CCAFS Strategy for Climate Services, Hansen 2013

CCAFS Strategy for Climate Services, Hansen 2013

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  CCAFS Strategy forClimate Services Jim Hansen, CCAFS Theme 2 Leader March 2013
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  CCAFS objectives 1. Identify and develop pro-poor adaptation and mitigation practices, technologies and policies for agriculture and food systems. 2. Support the inclusion of agricultural issues in climate change policies, and of climate issues in agricultural policies, at all levels.
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  Framework and Themes Adapting Agriculture to a Variable and Changing Climate Technologies, practices, partnerships and policies for: Improved 1.Adaptation to Progressive Climate Environmental Improved Change Health Rural 2.Adaptation through Managing Livelihoods Improved Climate Risk Food Security 3.Pro-poor Climate Change Mitigation Trade -offs a 4. Integration for Decision Making nd Sy n ergies •Linking Knowledge with Action •Assembling Data and Tools for Analysis and Planning •Refining Frameworks for Policy Analysis Enhanced adaptive capacity in agricultural, natural resource management, and food systems
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  Where we work
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  Theme 2 Strategy Resilient food Objective 2: Improved, climate- systems, Food System Risk Management informed responses Improved food security •Goal: Enhanced food security Target: food system (trade, key gaps: Objective 3: Fill crisis response, etc.) Climate Information and •Knowledge Services •Tools & Methods Goal: Enhance products and •Evidence services to support food security and rural livelihoods •Capacity •Target: climate community, Objective 1: •Coordination communication intermediaries, Local Risk Management Goal: Resilient rural GENDER & EQITY livelihoods LENS Enhanced support Resilient rural •Target: rural communities for managing risk & markets; supporting livelihoods institutions & policies
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  Value-added climate information Remote Station Satellite Seasonal sensing met data met data predictors updates • Daily historic weather data BLENDING reconstruction methodology, data sets, capacity-building Remote Weather: sensing: •vegetation • historic • Seasonal rainfall risk and prediction •soil moisture • monitored analysis and maprooms for S. Asia DATA DOWNSCALING, • Crop and rangeland forecasting ASSIMILATION FORECAST INTEGRATION methods, tools, capacity Static data: CROP • Dynamic climate-food security risk •soil •cultivar /RANGELAND / P / D MODEL •management atlases outputs INTERFACE: STATION BLENDED SATELLITE •Spatial •Analytical
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  Improving delivery andcommunication • Evaluation of agrometeorological advisory services in India & Mali • Review of knowledge on gender and social equity challenges in climate services for farmers • Synthesis report on status, gaps, priorities for climate services for agriculture in Africa & S. Asia • Workshop on Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia (Dakar, 10-12 Dec)
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  Fostering effective use •Piloting & evaluating downscaled seasonal forecasts, farmer training, forecast-based advisories, Makuene, Kenya & Kaffrine, Senegal • Video on farmers’ experience with climate risk and information services • Enhancing the use of climate information for government decisions in Ethiopia
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  CCAFS “niche” • Researchfor development (R4D). Address gaps: – Knowledge – Methods and tools – Evidence • Strengths: – Impact evaluation – Value-added climate information – Understand decisions • Boundary organization: – Give agricultural decision-makers a voice, ownership – Bridge climate service providers and users • Need, flexibility to partner with development organizations
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  CCAFS “niche” • Researchfor development (R4D). Address gaps: – Knowledge – Methods and tools – Evidence • Strengths: – Impact evaluation – Value-added climate information – Understand decisions • Boundary organization: – Give agricultural decision-makers a voice, ownership – Bridge climate service providers and users • Need, flexibility to partner with development organizations