Refocusing the Climate Services Lens

This research paper proposes a shift in climate services from a supply-driven focus on products to a process-centric approach based on transdisciplinary collaboration. To facilitate this, the authors introduce the 'Tandem' framework, designed to guide the co-exploration and co-production of integrated climate information to support science-informed policy and climate-resilient decision-making.

• The authors argue for a conceptual shift in climate services, moving from a narrow, supply-driven focus on products toward a process-centric approach. This approach emphasizes transdisciplinary collaboration to achieve long-term benefits, such as enhanced institutional and human capacity and the establishment of relationships necessary for science-informed decision-making regarding climate adaptation.
• The paper introduces the 'Tandem' framework, which is based on empirical analysis and consists of structured elements and guiding questions. The framework is designed to support three primary goals: improving the design of transdisciplinary knowledge integration processes, co-exploring decision-relevant needs for integrated climate and non-climate information, and increasing the capacities, networks, and communication required to translate information into climate-resilient action.
• The development of the Tandem framework was informed by a review of existing climate services guidance, a survey of stakeholders, and a specific case study involving a climate information co-production process in Lusaka, Zambia.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2020). Refocusing the Climate Services Lens. https://www.sei.org/publications/refocusing-the-climate-services-lens/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Refocusing the Climate Services Lens. 2020. https://www.sei.org/publications/refocusing-the-climate-services-lens/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2020refocusing, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Refocusing the Climate Services Lens}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/refocusing-the-climate-services-lens/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }