Communicating climate information for decision-making “Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A Handbook for Southern Africa”

Abstract

The USAID-funded project presented here was designed to build capacity among the SADC member states in understanding information on climate impact and risk in the context of early-warning strategies and planning. The handbook was produced by a team that comprised climate scientists, social scientists with experience in impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, and communications experts. This work has helped support SADC level engagement partly through providing source material for the SADC Climate Change Think Tank in early 2012; as well as the SADC Climate Change Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Response Framework (drafted 2011; currently in finalization).