Joubert, AArcher, Emma RMCull, TDavis, CEngelbrecht, FLandman, WVincent, K2014-05-162014-05-162012-03Joubert, A, Archer, ERM, Cull, T, Davis, C, Engelbrecht, F, Landman, W and Vincent, K. 2012. Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in southern Africa. In: Planet under Pressure 2012 – Making climate science useful: Effective dialogue between climate scientists and humanitarian and development ‘end users’, London, United Kingdom, 26-29 March 2012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7413Planet under Pressure 2012 – Making climate science useful: Effective dialogue between climate scientists and humanitarian and development ‘end users’, London, United Kingdom, 26-29 March 2012Climate change information is difficult to communicate beyond the scientific community, due to its inherent uncertainty and complexity, yet at the same time end users need access to the information in a format that is appropriate to their decision-making context, in order to bring about sustainable responses. This requires a concerted two-way communication process between information producers and information users, and is often best facilitated by a “boundary organisation”. This paper outlines the experience of a USAID-funded project that aims to “bridge the gap” between science producers and humanitarian organisations in southern Africa in order to improve the use of climate information in emergency preparedness, response and development activities.enClimate changeClimate information communicationClimate emergency preparednessConference PresentationJoubert, A., Archer, E. R., Cull, T., Davis, C., Engelbrecht, F., Landman, W., & Vincent, K. (2012). Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in southern Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7413Joubert, A, Emma RM Archer, T Cull, C Davis, F Engelbrecht, W Landman, and K Vincent. "Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in southern Africa." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7413Joubert A, Archer ER, Cull T, Davis C, Engelbrecht F, Landman W, et al, Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in southern Africa; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7413 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Joubert, A AU - Archer, Emma RM AU - Cull, T AU - Davis, C AU - Engelbrecht, F AU - Landman, W AU - Vincent, K AB - Climate change information is difficult to communicate beyond the scientific community, due to its inherent uncertainty and complexity, yet at the same time end users need access to the information in a format that is appropriate to their decision-making context, in order to bring about sustainable responses. This requires a concerted two-way communication process between information producers and information users, and is often best facilitated by a “boundary organisation”. This paper outlines the experience of a USAID-funded project that aims to “bridge the gap” between science producers and humanitarian organisations in southern Africa in order to improve the use of climate information in emergency preparedness, response and development activities. DA - 2012-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Climate change KW - Climate information communication KW - Climate emergency preparedness LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in southern Africa TI - Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in southern Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7413 ER -