Quantifying the uptake of climate services at micro and macro level

Quantifying the uptake of climate services at micro and macro level

Blog Article

Quantification and CARROT NIGHT CREAM communication of the expected net benefits of climate services for particular types of users and society at large has been hitherto a rather weak element in the deployment of climate services.This article discusses the challenges of quantification and warns that there is no universal method for this.It provides a general structure to assess benefit-cost ratios of new climate services.From this framework proper valuation of climate services can be developed.It also underscores the significance of aptness for verification of the performance of a climate service, as well as contextual effects, such as market form, regulations, and pace of innovation.

Only for subsets of seasonal climate services the so-called cost-loss approach and some other forecast accuracy-oriented approaches are applicable.For other types of climate services performance indicators need to be developed.Furthermore, for some types of effectiveness evaluations more user/use oriented indicators Horse Summer Sheets are necessary, even if forecast accuracy based approaches would be applicable as well, as these approaches do not guarantee that the highest utility for the user has been achieved using the climate services.The proposed framework emphasizes the inclusion of competitive conditions under which the CS users operate, the role of information exclusiveness vs.sharing, the role of adequate quality assurance and communication, the effects learning and R&D for climate services.

Keywords: Benefit-cost ratio, Cost-benefit analysis, Cost-loss approach, Information sharing, Social benefit, User benefit, Valuation, Value of service.