Linking vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience science to practice: Pathways, players, and partnerships

Vogel, Coleen; Moser, Susanne C.; Kasperson, Roger E.; Dabelko, Geoffrey D.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.05.002

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“…Thus, despite being able to identify a wishlist of future climate information needs in the role-playing activity, they had difficulty in translating this into their real-life decision making. Such findings agree with other studies in SSA, where short-term (5-year) policy cycles are prevalent and the availability of climate information is limited (Vogel, Moser, Kasperson, & Dabelko, 2007;Ziervogel, Shale, & Du, 2010).…”

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Identifying climate services needs for national planning: insights from Malawi

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The importance of climate services, i.e. providing targeted, tailored, and timely weather and climate information, has gained momentum, but requires improved understanding of user needs. This article identifies the opportunities and barriers to the use of climate services for planning in Malawi, to identify the types of information that can better inform future adaptation decisions in sub-Saharan Africa. From policy analysis, stakeholder interviews, and a national workshop utilizing serious games, it is determined that only 5-10 day and seasonal forecasts are currently being used in government decision making. Impediments to greater integration of climate services include spatial and temporal scale, accessibility, timing, credibility and the mismatch in timeframes between planning cycles (1-5 years) and climate projections (over 20 years). Information that could more usefully inform planning decisions includes rainfall distribution within a season, forecasts with 2-3 week lead times, likely timing and location of extreme events in the short term (1 -5 years), and projections (e.g. rainfall and temperature change) in the medium term (6 -20 years). Development of a national set of scenarios would also make climate information more accessible to decision makers, and capacity building around such scenarios would enable its improved use in short-to medium-term planning. Improved climate science and its integration with impact models offer exciting opportunities for integrated climate-resilient planning across sub-Saharan Africa. Accrual of positive impacts requires enhanced national capacity to interpret climate information and implement communication strategies across sectors. Policy relevanceFor climate services to achieve their goal of improving adaptation decision making, it is necessary to understand the decision making process and how and when various types of weather and climate information can be incorporated. Through a case study of public sector planning in Malawi, this article highlights relevant planning and policy-making processes. The current use of weather and climate information and needs, over various timescales -sub-annual to short term (1-5 years) to medium term (6 -20 years) -is outlined. If climate scientists working with boundary organizations are able to address these issues in a more targeted, sector-facing manner they will improve the uptake of climate services and the likelihood of climate-resilient decisions across sub-Saharan Africa.

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Section: What Climate Services Do Decision Makers Currently Use and Wsupporting

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“…Not only could the interests of vulnerable groups be heard; by including vulnerable groups in the sciencepolicy interface understanding of the implications of climate change in the local context was enhanced, generating local interest and policy action (Vogel et al, 2007). The case also exemplifies the importance of having local champions within government structures that can spearhead such engagement, an observation previously made in other contexts such as Norway, Sweden and the USA (Naess et al, 2005;Lowe et al, 2009;Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2009;Storbjørk et al, 2009).…”

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When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation

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Aldunce²,

Bahinipati³

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Climate and Development

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“…The interactions and associations among scientists and decision makers are each time more recognized as a much more complex process than the simple transmission of information from producers with scientific knowledge and their users (Jacobs and Pulwarty, 2003;Vogel et al, 2007). …”

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Decision Making and Adaptation Processes to Climate Change

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2016

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Climate change imposes certain challenges not only to ecosystems but to societies as well. The change in environmental conditions makes necessary to review the decision-making process related to adaptation to climate change. This review should consider future risks or current conditions of vulnerability through existing mechanisms in organizations or societies. From this analysis onwards, processes must be developed allowing, either to prepare the way to face expected future impacts or to decrease the current vulnerability regarding climate by creating more resilient systems. In this context, the role of the academy, as a knowledge source, results fundamentally. Nevertheless, this highlight the need to review and improve the communication processes from academy towards different interests groups by means of the co-production and strengthening of links among different society components.

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Linking vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience science to practice: Pathways, players, and partnerships

Cited by 493 publications

References 73 publications

Identifying climate services needs for national planning: insights from Malawi

Identifying climate services needs for national planning: insights from Malawi

When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation

Decision Making and Adaptation Processes to Climate Change

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