Bridging the Climate Information and Communication Gaps for Effective Adaptation Decisions: An Integrated Climate Information Management System

Janathkshan Joins hands with Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) of Sri Lanka & Meteorological Department of Sri Lanka to implement a research project on bridging the climate information and communication gaps for effective adaptation decisions.

Asymmetries in knowledge and information between farmers on the one hand and policy makers on the other, and the communication gaps that may arise as a result, could lead to inefficiencies in the overall process of adaptation to climate change.  One way to overcome these gaps is by establishing Integrated Climate Information Management Systems (ICIMS) that can harness both the strengths of local knowledge systems and advances in modelling techniques in climate sciences. This project aims to improve the effectiveness of adaptation decisions of farmers and policymakers/experts by establishing and pilot-testing models of ICIMS that combine the strengths of decision criteria used by farmers and other policy stakeholders in Sri Lanka. By increasing the availability and use of appropriate climate information, the project aims to demonstrate interventions that can reduce the vulnerability of farming community to climate risks while improving the overall adaptive capacity of all stakeholders involved. Hence the project will address the communication as well as the information gap between technical agencies and farming communities. 

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Bridging the Climate Information and Communication Gapsfor Effective Adaptation Decisions: An Integrated ClimateInformation Management System 

An Integrated Climate Information Management System To Assist Farmers Vulnerable To Climate Change, 2016