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Question 1

what is a climate service

Answer 1

service that provides climate information to help individuals and organizations to make climate smart decisions

Question 2

ussability gap

Answer 2

a gap between what scientists understand as useful information and what users recognize as usable in their decision-making

Question 3

design of climate services

Answer 3

services need to be tailored to the needs of end-users. end-users need to be engaged in the process in order for the service to be tailored to their needs and that it contains actionable knowledge

Question 4

actionable knowledge

Answer 4

actionable knowledge reflects the learning capability of individuals and organizations to connect heterogeneous elements (social, technical, economic, political).
knowledge which is necessary for and required to initiate immediate response to changes in the operational environment

Question 5

participatory services for decision making. co-designing components

Answer 5

co-designing participatory services incorperates three components

1. stakeholder engagement (builds trust, capacity building, produces user-relevant info)
2. use of innovations in information and communication technologies
3. actionable knowledge for adaptive decision-making

Question 6

why do we co-produce our services?

Answer 6

• improves the transparency of forecast accuracy and certainty
• can be tailored to context and decision
• builds trust
• delivers timely and sustainable service

Question 7

user/demand driven approaches

Answer 7

allows to deliver a climate service that provides actionable knowledge

Question 8

domains of climate services

Answer 8

• real time decision making (weather forecasts)
• adaptive decision making (waterapp)
• longer term (strategic adaptation) planning (bangladesh delta plan)
• awareness (climate action tracker)