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CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN HKH

National Level

• Global and

national climatic concerns

• Global and

national climatic concerns

• Information

about extreme weather events – floods, draughts etc.

• Generalized/gene

ric information related to climate change

• Sectoral – mostly

agriculture

Existing information flow

State/region level

District level

Bottlenecks…

• Decision

makers and planners not adequately sensitized to climate change – particularly State and District level.

• Absence
• f

a well defined communication mechanism for two-way flow of climate change information between State/district level and National level.

• Lack of tools and methodologies for climate change

impact research and studies

• Absence
• f

mechanisms to capture local level adaptation strategies

• Information is outdated/recycled
• At

times issues unnecessary linked to climate change

District level information/communication needs

• Building adaptive capacities

Capacity building and sensitization of support agencies and government departments

• Realization of climate change/variability
• Identification of related issues/concerns by individual

departments

• Weather forecasting
• Availability of localized weather information
• Inter-sectoral convergence
• Strengthen inter-departmental co-ordination for resource

management

District level information/communication needs

…contd

• Vulnerability Assessments
• Capacity building of departments and support

agencies in conducting vulnerability assessments

• Periodic vulnerability assessments part of district

level planning process

• Capturing local adaptation
• Extension support
• Interface between extension agencies and

communities

State level information/communication needs

• Building adaptive capacities
• Capacity building and sensitization
• Sector specific vulnerability assessments
• Integration of district level vulnerability

assessments

• Climate change cells within departments??

State level information/communication needs

…contd

• Compilation
• f

local level adaptation technologies

• Compilation of best practices
• Identification of capacity building requirements

within State

ADAPTATION LEARNING HIGHWAY

Forum for interaction and exchange with policy makers (FIP) Community-Scientists Interface (CSI) Community to Community Knowledge Exchange (C2C) State/Regional Consultative Workshop

National level information/communication needs

• Climate change risk information
• Current and projected socio-economic and

ecological impacts

• Climate change vulnerability assessments
• Sector and region specific
• State/region specific climate data
• Available adaptation technologies
• Information about best practices
• Capacity building needs at state level

Key Concerns

• How to bridge the gaps?
• What could be the mechanisms for communicating

climate change?

• What could be the mechanisms to bridge the gap

between science-policy and practice?

• Flow
• f

information from National level to State/District level

• Inter-sectoral/Inter-departmental communication
• Sharing of success stories/failures