Climate-change-related risks pose serious threats to the management of a wide range of
social, economic and ecological systems. Managing these risks requires knowledge …

Develo** countries share many common challenges in addressing current and future
climate risks. A key barrier to managing these risks is the limited availability of accessible …

Climate services are intended to improve climate-sensitive decisions by making climate
information 'useful, useable and used'. Here, we analyse 27 expert interviews to evaluate …

Based on fieldwork among state officials, NGOs, politicians, and activists in Costa Rica and
Brazil, A Future History of Water traces the unspectacular work necessary to make water …

In the past several decades, decision makers in the United States have increasingly called
upon publicly funded science to provide “usable” information for policy making, whether in …

There are two forms of capacity to adapt to global change: those associated with
fundamental human development goals (generic capacity), and those necessary for …

Despite the rapid evolution and growing complexity in models of science-society interaction,
the rate and breadth of use of scientific knowledge in environmental decision making …

This paper examines the use of interactive models of research in the US regional integrated
scientific assessments (RISAS), using as a case study the climate assessment of the …

Uncertainty in the predictions of science when applied to the environment is an issue of
great current relevance in relation to the impacts of climate change, protecting against …

We review the use and value of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA), with a view to understanding and exploiting opportunities to realize more of its …