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| Title | Climate Information Services (CIS) |
| Group | Water Systems and Global Change |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | S Paparrizos
M del Pozo S Suntato |
| Examiner(s) | Carolien Kroeze |
| Contact info | Maria del Pozo (maria.delpozogarcia@wur.nl) MIL
Wouter Smolenaars (wouter.smolenaars@wur.nl) MCL, MES and MUE |
| Begin date | 2024/01/01 |
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| Description | Theme Introduction
Multiple sectors are increasingly aware how vulnerable our economies are to the impacts of climate change. Following the rapid increase of monitoring and collecting climate data there is a need to transform these �together with other relevant information- into climate information services. This includes ICT-tools and relevant products and aligned services such capacity building, education and networking to benefit society at all scales. To achieve that, the human component needs also to be taken into account in a co-production mode to deliver tailor-made climate information services. We research and develop water and climate information services through a variety of projects, tailored to the needs and in interaction with users such as smallholder farmers, power companies, water managers and others. Projects and Possibilities for students Climate Information Services (CIS) concern various sectors of the economy. At WSG we are looking for students to contribute to the on-going projects SAFE4ALL (CIS for societal actors in Africa) or ClearClimate (CIS for extremes in southeast Europe), and more projects; by taking up sub-topics within the projects or by coming up with their own questions that concern the co-development and the provision of tailored climate services for sectoral applications within the scope of these projects. We are interested in and want to do this on a local, regional and global scale. Our topics include working with the DROP app and smallholder farmers in urbanizing regions of the world such as Asia and Africa to co-develop water and climate information services (Spyros Paparrizos and Samuel Sutanto). We also aim to understand capacity building and the role of participation on the design and delivery of climate services for adaptation (Maria del Pozo). There is also the possibility to pursue a topic with external stakeholders such as Climate Adaptation Services (CAS) or with our collaborators in southeast Asia |
| Used skills | It is possible to do theses with:
- Model conceptualization - Indicators development and Analysis - Scenario Analysis - Data processing & analysis - Skills assessment - Field studies & experiments - GIS - Case study analysis - Systematic literature review - Policy document analysis - Interviews, surveys & focus groups - Mixed methods |
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