Actionable climate knowledge: from analysis to synthesis
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Article Title | Actionable climate knowledge: from analysis to synthesis |
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ERA Journal ID | 1964 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Meinke, Holger (Author), Nelson, Rohan (Author), Kokic, Phil (Author), Stone, Roger (Author), Selvaraju, Ramasamy (Author) and Baethgen, Walter (Author) |
Journal Title | Climate Research |
Journal Citation | 33 (1), pp. 101-110 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2006 |
Place of Publication | Oldendorf, Germany |
ISSN | 0936-577X |
1616-1572 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3354/cr033101 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr_oa/c033p101.pdf |
Abstract | The traditional reductionist approach to science has a tendency to create ‘islands of knowledge in a sea of ignorance’, with a much stronger focus on analysis of scientific inputs rather than synthesis of socially relevant outcomes. This might be the principal reason why intended end users of climate information generally fail to embrace what the climate science community has to offer. The translation of climate information into real-life action requires 3 essential components: salience (the perceived relevance of the information), credibility (the perceived technical quality of the information) and legitimacy (the perceived objectivity of the process by which the information is shared). We explore each of these components using 3 case studies focused on dryland cropping in Australia, India and Brazil. In regards to ‘salience’ we discuss the challenge for climate science to be ‘policy-relevant’, using Australian drought policy as an example. In a village in southern India ‘credibility’ was gained through engagement between scientists and risk managers with the aim of building social capital, achieved only at high cost to science institutions. Finally, in Brazil we found that ‘legitimacy’ is a fragile, yet renewable resource that needs to be part of the package for successful climate applications; legitimacy can be easily eroded but is difficult to recover. We conclude that climate risk management requires holistic solutions derived from cross-disciplinary and participatory, user-oriented research. Approaches that combine climate, agroecological |
Keywords | climate knowledge; salience; credibility; legitimacy; dryland cropping; risk management; modelling |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370199. Atmospheric sciences not elsewhere classified |
441007. Sociology and social studies of science and technology | |
440710. Research, science and technology policy | |
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Byline Affiliations | Department of Primary Industries, Queensland |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia | |
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics | |
Department of Biological and Physical Sciences | |
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India | |
Columbia University, United States |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zq12/actionable-climate-knowledge-from-analysis-to-synthesis
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