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Improving the use of climate information in decision-making

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To enable society to better manage the risks and opportunities arising from changes in climate, engagement between the users and the providers of climate information needs to be much more effective and should better link climate information with decision-making.

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Figure 1: Schematic of three broad categories of engagement between users and providers of climate services.

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  1. Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK

    Chris D. Hewitt

  2. University of Southern Queensland, 4350, Toowoomba, Australia

    Roger C. Stone

  3. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., Private Bag 14901, Wellington, New Zealand

    Andrew B. Tait

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Hewitt, C., Stone, R. & Tait, A. Improving the use of climate information in decision-making. Nature Clim Change 7, 614–616 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3378

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