While climate services are being provided through pilot efforts in many parts of the world, moving beyond these initial efforts to implement climate services at scale remains a challenge.
The third International Conference on Climate Services (ICCS 3) explored opportunities and constraints regarding the transition to sustained climate services, paying specific attention to issues of drought monitoring, coastal management, and climate-related health interventions.
The conference created an opportunity for updates of a variety of projects and contributed to the development of the CSP workplan. ICCS 3 was held December 4-6, 2013 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Montego Bay, Jamaica; December 3 was reserved for side events. The conference report and presentations are found below.
Conference report
A high-resolution version of the conference report is available here: ICCS3_Report_FINAL
A low-resolution version of the conference report is available here: ICCS3_Report_FINAL-reduced
**Wednesday, December 4**
Opening session
Climate services in the Caribbean, David Farrell
Climate services around the world, Filipe Lucio
National-level climate services for agriculture, Alicia Martins
Intro to the ICCS Tools Expo, Cathy Vaughan
Conference roadmap, Steve Zebiak
Climate Services Evaluation
Evaluating climate services: Lessons from Mali, Ed Carr
Assessing the socio-economic benefits of meteorological & hydrological services, Glen Anderson
Evaluating the Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative, Dave Letson
Evaluating climate services for farmers, Arame Tall
Adaptation made to measure, Eva Wuttge
Drought early warning systems
Drought Early Warning in the Caribbean, Adrian Trotman
Drought forecasts using SPI, Cedric Van_Meerbeeck
National Integrated Drought Information System, Robin Webb
Joint Programming Initiative
Links between JPI and other activities, Chris Hewitt
Climate service user requirements, Mattias Themessl
Providers of climate services in Germany, Maria Manez
Pilot Program for Climate Resilience
Pilot Program for Climate Resilience, Kanta Kumari
PPCR Mozambique, Jose Alvaro Malanco
PPCR Tajikistan, Anvar Homidov
PPCR Yemen, Nabil Abjulqader Sha’lan
Training session: Climate Predictability Tool
**Thursday, December 5**
Coastal management
Are coastal zones well managed, Kasey Jacobs & Janice Cumberbatch
Climate risk and adaptation services in coastal zones, Antonio Marcomini
Impacts of climate change and the role of ecosystem-based adaptation in the Caribbean, Owen Day
Climate services for agriculture in Jamaica
Brief assessment, Glenroy Brown
Jamaica’s institutional arrangements, Albert Daley
Capacity building support, Dianne Dormer
Findings and future plans, Cliff Mahlung ICCS3 Presentation
Climate information & outreach in the Jamaican agricultural sector, Cavell Francis-Rhiney
Developing climate services, Jackie Spence
Training session: R training
Statistical modeling of malaria in Botswana using R, Rachel Lowe
Climate services and the private sector
Climate services and the private sector, Guy Brasseur
International Energy & Meteorology Community, Alberto Troccoli
CCCA, its climate services, and approach to reach the users, Matthias Themessl
Integrated climate risk management at the UNDP
Strengthening climate services to manage risks and impacts, AR Subbiah
Stakeholder engagement and community perspectives, Anne Hammill
Integrated climate risk management at UNDP, Rajeev Issar
Integrated climate change adaptation strategies, Dieter Rothenberger
The role of climate in disease decision support systems
Impact of climate change on health, Christine Clarke
Climate and the global distribution of dengue and yellow fever, Michael Johansson
Quantifying spatio-temporal risk factors of dengue, Rachel Lowe
Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network (GLEAN), Claudia Munoz Zanzi
Informing DfID’s research funding for early warning and risk assessment
Science for Humanitarian Emergence & Resilience: Caribbean consultation, Alex Harvey
Science for Humanitarian Emergence & Resilience: Scoping study, Darren Lumbroso
Training session: QGIS
Quantum Geographic Information Systems (QGIS), Jennifer Boehnert
Climate services for better health
Climate services for better health, Carlos Corvalan
Improving climate services for the health sector, Tufa Dinku
Public health and the role of the health sector, Michel Jancloes
Climate services for better health, Chris Hewitt
Climate and health partnership to control meningitis, Madeleine Thomson
Prioritizing research in support of climate services
Research priorities for climate services, Walter Baethgen
Prioritizing research in support of climate service institutions, Jim Buizer
Climate services for development: social science research priorities, Ed Carr
Funding research priorities for development, John Furlow
Priotizing research in support of climate research, Lisa Goddard
Research priorities in the Caribbean, Adrian Trotman
Participatory development of seasonal forecast action alert for the Caribbean
Caribbean Action Alert, Erin Coughlan and Ashley Curtis
Training Session: CCORAL
CCORAL training, Keith Nicholls
**Friday, December 6**
Reporting on the Tools Expo, Ana Bucher
Establishing good practice, Bruce Hewitson
Prioritizing research, Lawrence Buja
Building capacity, Emily CoBabe
Directing investment, John Furlow