Co-designing a citizen science climate service

Neset, Tina-Simone; Wilk, Julie; Cruz, Sara Santos; Graça, Marisa; Rød, Jan Ketil; Maarse, M.; Wallin, P.; Andersson, Lotta

doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100273

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“…Citizens can complement measurement network obstacles by adding a large number of observations. Digital apps allow, for example, the supplementation of observations with images [ 79 ]. Extreme weather events have already occurred and will increase in the future, such as droughts and extreme cold; their impacts can be tracked locally and reported by citizens.…”

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The state of online citizen science in Mongolia and its potential for environmental challenges

Batsaikhan,

Jung,

Hachinger

2023

PLoS ONE

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Mongolia is a sparsely populated Asian country covered by vast steppes, deserts, and forests. Few studies have been conducted on Online Citizen Science (OCS) activities in Mongolia. This study aims to analyze the state of OCS in Mongolia and, in a further step, to place it in an international context by comparing it with Germany and Japan, where OCS is already well established. Mongolia faces several environmental challenges, including climate change, land-use change, and intensive urbanization. OCS can help address these environmental challenges. Quantitative, qualitative, and literature-based analyses were conducted in this study. OCS has become more relevant in Mongolia since 2013, where projects have been introduced internationally rather than locally. A comparison with Germany and Japan showed that the use of web technologies and the degree of citizen participation in OCS projects are similar in these countries; however, the link to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) may differ. To better respond to citizen needs and environmental challenges, additional local projects must be developed. Mongolia has the potential to enhance environmental monitoring and the networking of various actors using web technologies in citizen science.

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The state of online citizen science in Mongolia and its potential for environmental challenges

Batsaikhan,

Jung,

Hachinger

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…There are numerous ongoing efforts to improve the usability and user-orientation of climate information and climate services (e.g., Alexander and Bruno Soares, 2017;Buontempo et al, 2018;Le et al, 2020;Williams and Jacob, 2021), particularly within the Global Framework on Climate Services (Hewitt et al, 2012). We particularly welcome and support the efforts of transdisciplinary research, of co-production of climate knowledge and of integration of local knowledge to understanding climate change and its impacts (e.g., Buontempo et al, 2018;Hewitt et al, 2021;Neset et al, 2021;Williams and Jacob, 2021). The example presented here may be considered as a small contribution within the field of spatial integration of climate data and information for use in climate impact research (as discussed in the review paper, Giuliani et al, 2017).…”

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Improved representativeness of simulated climate using natural units and monthly resolution

Huebener¹,

Gelhardt²,

Lang³

2022

Front. Clim.

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There is a considerable discrepancy between the temporal and spatial resolution required by climate impact researchers, policy makers, and adaptation planners on the one hand and climate data providers on the other hand. While the spatial and temporal aggregation of climate data is necessary to increase the reliability and robustness of climate information, this often counteracts or even prohibits their use in adaptation planning. The problem is twofold (i.e., space and time) and needs to be approached accordingly. Climate impact research and adaptation planning are the domain of impact experts, politicians, and planners, rather than climate experts. Thus, besides the spatial and temporal resolution, information also needs to be provided on platforms and in data formats that are easily accessible, easy to handle, and easy to understand. We discuss possible steps toward bridging the gap using an example from the federal state Hesse (Germany) as illustration. We aggregate the climate data at a level of “natural units” and provide them as monthly data. We discuss the pros and cons of this kind of processed data for impact research and decision making. The spatial aggregation to “natural units” delivers suitable spatial aggregation, while maintaining physical geographic structures and their climatic characteristics. Within these “natural units,” single grid cell values are usable for climate impact analyses or decision making. The temporal resolution is monthly values, i.e., deviations of single month values for the scenario period from climatological monthly values in the (simulated) reference period. This resolution allows analyzing compound events or consecutive events on a monthly scale within a climatological (30-year) period.

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“…Involvement of broad coalitions of various groups of stakeholders including citizens, schools, universities, environmental organizations, and private firms in the co-creation and analysis of knowledge is possibly the only realistic way to bridge the gap between the national and state-scale data providers and the city-scale and neighborhoodscale data needs. In this context, citizen science and collaborative crowdsourcing platforms have great potential for data collection, dissemination, and social participation [11,145]. By being involved in local citizen science projects, people value their role as being a part of the solution and become active contributors to climate services.…”

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“…There is also a growing recognition that effective climate adaptation planning requires the analysis of multidisciplinary data, which is not limited to climate change trends and scenarios alone. The integration of climate and weather data with social, economic, cultural, and 2 of 21 environmental data is paramount to evaluate the present and future human vulnerability to climate change, addressing disproportionate socioeconomic risk to climate impacts and engaging overburdened communities in the planning process [9][10][11]. A growing number of organizations have developed various services to assist local governments and communities with climate adaptation planning.…”

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The Role of Non-Climate Data in Equitable Climate Adaptation Planning: Lessons from Small French and American Cities

Lioubimtseva

Cunha

2023

Sustainability

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There is a growing consensus that to effectively adapt to climate change, cities need user-friendly tools and reliable high-resolution biophysical and socio-economic data for analysis, mapping, modeling, and visualization. This study examines the availability of various types of information used in climate adaptation plans of 40 municipalities with a population of less than 300,000 people in the United States and France, probing into the choice and usage of relevant information by small municipalities. We argue that non-climatic spatial data, such as population demographic and socio-economic patterns, urban infrastructure, and environmental data must be integrated with climate tools and datasets to inform effective vulnerability assessment and equitable adaptation planning goals. Most climate adaptation plans examined in this study fail to address the existing structural inequalities and environmental injustices in urban infrastructure and land use. Their challenges include methodological and ideological barriers, data quality issues, and a lack of meaningful community connections. Adaptation methodological approaches should be reassessed in the context of much-needed societal transformation. Lessons learned from our studies offer valuable insights for the potential development of national and state-level climate adaptation information services for cities.

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Co-designing a citizen science climate service

Cited by 13 publications

References 65 publications

The state of online citizen science in Mongolia and its potential for environmental challenges

The state of online citizen science in Mongolia and its potential for environmental challenges

Improved representativeness of simulated climate using natural units and monthly resolution

The Role of Non-Climate Data in Equitable Climate Adaptation Planning: Lessons from Small French and American Cities

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