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| Titel |
Communication of climate change induced natural hazards with a web plattform |
| VerfasserIn |
Dominik E. Reusser, Luís Costa, Hannah Förster, Lissner Tabea, Christian Pape, Pradhan Prajal, Sterzel Till, Weiß Tobias, Markus Wrobel, Jürgen Kropp |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2011
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 13 (2011) |
| Datensatznummer |
250050902
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Climate change induces changes in the frequency and severity of natural hazards.These
changes will require societies to adapt their systems to the experienced and anticipated
changes. Clear communication of possible climate impacts and the related uncertainties are of
importance for adaptation processes. The communication may be simplified if available
knowledge is organized in a structured knowledge base of climate impacts and related
adaptation measures. Such a knowledge base may be designed as a web-based platform,
which enables access of relevant information to stakeholders in developing countries. The
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the German center for
international collaboration (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)
GIZ are creating such a platform. Several challenges needed to be considered in
its development. A recent review of similar projects has revealed some of these
challenges:
Users of web-enabled platforms that provide access to climate change related
information are confronted with a considerable degree of external inconsistency
concerning user interfaces.
Existing adaptation platforms differ in how they integrate climate change
background information and in how they structure adaptation related
information.
Links between stimuli, impacts and adaptation are often not made explicit, while
making this link visible is expected to be useful.
User participation in the pre-implementation phase is the best predictor for
usefulness.
We present how we addressed these challenges during the development of ci:grasp, an
online climate information service that provides knowledge on current and projected climate
stimuli, impacts and adaptation options at the national, sub-national and regional level. We
present its design principles, the treatment of uncertainties and demonstrate the platform with
a case study on sea level rise. |
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