Climate Services for Supporting Climate Change Adaptation. Supplement to the Technical Guidelines for the National Adaptation Plan Process

Because of the current and projected climate disruption precipitated by high levels of GHG emissions, adaptation is a necessary strategy at all scales in a changing climate. Climate services develop and provide science-based and user-specific information relating to past, present and potential future climate and address all sectors affected by climate at global, regional and local scales. They connect natural and socioeconomic research with practice. They help society cope with climate variability and change through the transformation of climate related data – together with other relevant information – into customized products such as projections, trends, economic analysis and services to user communities in different sectors. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) play an important role in the provision of climate services at the national level that are needed in support of the NAP process. The publication introduces climate– and weather–related tools and services available for supporting national–level adaptation planning, including in the agriculture sectors.