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These narratives—ranging from 'much hotter and drier' to 'warmer with similar rainfall'—were co-produced through 'Learning Labs' involving scientists, city officials, and stakeholders. The CRNs served as 'boundary objects' to facilitate dialogue and inform the City of Windhoek's Integrated Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (ICCSAP). 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The authors recommend integrating long-term climate data with crop models and socioeconomic factors to identify viability thresholds and map adaptation pathways, while emphasizing the need to modernize National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) and ensure equitable access for marginalized farmers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"A review of 253 national documents—including 196 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), 9 National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and 48 submissions to the UNFCCC Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA)—reveals that only 7 (2.7%) describe applications of climate services for adaptation planning that could be considered transformative.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Existing climate services (CS) have largely focused on daily weather and seasonal forecasts for immediate farm management, but transformative adaptation requires a shift toward decadal and longer-term analysis, specifically looking toward 2050, to identify where agricultural systems may no longer be viable.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To be effective for systemic change, CS must integrate non-agricultural data, including biological, environmental, economic, market, and social factors, to manage cross-sectoral competition for resources like water and land.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) in over 100 countries, half of which are in Africa, require modernization due to deterioration caused by underfunding, weak political mandates, and outdated technology.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Transformative adaptation pathways—coordinated sequences of short- and medium-term actions—can be informed by CS to identify tipping points, determine viable alternative crops or livestock, and sequence incremental options to phase in long-term shifts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Private sector entities are currently leading the use of long-term climate information for investment decisions, such as coffee and cacao producers mapping favorable areas, creating a risk that developing-country governments and marginalized farmers will be left behind.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In India, the revival of millet production serves as a case study for transformative adaptation, where long-term climate projections and crop models indicated that rice, wheat, and maize would become less viable by the 2050s compared to millet.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Gender and equity gaps in the production and application of CS can reinforce existing inequalities, as women often have less access to tailored information and the inputs required to act on CS recommendations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001678#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Climate information service","climate change scenario","national adaptation plan","Nationally Determined Contributions","food security","climate finance","climate justice","water management","land tenure","early warning system"],"geography_discussed":["India","Ethiopia","Africa","Costa Rica","Australia","Nicaragua"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy review","conceptual framework","case study"]},{"id":"sei-001447","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001447","title":"Escenarios de Cambio Climático: Método k-NN","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"es","date_published":"2020-06","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/knndiscussionbrief-2.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document outlines a methodology employed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to bridge the gap between global climate models and local water resource planning. 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While the event's rarity would have overwhelmed most cities, its impact was exacerbated by poor land-use planning, including the encroachment of wetlands and riverbeds, and a clogged drainage system. 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It emphasizes integrating climate projections into emergency planning, investing in robust and redundant infrastructure, and fostering community resourcefulness through participatory engagement.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Alberta is projected to experience significant warming, with mean annual temperatures potentially rising by 2.0°C by the 2030s and 4.0°C by the 2060s if global greenhouse gas emissions continue at current rates.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Traditional municipal planning based on historical return rates, such as the 'one-in-100-year flood', is becoming obsolete because climate change is making the climate system less predictable and more variable.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change increases the risk of 'compounding' disasters, where multiple extreme events occur in a single season or in quick succession, potentially preventing cities from fully recovering before the next event occurs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To build robustness, cities should adopt proactive tools like Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) and 'building back better' principles to ensure infrastructure is rebuilt to a standard that withstands future hazards.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Strategic investments in disaster prevention, such as the Manitoba Red River Floodway, demonstrate significant long-term cost savings; that specific project saved an estimated CAD 8 billion in avoided recovery costs between 1960 and 2008.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Increasing redundancy in emergency systems is critical, particularly in communications by using multiple channels (TV, Internet, social media, radio) to ensure continuous information exchange if one channel fails.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Community resourcefulness can be enhanced through the 'Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management', which uses participatory engagement to identify local assets and empower residents.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003351#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["emergency management","urban resilience","extreme weather event","Flood risk management","urban heat island","green infrastructure","climate change adaptation","building code","climate change scenario"],"geography_discussed":["Calgary","Edmonton","Manitoba","Winnipeg","Baltimore","New York City","Ontario","United States"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy briefing","risk assessment"]},{"id":"cdkn-000928","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cdkn-000928","title":"Climate models: What they show us and how they can be used in planning","publisher":{"name":"Climate and Development Knowledge Network","organization":"climate-and-development-knowledge-network"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2016-12","source_url":"https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/FCFA_Climate_Models_WEB.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document provides a guide on Global Climate Models (GCMs), distinguishing them from weather forecasts and explaining how they use socio-economic scenarios to project long-term climate trends. 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