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CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN HKH

Existing information flow National Level  Global and  Information national climatic about extreme concerns weather events – floods, draughts State/region level etc.  Generalized/gene  Global and ric information national climatic related to climate concerns change  Sectoral – mostly District level agriculture

Bottlenecks…  Decision makers and planners not adequately sensitized to climate change – particularly State and District level.  Absence of a well defined communication mechanism for two-way flow of climate change information between State/district level and National level.  Lack of tools and methodologies for climate change impact research and studies  Absence of mechanisms to capture local level adaptation strategies  Information is outdated/recycled  At times issues unnecessary linked to climate change

District level information/communication needs  Building adaptive capacities Capacity building and sensitization of support agencies and government departments  Realization of climate change/variability  Identification of related issues/concerns by individual departments  Weather forecasting  Availability of localized weather information  Inter-sectoral convergence  Strengthen inter-departmental co-ordination for resource management

District level information/communication needs …contd  Vulnerability Assessments  Capacity building of departments and support agencies in conducting vulnerability assessments  Periodic vulnerability assessments part of district level planning process  Capturing local adaptation  Extension support  Interface between extension agencies and communities

State level information/communication needs  Building adaptive capacities  Capacity building and sensitization  Sector specific vulnerability assessments  Integration of district level vulnerability assessments  Climate change cells within departments??

State level information/communication needs …contd  Compilation of local level adaptation technologies  Compilation of best practices  Identification of capacity building requirements within State

ADAPTATION LEARNING HIGHWAY State/Regional Consultative Workshop Forum for interaction and Community-Scientists exchange with policy Interface (CSI) makers (FIP) Community to Community Knowledge Exchange (C2C)

National level information/communication needs  Climate change risk information  Current and projected socio-economic and ecological impacts  Climate change vulnerability assessments  Sector and region specific  State/region specific climate data  Available adaptation technologies  Information about best practices  Capacity building needs at state level

Key Concerns  How to bridge the gaps?  What could be the mechanisms for communicating climate change?  What could be the mechanisms to bridge the gap between science-policy and practice?  Flow of information from National level to State/District level  Inter-sectoral/Inter-departmental communication  Sharing of success stories/failures