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Published Date: September 27-29, 2010
Publication Type: Summary Report
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Workshop International Climate Services: Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Decision Makers
The convergence of evolving scientific and institutional capabilities on the national and international landscapes provided a natural opportunity (and imperative) for NOAA’s Climate Program Office to convene a dialogue with a sub-set number of our partners and stakeholders to thoughtfully explore and consider some of the challenges and opportunities associated with moving into the next phase of international climate services development. Given the scope of the challenge, this workshop was designed to deal specifically with those issues most relevant to understanding and responding to the needs of decision makers, and the potential implications for NOAA’s future directions and program investments. It was not intended to cover all dimensions of the development and use of climate information services. This workshop report is the summary of this dialogue and offers some potential directions for NOAA’s international climate applications and services development activities.

Author: Lisa Vaughan, IRAP Program Manager, NOAA Climate Program Office

About International Research and Applications Project (IRAP)

NOAA's IRAP climate efforts have international as well as domestic dimensions. The agency has a well-established history in sponsoring international climate-related decision support research and capacity building activities dating back to the early 1990s. Many of these have been tightly linked to multilateral and bilateral processes and frameworks. Examples of activities supported via this effort over the last 20 years include the development of Regional Climate Outlook Forums; pilot applications research, training and capacity building projects; interdisciplinary competitive research grants focused on impacts and vulnerability; and long-term institutional investment in the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI).

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Contact Information

Lisa Vaughan, Program Manager
International Research and Applications Project
Climate and Societal Interactions
ph: 301-734-1266
lisa.vaughan@noaa.gov


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