Creating an enabling environment for investment in climate services: The case of Uruguay’s National Agricultural Information System
Increasingly challenged by climate variability and change, many of the world’s governments have turned to climate services as a means to improve decision making and mitigate climate-related risk. While there have been some efforts to evaluate the economic impact of climate services, little is known...
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doaj-5c728fd90b3e4351919a7b21b5225b7f2020-11-25T02:17:27ZengElsevierClimate Services2405-88072017-12-018C627110.1016/j.cliser.2017.11.001Creating an enabling environment for investment in climate services: The case of Uruguay’s National Agricultural Information SystemCatherine Vaughan0Suraje Dessai1Chris Hewitt2Walter Baethgen3Rafael Terra4Mercedes Berterretche5Sustainability Research Institute and ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, United KingdomSustainability Research Institute and ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, United KingdomUK Met Office, United KingdomInternational Research Institute for Climate & Society, Columbia University, United StatesInstituto de Mecánica de los Fluidos y Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad de la Republica, UruguayMinisterio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca, UruguayIncreasingly challenged by climate variability and change, many of the world’s governments have turned to climate services as a means to improve decision making and mitigate climate-related risk. While there have been some efforts to evaluate the economic impact of climate services, little is known about the contexts in which investments in climate services have taken place. An understanding of the factors that enable climate service investment is important for the development of climate services at local, national and international levels. This paper addresses this gap by investigating the context in which Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries invested in and developed its National System of Agriculture Information (SNIA), a national-level climate service for the agriculture sector. Using qualitative research methods, the paper uses key documents and 43 interviews to identify six factors that have shaped the decision to invest in the SNIA: (1) Uruguay’s focus on sustainable agricultural intensification; (2) previous work on climate change adaptation; (3) the modernization of the meteorological service; (4) the country’s open data policy; (5) the government’s decision to focus the SNIA on near-term (e.g., seasonal) rather than long-term climate risk; and (6) the participation of key individuals. While the context in which these enablers emerged is unique to Uruguay, it is likely that some factors are generalizable to other countries. Social science research needed to confirm the wider applicability of innovation systems, groundwork, data access and champion is discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880717300808Climate servicesClimate changeClimate variabilityAdaptationUruguayAgricultureDecision support |
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Catherine Vaughan Suraje Dessai Chris Hewitt Walter Baethgen Rafael Terra Mercedes Berterretche Creating an enabling environment for investment in climate services: The case of Uruguay’s National Agricultural Information System Climate Services Climate services Climate change Climate variability Adaptation Uruguay Agriculture Decision support |
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Creating an enabling environment for investment in climate services: The case of Uruguay’s National Agricultural Information System |
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Creating an enabling environment for investment in climate services: The case of Uruguay’s National Agricultural Information System |
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Creating an enabling environment for investment in climate services: The case of Uruguay’s National Agricultural Information System |
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creating an enabling environment for investment in climate services: the case of uruguay’s national agricultural information system |
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Increasingly challenged by climate variability and change, many of the world’s governments have turned to climate services as a means to improve decision making and mitigate climate-related risk. While there have been some efforts to evaluate the economic impact of climate services, little is known about the contexts in which investments in climate services have taken place. An understanding of the factors that enable climate service investment is important for the development of climate services at local, national and international levels. This paper addresses this gap by investigating the context in which Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries invested in and developed its National System of Agriculture Information (SNIA), a national-level climate service for the agriculture sector. Using qualitative research methods, the paper uses key documents and 43 interviews to identify six factors that have shaped the decision to invest in the SNIA: (1) Uruguay’s focus on sustainable agricultural intensification; (2) previous work on climate change adaptation; (3) the modernization of the meteorological service; (4) the country’s open data policy; (5) the government’s decision to focus the SNIA on near-term (e.g., seasonal) rather than long-term climate risk; and (6) the participation of key individuals. While the context in which these enablers emerged is unique to Uruguay, it is likely that some factors are generalizable to other countries. Social science research needed to confirm the wider applicability of innovation systems, groundwork, data access and champion is discussed. |
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Climate services Climate change Climate variability Adaptation Uruguay Agriculture Decision support |
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