Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning - a conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.authorVincent, Katharine
dc.contributor.authorConway, Declan
dc.contributor.authorDougill, Andrew J.
dc.contributor.authorPardoe, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorArcher, Emma Rosa Mary
dc.contributor.authorBhave, Ajay Gajanan
dc.contributor.authorHenriksson, Rebecka
dc.contributor.authorMittal, Neha
dc.contributor.authorMkwambisi, David
dc.contributor.authorRouhaud, Estelle
dc.contributor.authorTembo-Nhlema, Dorothy
dc.contributor.emailemma.archer@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T11:19:30Z
dc.date.available2020-09-22T11:19:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractMaking climate-resilient planning and adaptation decisions is, in part, contingent on the use of climate information. Growing attention has been paid to the “usability gap” and the need to make information both useful and useable to decision-makers. Less attention has, however, been paid to the factors that determine whether, once created, useful and useable information is then actually used. In this Perspectives piece, we outline a framework that puts together the pieces necessary to close the “usability gap” – highlighting not only what is required to make information useful and useable, but also what is required to ensure that useful and useable information is actually used. Creating useful information is subject to understanding and being able to deliver metrics that address identified needs in a range of decision-making contexts. Creating useable information requires legitimate and credible information that is visualised and communicated in ways that are accessible and understandable. The framework highlights traditionally under-recognized enablers necessary to promote effective use of the growing availability of useful and useable climate information in decision-making; supportive institutions, appropriate policy frameworks, capacity of individuals and agency to make decisions. Whilst this is not enough in itself to effect information use, we argue that greater focus on these enablers can re-balance the activities promoted through climate services and increase the likelihood of successful use. We illustrate the framework with case examples of co-producing climate information for the tea and water sectors in sub-Saharan Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGeography, Geoinformatics and Meteorologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianhj2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was carried out under the Future Climate for Africa UMFULA project, with financial support from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), grant refs NE/M020010/1 (Kulima), NE/M020398/1 (LSE), NE/M020177/1 (Leeds), NE/M02007X/1 (CSIR), NE/M020134/1 (UKZN), NE/M020509/1 (LUANAR), and the UK Government’s DFID; and with financial support from the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, grant refs ES/R009708/1 (LSE) and ES/K006576/1 (Leeds).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/crmen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVincent, K., Conway, D., Dougill, A.J. et al. 2020, 'Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning - a conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa', Climate Risk Management, vol. 29, art. 100242, pp. 1-7.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2212-0963 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/76199
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.en_ZA
dc.subjectClimate informationen_ZA
dc.subjectClimate servicesen_ZA
dc.subjectKnowledge productionen_ZA
dc.subjectTransdisciplinarityen_ZA
dc.subjectAdaptationen_ZA
dc.titleRe-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning - a conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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