Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement
What makes knowledge relevant to environmental sustainability actionable, and how can its
societal impacts be evaluated? Scholars and practitioners have increasingly advocated that …
societal impacts be evaluated? Scholars and practitioners have increasingly advocated that …
Rainfall trends in the African Sahel: Characteristics, processes, and causes
M Biasutti - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sahel rainfall is dynamically linked to the global Hadley cell and to the regional monsoon
circulation. It is therefore susceptible to forcings from remote oceans and regional land alike …
circulation. It is therefore susceptible to forcings from remote oceans and regional land alike …
Climate services promise better decisions but mainly focus on better data
Climate services are intended to improve climate-sensitive decisions by making climate
information 'useful, useable and used'. Here, we analyse 27 expert interviews to evaluate …
information 'useful, useable and used'. Here, we analyse 27 expert interviews to evaluate …
Event‐based storylines to address climate risk
The climate science community is challenged to adopt an actionable risk perspective, which
is difficult to align with the traditional focus on model‐based probabilistic climate change …
is difficult to align with the traditional focus on model‐based probabilistic climate change …
Stakeholder engagement in the co-production of knowledge for environmental decision-making
The production of science has generally been understood as primarily a technical endeavor,
conducted by a narrow group of knowledge “experts” who ostensibly bring legitimacy and …
conducted by a narrow group of knowledge “experts” who ostensibly bring legitimacy and …
[HTML][HTML] Refocusing the climate services lens: Introducing a framework for co-designing “transdisciplinary knowledge integration processes” to build climate resilience
This paper seeks to reconceptualize climate services in light of the prevailing inability of
existing climate information to spur needed policy and action. We propose refocusing the …
existing climate information to spur needed policy and action. We propose refocusing the …
Climate services can support african farmers' context-specific adaptation needs at scale
We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan
African farmers' adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an …
African farmers' adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an …
[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and barriers for using climate information for building resilient agricultural systems in Sudan savannah agro-ecological zone of north-eastern …
Empirical evidence on the opportunities and barriers to the uptake of climate services by
smallholder farmers for resilient agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa is limited. This …
smallholder farmers for resilient agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa is limited. This …
[HTML][HTML] Engagement, involvement and empowerment: Three realms of a coproduction framework for climate services
D Bojovic, ALS Clair, I Christel, M Terrado… - Global Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
While knowledge coproduction between climate scientists and climate information users has
become a common theme in the climate services discourse, the interface between climate …
become a common theme in the climate services discourse, the interface between climate …
[HTML][HTML] Climate services in Africa: Re-imagining an inclusive, robust and sustainable service
C Vogel, A Steynor, A Manyuchi - Climate Services, 2019 - Elsevier
Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change because of its heightened
sensitivity to climate variability and inadequate institutional adaptive capacity …
sensitivity to climate variability and inadequate institutional adaptive capacity …