Developing climate change information for the Pacific: Guidance material to raise awareness and facilitate sectoral decision-making using science-based climate change information and services

This publication has been prepared primarily to assist national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHSs) and their sectoral stakeholders to jointly undertake national/sub-national climate change risk assessments. It broadly outlines steps for identifying, developing and applying climate change information as part of a staged risk assessment process, and provides advice and resources for undertaking each step.

These guidance materials build on existing climate change science knowledge and products developed by the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) program and its predecessor, the Pacific Climate Change Science Program (PCCSP). The materials are, for the most part, non-technical, but some background knowledge about climate change science is assumed.