While it is generally well understood that climate change poses significant risks to economic stability and well-being, the gendered dimensions of its effects still a nuanced area research, especially in developing regions. Considering research within African context, for example, women's businesses make wide-ranging contributions family welfare, key value chains, provision goods services support adaptation change, yet they face "triple differential vulnerability" due heightened exposure...

The use of weather and climate information, or data insights relating to both short- long-term patterns in a specific region, has been encouraged better understand, address, mitigate the impacts challenges presented by change. However, despite ongoing efforts improve development availability it is not well understood whether this information made obvious relevant users, extent which utilised for improved decision-making. Further, addressing knowledge gap why uptake low done being available...

Social media are more than just a one-way communication channel. Data can be collected, analyzed and contextualized to support disaster risk management. However, management agencies typically use such added-value information only their own decisions. A feedback loop between data suppliers would result in various advantages. First, it could facilitate the near real-time of early warnings derived from social media, linked other sources information. Second, staff aid organizations during...

Organisations, in the private, public and third sector, are critical stakeholders actors governance of climate change adaptation. Understanding organisational perceptions preparedness, risk response to is important for effective adaptation-focused actions policy design. Our study focuses on two research questions: what factors influence adaptation by organisations?, do organisations mean term 'adaptation'? To address these, we developed analysed a national survey UK-based organisations' (n =...

Noting the frequency of tropical storm hazards and related disasters within Caribbean, this paper initially highlights relatively short average period 'storm awareness timing' in region, less than 24 hours, with variations time space. Next, it evaluates results a survey on communicating disaster risk by range participants at 2016 Wet/Hurricane Season Caribbean Community Climate Outlook Forum Dominica. Respondents commented that there may be 'weekend effect' possibly hindering quick action...

Within research on climate information for decision-making, localized insights the influences of use remain limited in small and low-income countries. This paper offers an empirical contribution Caribbean perspectives considering current barriers enablers region. We employ thematic analysis 26 semi-structured interviews with region-focused sectoral experts (including end-users decision-makers) drawn from adaptation, disaster risk reduction, resilience focused initiatives institutions. The...

Understanding perceptions of preparedness, risk and response to climate change is important for effective adaptation-focused actions policy design. While there have been national surveys public concern, organisational perspectives are less studied. We identify three research questions: what factors influence adaptation by organisations?; how do perceived barriers affect actions?; organisations mean the term 'adaptation'? This analyses a survey UK-based organisations' about adapting changing...

Comprehensively addressing adaptation requires raising the awareness on climate change, recognising factors influencing engagement and adoption of options, understanding perceptions change. However, while there is an extensive literature public (individual social) perspectives hazards, risk, impacts, as well broader concern for are limited insights organisational perceptions. Nevertheless, inherent importance focusing preparedness, resilience given differential impacts change structure...

A shift from stating ‘what the weather will be’ to understanding do’ marks importance of early warning and action highlights role potential value climate information services. Within this recognition, however, there is an implicit assumption availability access credible, salient, legitimate about hazard threat as well locational exposure vulnerability. Effective communication also implied, it vital align with risk perceptions users, communities, organisations in...

Are disaster outcomes the sole function of weather, or do human actions play a role? Many assume that dynamics matter, but this has not been tested. We utilize exogenous nature storm hazards and knowledge pre-event preparedness by day-of-week to test if there is connection between outcomes, using Caribbean country-level data. find heavy rainfall events on Mondays robustly affect more people compared other days week. Although less robust, we also see evidence in independent macroeconomic...

<p>Despite an increasing recognition of the value climate information and broader weather services (WCS) for decision-making, understanding its wider dimensions effective delivery use remains ongoing discussion. In particular, a focus on barriers enablers using can be helpful policy-directed efforts, as this underscores challenges streamlines strategies action. For smaller developing countries with particular vulnerabilities to variability change, various information/WCS...

Understanding local perceptions of preparedness, risk and response to climate change is important for effective adaptation-focused actions policy design. While there have been national surveys the public’s concern, organisational perspectives are less studied. This research presents findings a survey UK-based organisations’ about adapting changing climate. The covers awareness among organisations change, its physical risks how taking action prepare perceived risks....

<p>Given the often disastrous impacts of tropical cyclones on lives, livelihoods and economies, understanding characteristics storms related risks has been critical concern to a wide range researchers. While there are pressing efforts better forecast track intensity storms, concerted policy focus comprehensive disaster risk reduction strategies financing is evident, limited suggestion that climate information actively being used understand communicate storm risk. For instance,...

This session will provide an exploration of locally-led adaptation and resilience strategies.