate information products, policies or institutional process can potentially be overcome. Additional opportunities to benefit rural communities come from expanding the use of seasonal forecast information for coordinating input and credit supply, food crisis management, trade and agricultural insurance. The surge of activity surrounding seasonal forecasting in SSA following the 1997/98 El Niño has waned in recent years, but emerging initiatives, such as the Global Framework for Climate Services and ClimDev-Africa, are poised to reinvigorate support for seasonal forecast information services for agriculture. We conclude with a discussion of institutional and policy changes that we believe will greatly enhance the benefits of seasonal forecasting to agriculture in SSA.

scholarly journals Climate services for health: predicting the evolution of the 2016 dengue season in Machala, Ecuador

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. e142-e151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Lowe ◽  
Anna M Stewart-Ibarra ◽  
Desislava Petrova ◽  
Markel García-Díez ◽  
Mercy J Borbor-Cordova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Services

Co-producing Sea-Ice Predictions with Stakeholders Using Simulation

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Production Model ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Simulation Game ◽  
Climate Services ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Uncertainty Information

Abstract Forecasts of sea-ice evolution in the Arctic region for several months ahead can be of considerable socio-economic value for a diverse range of marine sectors and for local community supply logistics. However, subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasts represent a significant technical challenge, while translating user needs into scientifically manageable procedures and robust user confidence requires collaboration among a range of stakeholders. We developed and tested a novel, transdisciplinary co-production approach that combined socio-economic scenarios and participatory, research-driven simulation-gaming to test a new S2S sea-ice forecast system with experienced mariners in the cruise tourism sector. Our custom-developed computerized simulation-game ICEWISE integrated sea-ice parameters, forecast technology and human factors, as a participatory environment for stakeholder engagement. We explored the value of applications-relevant S2S sea-ice prediction and linked uncertainty information. Results suggest that the usefulness of S2S services is currently most evident in schedule-dependent sectors but expected to increase due to anticipated changes in the physical environment and continued growth in Arctic operations. Reliable communication of uncertainty information in sea-ice forecasts must be demonstrated and trialed before users gain confidence in emerging services and technologies. Mariners’ own intuition, experience, and familiarity with forecast service provider reputation impact the extent to which sea-ice information may reduce uncertainties and risks for Arctic mariners. Our insights into the performance of the combined foresight/simulation co-production model in brokering knowledge across a range of domains demonstrates promise. We conclude with an overview of the potential contributions from S2S sea-ice predictions and from experiential co-production models to the development of decision-driven and science-informed climate services.

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