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{"title":"SIMBOL: A method to co-produce impact-based seasonal outlooks","authors":"Joseph Daron ,&nbsp;Katerina Michaelides ,&nbsp;Khalid Hassaballah ,&nbsp;Andrés Quichimbo ,&nbsp;Rebecca Parfitt ,&nbsp;Jessica Stacey ,&nbsp;Anna Steynor ,&nbsp;Catrina Johnson ,&nbsp;David MacLeod ,&nbsp;Michael Bliss Singer","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100579","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100579","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Communities across the world are sensitive to the impacts of seasonal climate variability, particularly in regions where distinct rainfall seasons support livelihoods and economic activities. Timely and actionable warnings of hazardous seasonal conditions and advisories tailored to different sectors can enable people to respond, reduce risks, and seize opportunities. Yet despite advances in seasonal forecasting methods and capabilities, there remains a lack of “impact-based” seasonal climate outlooks that more directly serve societal needs while preserving uncertainty information for risk-based decision making. Here we present a new method to address this gap, focusing on implementation in Regional and National Climate Outlook Forums and targeted at intermediary users who support the communication of seasonal outlooks across scales. The Seasonal IMpact-Based OutLook (SIMBOL) method provides a simple and scalable approach for use in regions across the world. We describe the conceptual basis for the method, embedded in the Impact-Based Forecasting (IBF) framework, and demonstrate its application through a case study of seasonal total rainfall impacts on groundwater in Somalia, trialled at the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF) in February 2024. We elaborate the critical role of co-production amongst different knowledge holders for characterizing impacts across all potential outlook outcomes, avoiding advisories that are biased towards the “most likely” outcome. We also discuss the importance of objective evidence from impact modelling and observations to consider antecedent conditions. Lessons learned and challenges encountered in developing the method are discussed to inform opportunities for future development and implementation in different contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100579"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143948940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the local context for implementing a climate based early warning system for dengue fever outbreaks in Ecuador","authors":"Gabrielle M.A. Cepella ,&nbsp;Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova ,&nbsp;Marianne van Elteren ,&nbsp;Desislava Petrova","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100571","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dengue fever is hyper-endemic in Ecuador and has persistently challenged its public health system. Previously, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its impact on local temperature and precipitation in coastal Ecuador was linked to dengue outbreaks. A framework for early epidemics prediction based on long-lead ENSO and local climate forecasts was developed and tested for El Oro province. It could provide timely information to policy makers, but it is not being systematically utilized. In this study we assess barriers and pathways for a climate-driven dengue EWS implementation in Ecuador. Initially, 30 stakeholders from the climate and health sector were approached, and 11 semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to identify needs and priorities. Although all topics were covered during each interview, the structure and sequence of the questions varied according to the stakeholder background. In the exploratory phase specific codes were assigned to data fragments, and themes that reached the highest level of saturation were analyzed. Our results point to a limited compatibility between the current outbreak management and a climate-driven dengue EWS. To enhance compatibility, all participants indicated that EWS implementation should be led by the Ministry of Health or another established inter-institutional management structure invested with authority and knowledge about the needs and aims. This would ensure the participation of stakeholders with diverse backgrounds, and build trust in the EWS. Promoting data sharing, working on city or province level and improving local infrastructure to prevent flooding could also guarantee its effectiveness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100571"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143864755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing disparities in access, use, and potential benefits of weather and climate information services among farmers in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor","authors":"Maya Moore ,&nbsp;Geneva List ,&nbsp;Max Mauerman ,&nbsp;Dante Salazar Ballesteros ,&nbsp;Walter Baethgen","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100573","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100573","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Climate risk is a critical challenge for smallholder farmers in Guatemala, and weather and climate information services (WCIS) are a growing policy solution. Using a survey of 330 farming households in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor, this research examines farmers’ ability to access and utilize WCIS for agricultural decision-making, as well as the association between WCIS and food insecurity. Our observational study found that while reported access to one approach, Local Technical Agro-Climatic Committees (LTACs) and agro-climatic bulletins (ACBs), was lower than expected among a representative sample of communities, nearly half of respondents reported accessing weather and climate information more generally. In an observational comparison, those accessing information implemented significantly more climate-resilient agricultural practices and were significantly more food secure than those not receiving the information; however, accessing information was correlated with household wealth and education, and its effect on food insecurity was not statistically identifiable in a multiple regression test with controls. Our study also provides empirical evidence that a lack of information is not the primary barrier to the adoption of adaptation practices. While farmers expressed a desire to adapt certain farming practices in response to climate risk, they faced financial and other barriers to implementing these strategies. Thus, while WCIS have potential for informing agricultural decisions, this study underscores the challenges associated with effectively delivering information to farmers, as well as highlights obstacles to their use when farmers do receive them. These insights are crucial for refining WCIS design and delivery. Recommendations include investing in more farmer-centric communication channels and coupling information with resources to strengthen farmers’ adaptive capacity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Practical implications&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;Guatemala’s Dry Corridor is a region highly susceptible to drought and climate variability. For smallholder farmers who depend on rain-fed maize and bean cultivation, these climate risks intensify vulnerability and threaten livelihoods. Acute food insecurity is also a significant concern in Guatemala and the Dry Corridor. Weather and climate information services (WCIS) are offered as a policy solution in Guatemala, and globally, to aid in climate risk management and climate change adaptation. Timely and relevant climate information can inform adaptive agricultural practices, potentially helping to mitigate climate risks, reduce negative coping strategies, and safeguard household well-being.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This study explores the reach of WCIS and the socioeconomic factors associated with its use among a population of smallholder farmers in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor, using a contextual assessment of decision-making processes, adaptive practices, and local constraints. We investigate the differences between those who access","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100573"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143906905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reflections on the large-scale application of a community resilience measurement framework across the globe","authors":"Adriana Keating ,&nbsp;Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler ,&nbsp;Reinhard Mechler ,&nbsp;Finn Laurien ,&nbsp;Naomi Rubenstein ,&nbsp;Teresa Deubelli ,&nbsp;Stefan Velev ,&nbsp;Michael Szoenyi ,&nbsp;David Nash","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100562","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100562","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper reflects on learnings and analysis from an extensively globally applied, standardized community disaster resilience measurement framework that utilises bottom-up (locally collected) data. These lessons, from over a decade of on-the-ground work and analysis, are based on empirical evidence and have salience for scholars, policy-makers and practitioners aiming to strengthen community disaster resilience and apply bottom-up community disaster resilience measurement approaches. The Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities approach was co-designed and implemented by the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance: a transdisciplinary science-policy-practice collaboration including scientists, practitioners and private business. It has been applied globally in approximately 400 communities worldwide, demonstrating the real-world impact of scalable community disaster resilience measurement initiatives. Findings provide evidence for the impacts and good practices of applying bottom-up community disaster resilience measurement approaches. Quantitative analysis on this unique dataset provides new entry points for research on typologies and dynamics of resilience, based on empirical evidence on human, social, physical, natural and financial dimensions. Based on our analysis, we find that the use of bottom-up, multidimensional, standardized community disaster resilience measurement approaches is a worthwhile endeavour to support community disaster resilience strengthening.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100562"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ordered probit results of determinants of climate change vulnerability across different agricultural enterprises in Kenya","authors":"Aurillia Manjella Ndiwa ,&nbsp;John Mburu ,&nbsp;Richard Mulwa ,&nbsp;Chepchumba Chumo","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100578","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100578","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change is significantly impacting small-scale farmers in Kenya, particularly those engaged in key agricultural enterprises; crop cultivation, livestock farming, and fish production. To design interventions and develop policies to address the challenges posed by climate change, it is important to gather evidence of the extent of household vulnerability and the related factors. This study assessed household vulnerability to climate change and identify contributing factors to guide effective interventions and policies. Using the Livelihood Vulnerability Index and ordered Probit regression model, data from 723 small-scale farmers were analyzed. The findings show that households relying solely on crop farming are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than those combining two or more types of agricultural activities. Households that engaged in multiple farming enterprises such as mixing crops with livestock or fish farming were better prepared to cope with climate-related challenges. Additionally, households headed by younger or more educated individuals, with access to agricultural training and extension services, accessing credit, having membership in farming groups, and located closer to markets were generally less vulnerable. Based on these findings, the study recommends i) implementation of interventions that promote multi-enterprise farming and synergies to enable farmers to diversify risks, (ii) introducing affordable credit options for farmer households, facilitated through policy and other initiatives such as cooperatives, as means to reduce household vulnerability to climate change, and (iii) strengthening government meteorological and extension services to ensure timely and efficient dissemination of climate change-related information to farmers, facilitating the adoption of adaptation measures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100578"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144134048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards a holistic climate service: Addressing all four climate risk determinants","authors":"Jan Ketil Rød ,&nbsp;Carlo Aall ,&nbsp;Torbjørn Selseng","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100558","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100558","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article presents a newly developed climate service designed to monitor climate risk in Norwegian municipalities using a variety of indicators. The service is accessible through a publicly available multimedia platform. With the expected increase in extreme weather events, many climate services have emerged focusing solely on future climate conditions, thus addressing only the hazard component of climate risk. As a result, most current local climate services evaluate how future climate will impact today’s society. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), however, recently developed a risk framework consisting of four determinants: hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and response. Following this framework, our climate service incorporates all four risk determinants. It presents geographically and temporally varying indicators expressing current, near-future, and far-future projections or scenarios on hazard, exposure, and vulnerability, and maps these against current response levels. This approach enables us to identify which municipalities in Norway are most at risk and currently have the least adequate responses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100558"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143748668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smallholder Farmers’ perceptions of climate change and adaptation strategies in Southern Ethiopia: Mixed method approach","authors":"Negussie Zeray","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100567","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100567","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The study objective is to assess farmers’ perception and adaptation to climate change in the Karat Zuria district, Southern Ethiopia. Multivariate probit models and descriptive statistics were used to evaluate cross-sectional data collected from 339 sample households. Surveyed farmers in Karat Zuria largely perceive increasing climate change impacts, including unpredictable rainfall, heat-related crop and animal diseases, intensified weed infestations, rising temperatures, shorter rainy seasons, and worsening droughts/water shortages. 46.4%, 72.5%, 63.4%, 88.9%, 85.6%, 51.0%, and 88.9% of the smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate change are small-scale irrigation, agro-forestry, changing planting dates, soil and water conservation, growing different types of plants, growing different crop varieties, and using improved fodder crops and hay for livestock feed. The results of the multivariate probit model revealed that the main factors influencing households’ decisions to choose different adaptation strategies for coping with climate change are sex, age, knowledge of climate change, farm income, the number and size of animals owned by the household, the size of the farm, the use of credit, the distance between the farm and the residence, the frequency of drought, and experience of crop loss. To improve climate change adaptation in Karat Zuria, policymakers should focus on tailored interventions that address credit access, agricultural knowledge, and resource management, considering farmers’ unique needs and circumstances.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Practical implications&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The images listed below were all taken when the study’s fieldwork was being done. Images 1 and 6 show rivers, springs, and irrigation water sources that are utilized to gather water and adapt to climate change.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As a consequence of key informant interviews and field observations, early maturing crop varieties such as BH140 maize, DZ-CE37 teff, humara-1 sesame, Mung bean, common bean, Gubeye, Asnakech, and Berhane are being used as alternative sorts of adaptation techniques in the research region (See photos 7–17).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Since they lessen the risk of flooding and improve soil moisture and organic matter retention, soil and water conservation techniques, notably tracing, are a well-known approach for dealing with climate change. Regarding the agroforestry option, farmers in the study region cultivate fodder plants and widely utilized agroforestry techniques in the neighborhood include the indigenous Oybata (Terminalia browine) and pigeam pea (Cajanus cajan).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In order to alleviate the shortage of animal feed, farmers frequently plant indigenous forage (Kanda), Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana), and elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) around their fields. On the other hand, farmers in the study area frequently feed their animals agricultural leftovers and harvest acacia pods during times of drought as a kind of adaptation to climate change.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100567"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of urban flood risk for the implementation of sustainable land use measures","authors":"Kiyong Park ,&nbsp;Sang Hyun Choi","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100568","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100568","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the past few decades, the intensity and frequency of flooding have increased worldwide, resulting in a significant increase in damage rate. Urban spatial analysis regarding land use has been conducted to address the fundamental problem of flood risk and prepare long-term measures. This study proposes a flood risk assessment approach that integrates vulnerability and hazard components within a Social-Economic-Structural-Environmental (S-E-S-E) framework. Vulnerability is classified into social, economic, and structural factors, while hazard is determined based on environmental variables such as topography and precipitation. The urban flood risk analysis results showed that commercial and residential areas are very dangerous, while green areas are safe for zoning districts. The urban, southwest, and southeast regions were found to be relatively dangerous for regions. These findings indicate that flood risk is high in urban areas with high population density, areas responsible for the key functions of the city, vulnerable groups, and declining urban areas. The proposed method enables the identification of high risk areas, facilitating data-driven land use planning for sustainable urban resilience. This study contributes to urban flood mitigation strategies by providing a systematic approach to spatial risk assessment, which can be adapted to different urban settings facing similar climate challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100568"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring what matters: Building impact pathways to actionable information for the weADAPT platform","authors":"S. Bharwani,&nbsp;K. Williamson,&nbsp;R. Butterfield","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100574","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100574","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The potential of online knowledge platforms to support urgent climate action is increasingly recognized; however, their effectiveness is often hindered by the fragmentation and overabundance of information, which can impede learning and contribute to misinformation, redundancy, and erosion of trust. Despite their proliferation, few platforms have undergone systematic evaluation of their impact on research, policy, and practice. This study addresses this gap by assessing the usability and impact of the weADAPT online platform through a mixed-methods approach, combining a user survey and semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal clear pathways linking knowledge management (KM) aims and activities to outputs, outcomes, and longer-term impacts. Users reported that the platform effectively promoted climate change adaptation awareness, supported capacity development, influenced policy and planning, and facilitated knowledge exchange and collaboration. Further analysis identified six core KM activities—enhancing usability, inclusivity, trust, transferability, connectivity, and alignment with FAIR principles—as central to platform effectiveness. These findings informed a recent platform upgrade (2022–2024), the refinement of weADAPT’s Theory of Change, and the development of a tailored monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework featuring custom progress indicators. The study underscores the importance of aligning KM practices with user needs and evaluating platform impact in meaningful ways—measuring what we value, rather than merely what is easy to quantify. These insights offer practical guidance for knowledge managers and platform developers working to enhance learning and support evidence-based climate adaptation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Practical implications chapter&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;As a climate service, the weADAPT online platform&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; primarily (but not exclusively) targets communities in low- to middle-income countries to help reach and give voice to vulnerable communities and those in “hard to reach” regions of the world. Acting on results of a survey (379 responses) and interviews (21) conducted (June 2022 – February 2023) on the impact and use of platform, weADAPT adopted six key knowledge management (KM) specific aims and related activities to support its mission to help users collectively “Learn, Share and Connect” (see &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fig. 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for three use cases that provide examples of these three pillars). These are as follows: 1) increasing usability through translation, tailoring, syntheses and capacity development; 2) enhancing inclusivity through just and equitable sharing of multiple knowledges; 3) building trust through collaborative KM processes; 4) creating transferability through sharing multi-scale, multi-sectoral place-based knowledge; 5) improving connectivity through cross-fertilization of knowledge, users, networks and influencing other platforms; and 6) promoting find","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100574"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bridging the gap: Gender-sensitive climate information and its implications for cowpea production in Mali","authors":"Amos Mensah ,&nbsp;Prince Asiedu","doi":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100582","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100582","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The intersection of gender dynamics and climate information sources significantly shapes the resilience and adaptive capacities of cowpea farmers in Cinzana, Mali. The paper investigates farmers’ access to and perception of climate information, focusing on gender differences that are needed to enhance adaptation to climate variability. The study also explores the constraints faced by both groups in adopting climate-resilient practices. Using data from 260 smallholder cowpea farmers, including 133 men and 127 women, ordered logit and multiple regression models were employed. The results indicate that age, sex, years of experience, and<!--> <!-->use of high-yielding varieties influence farmers’ frequency of information access from respective sources. The study further revealed that access of information from television, the use of high-yielding varieties, among others, significantly influence cowpea yields. We recommend the promotion of gender-responsive climate information services that facilitate targeted interventions that recognize farmers’ differences to enhance equitable access to resources, improve adaptation, and increase cowpea productivity in Mali.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51332,"journal":{"name":"Climate Services","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100582"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144178768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}