Co-designing in Tandem

This research paper evaluates and refines the Tandem framework, a non-prescriptive guide for co-designing climate services. By applying the framework across diverse settings in Indonesia, Sweden, and Colombia, the authors demonstrate its ability to transform climate information from 'useful' to 'usable' and propose five specific enhancements to the original framework to better address vulnerability, equity, and governance.

• The Tandem framework proved effective across diverse settings by facilitating the transition of climate information from being merely 'useful' to 'usable'. This was achieved by fostering trust, strengthening institutional embedding through networks, increasing the uptake of climate information, and building shared understanding between users and providers regarding the decision context.
• Based on case study insights, the authors refined the Tandem framework to include five new capabilities: scoping climate and non-climate risks, integrating gender and social equity/power dynamics, valuing traditional ecological knowledge, exploring governance across different scales, and establishing flexible starting points with early impact indicators.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2024). Co-designing in Tandem. https://www.sei.org/publications/co-designing-in-tandem/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Co-designing in Tandem. 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/co-designing-in-tandem/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2024codesigning, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Co-designing in Tandem}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/co-designing-in-tandem/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }