Dookie, DS, Conway, D and Dessai, S orcid.org/0000-0002-7879-9364 (2023) Perspectives on climate information use in the Caribbean. Frontiers in Climate, 5. 1022721. ISSN 2624-9553
Abstract
Within research on climate information for decision-making, localized insights on the influences of climate information use remain limited in small and low-income countries. This paper offers an empirical contribution on Caribbean perspectives of climate information use considering current barriers and enablers in the region. We employ thematic analysis of 26 semi-structured interviews with region-focused sectoral experts (including end-users and decision-makers) drawn from climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and resilience focused initiatives and institutions. The results reaffirm presence of known barriers, such as the crucial role of finance, but notably we identify a range of interlinked enabling and catalyzing conditions necessary for the effective use of climate information. These conditions include the need for island- and sector- contextualized climate information, the role of international donors, the importance of adequate human resource capacity and presence of loud voices/climate champions, as well as the need for effective political and legislative mandates and for greater co-production. We construct a visualization of respondents' understanding of influencing factor interrelationships. This shows how their heuristics of climate information use for decision-making intricately link with roles for proactive climate champions, and that available finance often reflects donor interests. We end by discussing how these insights can contribute to strategies for more effective climate information use to promote resilience within the region.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Dookie, Conway and Dessai. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | DS climate information, resilience, Caribbean, barriers and enabling factors, local percept |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2023 09:45 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2023 09:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fclim.2023.1022721 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:201266 |