1. Developing user-relevant regional climate change information
Climate System Analysis Group
University of Cape Town
Developing user-relevant
regional climate change information
Bruce Hewitson
A: Translate data to knowledge
- Downscale to scales of relevance
- Translate to variables of importance
- Communicate context of opportunities and limitations
- Develop appropriate metrics of confidence
Knowledge
Apathy or Resistance?
Value Response
Risk management
Reducing vulnerability
Win-win solutions
Short term pain for long term gain
Political pressures
Economic constraints
Fear of costs
Saving face
Analyze
B: Translate awareness to action
- Understand the users needs and context
- Learn the users language and develop a dialogue
- Help the user to answer their own questions
Awareness
Action
Communicate/Share
Dangerous? X
Integrate
Questionable foundations
Possibility of mal-adaptation
Knee-jerk responses
Well-intentioned but misguided X
C: Ask
Is the information one conveys really credible, defensible, and actionable?
Quadrant of Quandary
After F. Zermoglio
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