This paper compares how the governance of four agro-met services operating in the same basic area of Maharashtra, India, conditions the engagement between the users and the providers of the services. The four cases reveal diverse institutional designs and
WISER has held a webinar that explores how meteorological agencies and climate scientists can work better with the users of climate information and why it matters.
Recently, a new approach to extension and climate information services, namely Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA), has been developed. PICSA makes use of historical climate records, participatory decision-making tools
SEI researchers have designed a framework that outlines an approach for engaging intended users of climate change-related services as co-designers and co-producers of the services.
The Tandem framework is designed to inform, guide and structure
With recent growth in funding and research on “resilience building”, interest in climate services has risen dramatically. Included in this trend is an increased emphasis on the use of climate and weather information for a range of purposes across multiple
A new system of marine forecasts is helping fishers in Kerala better plan their trips in the Arabian Sea, which has been witnessing unusually rough weather in recent years. But a bigger challenge lies in making and keeping forecasts relevant, which stakeholders can achieve by promoting the co-production of weather bulletins with fishers and forecasters.
Climate information services (CIS) systems can play a critical role in providing farmers the information necessary to improve their productivity, reduce their risks, or enhance their resilience to climate shocks and stresses. Unfortunately, many CIS
United States Agency for International Development
This publication has been developed as part of the DFID-funded Weather and Climate Services for Africa (WISER) programme. Co-produced climate services are increasingly recognised as a means of improving the effective generation and utilisation of climate
Though the future cannot be predicted, scenarios allow us to explore possible futures, the assumptions they depend upon, and the courses of action that could bring them about. This interactive primer explains what climate change scenarios are and how they
Stockholm Environment Institute
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Wageningen University
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
In January 2018, three leading European initiatives on climate services (CS) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiated a discussion on how the DRR community could be best served by new and emerging CS. The aim was to identify challenges and
Elsevier
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