All articles for the topic: climate services

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Lessons for supporting climate-resilient urban planning in Southern Africa

This brief presents key insights on integrating climate information into climate change-related adaptation planning in African cities.

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Climate Information and Services: UN CC:e-Learn tutorial

This UN CC:e-Learn tutorial introduces climate information and services and their application in decision-making. It specifically aims to build capacities of African decision-makers. 

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“El Niño” is knocking on our door: How can climate information help Andean families?

Learn about the Agroclimatic Management Platform model which seeks to strengthen agroclimatic governance to improve agricultural productivity in the Andes. It highlights the importance of family farmers being able to access information and practices that help them adapt their activities to climatic events.

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Co-Production of Climate Services - ERA4CS projects (2017-2021)

Learn about the joint effort of projects funded under the European Research Area for Climate Services (ERA4CS) in this guide. It discusses good practice examples based on the review of the ERA4CS projects, identifying enablers and barriers for key elements in climate service co-production processes. 

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Exploring a decolonial perspective and methodology in climate change adaptation research

Learn about the some of the novel and emerging ideas about decolonial thinking in relation to current practices of climate change adaptation research.

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Infrastructure Baseline Assessment Report for the Nile Basin Countries

This baseline comprises all available and desired Climate Service products for the water sector as well as an assessment of the state of the Climate Service infrastructure regarding the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services capacities and potential to generate useful and usable climate information products for water-related sectors.

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Climate Services for the Coastal Protection Infrastructure Sector in Vietnam

The assessment report provides an overview of the Climate Service inventory which encompasses currently available Climate Service capacities and specific products. It furthermore reflects the current use and demands of Climate Services from the coastal protection sector.

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Climate Services in Germany

This study is part of the CSI project and examines Climate Services in the German context. In particular, the Climate Service value chain is investigated and those stakeholders who play a decisive role as change agents in this area are highlighted. 

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Climate Services for the Road and Bridges Infrastructure Sector in Costa Rica

 The assessment report provides an overview of the Climate Service inventory, which encompasses currently available Climate Service capacities and specific products. It furthermore reflects the current use and demands of Climate Services from the road infrastructure sector. 

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CSI Global Forum 2017

Between September 11th and 15th, 2017, members and partners of the Climate Services for Infrastructure Investments Project came together for the first Global Forum in Germany.

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Principles for Co-Producing Climate Services: Practical Insights from FRACTAL

Explore principles for co-producing climate services based on FRACTAL project evidence and experiences through this working paper.

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Planning Perspectives for the Sustainable Future of Viet Nam

This article summarizes some initial findings of Viet Nam’s efforts and presents an innovative approach with 3 strategic measures.

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Concepts, Terms and Definitions related to Climate Services, Infrastructure Risk Assessment and Climate Risk Management

Explore the common concepts, terms, and definitions in the context of Climate Services, Infrastructure Risk Assessment, and Climate Risk Management through this guide. 

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The Relationship between Climate Change Adaptation & Coastal Protection Planning in the Mekong Delta: the Role of Climate Services

The Decision Support Tool (DST) for the Coastal Protection for the Mekong Delta (CPMD) provides an analysis of the current geographical, geological and hydrological situation along the Mekong Delta’s coastline. 

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Climate services to support adaptation and livelihoods

Bottom-up engagement is needed in shaping climate services to assist those impacted by climate change. Climate services play a key role in adaptation methods for Southeast Asia.

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GEO Mountains

GEO Mountains seeks to identify, collate and make accessible transboundary and inter- and transdisciplinary data and information – from a variety of providers – pertaining to environmental, ecological, and societal change in mountainous regions globally.

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Topic 10:  Platform architecture and technical development

This page features the key lessons shared by KE4CAP climate adaption platforms on the current practices, innovations and challenges related to platform architecture and technical development.

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Topic 8: Business models and value propositions for financing CAPs

This page features the key lessons shared by KE4CAP CAPs on the current practices, innovations and challenges related to the business models and value propositions for financing CAPs.

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Topic 4: Communications, knowledge brokering and stewardship to stimulate and enable action

This page features the key lessons shared by CAPs on the current practices, innovations and challenges related to communications, knowledge brokering and stewardship to stimulate and enable action.

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Topic 5: Integration of cultural knowledge, capacities and needs into CAPs

This page features the key lessons shared by CAPs on the current practices, innovations and challenges related to the integration of cultural knowledge, capacities and needs into CAPs.

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Topic 6: Retaining relevance of CAPs in a fast-moving world

This page features the key lessons shared by KE4CAP CAPs on the current practices, innovations and challenges related to how to retain the relevance of CAPs in a fast-moving world

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Topic 7: Integration and coherence across CAPs

This page features the key lessons shared by KE4CAP climate adaption platforms (CAP) on the current practices, innovations and challenges related to integration and coherence across CAPs.

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KE4CAP Synthesis Report

Explore the KE4CAP Synthesis Report - key insights on good practices, innovations and remaining challenges for CAPs contributed by a global network of platform developers and operators.

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CSAG Climate Frontiers Podcast Series

Listen to this series of podcasts hosted by the Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG) at the University of Cape Town. These are conversations between researchers and partners across Africa and globally, covering a range of topics from climate science to social science and philosophy.

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