Communicating climate change adaptation information using web-based platforms
To facilitate progress in climate change adaptation policy and practice, it is important not only to ensure the production of accurate, comprehensive and relevant information, but also the easy, timely and affordable access to it. This can contribute to better-informed decisions and improve the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Advances in Science and Research |
| Online Access: | https://www.adv-sci-res.net/14/241/2017/asr-14-241-2017.pdf |
| Summary: | To facilitate progress in climate change adaptation
policy and practice, it is important not only to ensure the production of
accurate, comprehensive and relevant information, but also the easy, timely
and affordable access to it. This can contribute to better-informed
decisions and improve the design and implementation of adaptation policies
and other relevant initiatives. Web-based platforms can play an important
role in communicating and distributing data, information and knowledge that
become constantly available, reaching out to a large group of potential
users. Indeed in the last decade there has been an extensive increase in the
number of platforms developed for this purpose in many fields including
climate change adaptation. This short paper concentrates on the web-based
adaptation platforms developed in Europe. It provides an overview of the
recently emerged landscape, examines the basic characteristics of a set of
platforms that operate at national, transnational and European level, and
discusses some of the key challenges related to their development,
maintenance and overall management. Findings presented in this short paper
are discussed in greater detailed in the Technical Report of the European
Environment Agency <q><i>Overview of climate change adaptation platforms in Europe</i></q>. |
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| ISSN: | 1992-0628 1992-0636 |