Climate information websites
An evolving landscape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12929375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Hewitson (0000-0001-7546-4430, University of Cape Town), Katinka Lund Waagsaether (0000-0002-9737-1726, University of Cape Town, corresponding author), Jan Wohland (0000-0001-8336-0009, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Kate Kloppers (University of Cape Town), Teizeen Kara (University of Cape Town) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/wcc.470 |
| OpenAlex | W2616878345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 39 |
The climate change agenda is populated by actors and agencies with different objectives, values, and motivations, yet many seek decision scale climate information to inform policy and adaptation responses. A central element of this network of activity is the climate information website ( CIW ) that has seen a rapid and organic growth, yet with variable content and quality, and unfettered by any code of practice. This builds an ethical–epistemic dilemma that warrants assessment as the presence of CIWs contribute to real‐world consequences and commitment. This study considers the context of CIW growth, and reviews a representative sample of CIWs to draw out key issues for consideration in CIW development. We assess content, function, and use‐case value through a dual approach of a typology and user experience narratives to evaluate the general efficacy of a CIW . The typology reveals strong contrasts in content, complicated interfaces, and an overload of choice making it difficult to converge on a stable outcome. The narratives capture user experience and highlight barriers that include navigation difficulties, jargon laden content, minimal or opaque guidance, and inferred information without context about uncertainty and limits to skill. This illuminates four concerns: (1) the ethics of information provision in a context of real‐world consequences; (2) interfaces that present barriers to achieving robust solutions; (3) weak capacity of both users and providers to identify information of value from the multimodel and multimethod data; and (4) inclusion of data that infer skill. Nonetheless, results provide a positive indication of a community of practice that is still maturing. WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e470. doi: 10.1002/wcc.470 This article is categorized under: Climate Models and Modeling > Knowledge Generation with Models Assessing Impacts of Climate Change > Scenario Development and Application
Adaptation (eye · Context (archaeology · Dilemma · Geography · Knowledge management · Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Typology · Value (mathematics · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |