Climate services

Collaboration to bridge the gap between climate science and adaptation policy

Feature / The SEI Initiative on Climate Services generated new insights about co-design and co-production proocesses to integrate climate science into adaptation policy.

Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil’s soy exports

Journal article / An enhanced approach to life cycle assessments of globally traded agricultural commodities that takes into account the specifics of individual supply chains.

Online guidance to collaboratively address climate change adaptation

Tool / Tandem guidance is an interactive, online tool to help scientists and decision-makers collaborate to improve climate change adaptation planning and policies.

Co-designing climate services to support adaptation to natural hazards: two case studies from Sweden

SEI brief / Two Swedish case studies offer insights about how to improve "co-design" processes to support climate change adaptation planning for natural hazards.

Dealing a new deck of cards: game play to address climate change adaptation

Other publication / Two briefs explain the premise and rules for a game SEI and partners created to help policymakers in urban Africa learn about climate change and its impacts.

One size doesn’t fit all: How to design a user-friendly climate insurance

Perspective / Weather-index insurance can shield smallholder farmers from climate-related disasters, but it's mainly the wealthy who can afford it. How to change that?

Improving the co-production of climate services for agriculture: a case study from Nigeria

SEI brief / Climate services can help agriculture in African countries adapt to climate change.

Learning Labs: creating collaborative ways to address climate change in African cities

Feature / Learning Labs, created by SEI and partners for southern African cities, underscore the importance of collaboration to address urgent climate adaptation needs.

Ten ways to support climate change adaptation planning and decision-making

SEI brief / Here are 10 ways that climate service providers can support climate change adaptation planning and decision-making.