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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2020.100242
	Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning – A conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa
	Vincent K.; Conway D.; Dougill A.J.; Pardoe J.; Archer E.; Bhave A.G.; Henriksson R.; Mittal N.; Mkwambisi D.; Rouhaud E.; Tembo-Nhlema D.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	3081
结束页码	3102
卷号	29
英文摘要	Making 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. © 2020 The Author(s)
英文关键词	Adaptation; Climate information; Climate services; Knowledge production; Transdisciplinarity
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183171
作者单位	Kulima Integrated Development Solutions (Pty) Ltd, Postnet Suite H79, Private Bag x9118, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa; School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, South Africa; Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom; School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology/Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Pretoria, Hatfield Campus, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa; School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom; Centre for Water Resources Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa; Malawi University of Science and Technology, Limbe, PO Box 5196, Malawi
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Vincent K.,Conway D.,Dougill A.J.,等. Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning – A conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa[J],2020,29.
APA	Vincent K..,Conway D..,Dougill A.J..,Pardoe J..,Archer E..,...&Tembo-Nhlema D..(2020).Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning – A conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa.Climate Risk Management,29.
MLA	Vincent K.,et al."Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning – A conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa".Climate Risk Management 29(2020).