CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT of PROVIDERS AND USERS OF CLIMATE SERVICES

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1 CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT of PROVIDERS AND USERS OF CLIMATE SERVICES Regional Consultation on Climate Services for the Indian Ocean Islands Mauritius, March 2016: Lisa-Anne Jepsen Project Officer World Climate Applications and Services Division Climate and Water Department World Meteorological Organization Inputs/slides for this presentation were provided by Dr Kumar Kolli, WMO; Mr Geoff Gooley, CSIRO; and Dr Yahya Abawi, Univ. of South Queensland 1

2 Components of Global Framework for Climate Services Users Government, private sector, research agriculture, water, health, construction, disaster reduction, environment, tourism, transport, etc., User Interface User Interface Climate Services Information System Observations and Monitoring Research, Modeling and Prediction CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT 2

3 Climate services: support for decision-making Strengthening the use of climate services in decision-making by individuals and organizations requires: engagement between providers and users of climate information; targeted climate information products that respond to users needs; and effective/efficient application by users of climate services. 3 3

4 Capacity development: climate services at regional and national levels Investing in people, practices and institutions to stimulate and develop capacities in order to assess and manage climate-related risks more effectively Ensuring that expertise, infrastructure, institutional relationship and policies are in place to support climate services 4

5 Implementation of GFCS: Global, regional and national levels Global Regional National 5 5

6 Effective delivery of climate services National level climate service delivery- collective responsibility of various global, regional and nationallevel institutions/mechanisms Effective climate service delivery requires the following competencies (WMO- ET-ETR): o o o Create and manage climate data sets Derive products from climate data Create and/or interpret climate forecasts and model output o o Ensure the quality of climate information and services Communicate climatological information with users 6

7 Factors that condition national competencies frameworks (ref: GFCS Op l & Resource Plan) The organizational mission, priorities and stakeholder requirements; The way in which internal and external personnel are engaged in the provision of climate services; The available resources and capabilities (financial, human, and technical); National and institutional legislation, rules, organizational structures, policies and procedures; and WMO guidelines, policies and procedures for climate data and products. 7

8 Categories of capacity (ref: GFCS Op l & Resource Plan) Human resource capacity Infrastructural capacity Institutional capacity Procedural capacity 8

9 Human resource capacity Equipping individuals with the understanding, skill, information, knowledge and training to enable them to generate, communicate and use climate information Development of highly skilled personnel across different disciplines Access to data, methods, models and tools Mainstreaming of climate variability and climate change education into curricula of educational institutions Engagement with the user of information 9

10 Institutional capacity Requirements: Mandate for proper functioning of climate services, legislation, policies and procedures Management structures, processes and procedures that enable effective climate services, not only within organization but also in managing relationships among organizations and sectors (public, private, NGO, international) National/Regional Frameworks for Climate Services 10

11 Procedural capacity Identifying appropriate mechanism for technology transfer of climate forecasts to end-users Building partnerships across different sectors Building extension capability Implementing Best Practices 11

12 Infrastructural capacity Access to resources to generate, archive and use climate data and decision-relevant information Observation network Data management system Computer hardware, internet, manuals and scientific literature 12

13 Essential Climate Services Cat 2 Full Climate Services Cat 3 Advanced Climate Service Cat 4 Categories of Climate Services at National Level Climate Observations Climate Data Management Interaction with users Basic Climate Services Cat 1 Seasonal Climate Outlooks Climate Monitoring Specialised climate products Decadal Climate Prediction Long-term Climate Projections Customized climate products Climate Application Tools

14 Capacity development mechanisms: provision and use of climate services Mentoring and secondments Staff exchanges South/South; North/South Technical training Workshops Conferences, symposia, publications Networking, collaborations Science outreach, support and advice 14

15 Lessons learnt/recommendations Constraints to application by users of climate information Value (net benefit) of climate forecasts has not been demonstrated This demonstration must take place so that the focus is on the end user rather than climate scientists Users require objective, explicit and user friendly forecasts at temporal and spatial scale appropriate to their needs applicable information about forecasting errors and uncertainty Stakeholder need better education on climate issues and processes, forecasting techniques and probability Need to consider capacity building from both supply and demand sides 15

16 Providers of capacity development in the Indian Ocean Islands Organizations with regional presence ACMAD ICPAC SADC CSC RIMES INDARE Meteo France Regional NMHSs WMO and its subsidiary bodies (Commissions; Regional associations; ETs ) GFCSO Other organizations including IGOs, NGOs, bilaterals, academia 16

17 Excerpt from list of GFCS major needs: 1. Capacity development of professionals and communities on production and effective application of climate services 2.. Major requirements: Capacity development requirements to be identified by participants 17

18 Thank you. Questions? 18