Seasonal Forecasts
Enabling Climate Science Use to Better Support Resilience and Adaptation Practice
This report reviews the use of climate science in adaptation and resilience practice. It was commissioned by the UK government to inform the development of a new programme.
Serious Climate Games: An Introduction
Climate games provide a way to facilitate learning in an interesting, engaging and memorable way. This article provides a brief outline of different climate games and resources available.
Experimental Learning: Seasonal Forecast
This game helps participants to understand the possible uses and limitations of seasonal forecasts,their personal risk-taking preferences, and how seasonal forecasts can affect livelihood decisions.
Review: Potential applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions
This article shares the first comprehensive review of sectoral applications of S2S predictions, highlighting the opportunities and challenges facing their uptake.
Courting complexity in climate services: Lessons from Participatory Scenario Planning
The Participatory Scenario Planning approach for seasonal decision-making at the local level has been adopted in 6 African countries and in SE Asia. This article discusses what makes it successful.
Sustainable livestock production in Cuba
A bullock in Camugüey, Cuba. © Carol Foil / flickr.com / creative commons Camagüey province is the driest region of...
Participatory scenario planning in Kenya
This case study introduces and reflects on the use of Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) in Garissa, Kenya.
How can we turn climate information into action?
How can we turn climate information into action?
Climate forecast information can help poor African farmers adapt to variations in rainfall
First published in Sustainable Development Update Issue 1, Volume 6, 2006 http://www.albaeco.com/sdu/26/htm/main.htm The world's climate is changing. Some of the...