Recommendations for climate services good practice

Born L. 2021. Recommendations for climate services good practice. CCAFS Working Paper no. 396. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

This working paper aims to provide recommendations and guidelines for climate services good practice. Building on CCAFS work and the broader academic literature, we distil knowledge and experience from interviews with project leaders and collaborators under Flagship 4, Climate Services and Safety Nets. Interviews provided information on designing, implementing and assessing climate services projects across the CCAFS regions; Asia, Africa and Latin America. Participants were encouraged to share challenges and opportunities from their experiences, particularly around dynamics of power and equity in the access and use of climate services. The resultant recommendations span across several different themes, scales and geographies, and are considered as most pertinent to the future of impactful climate services for smallholders, touching on potential future areas for investment.