Abstract
As countries develop adaptation plans to protect important economic sectors from climate impacts, the role of information to support decision-making is growing more important. Underfunded or low-capacity national weather and climate agencies will become an impediment to better decision-making if they are not able to keep up with demand for tailored information. A project carried out in partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Jamaican government shows that when information producers and consumers codesign and implement information services, they can yield results quickly and help small-scale decision makers adapt to adverse weather and climate conditions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Resilience |
Subtitle of host publication | The Science of Adaptation to Climate Change |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 227-236 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128118917 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128118924 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
Keywords
- Agriculture
- Climate service
- Decision support
- Drought
- Drought service
- El nino
- Jamaica
- NAPs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science