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Georgeson L, Maslin M, Poessinouw M. Global disparity in the supply of commercial weather and climate information services. Sci Adv. 2017;3(5):e1602632doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602632.
Georgeson, L., Maslin, M., & Poessinouw, M. (2017). Global disparity in the supply of commercial weather and climate information services. Science advances, 3(5), e1602632. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602632
Georgeson, Lucien, et al. "Global disparity in the supply of commercial weather and climate information services." Science advances vol. 3,5 (2017): e1602632. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602632
Georgeson L, Maslin M, Poessinouw M. Global disparity in the supply of commercial weather and climate information services. Sci Adv. 2017 May 24;3(5):e1602632. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602632. eCollection 2017 May. PMID: 28560335; PMCID: PMC5443644.
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Sci Adv. 2017 May 24;3(5):e1602632. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602632. eCollection 2017 May.

Global disparity in the supply of commercial weather and climate information services.

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Lucien Georgeson, Mark Maslin, Martyn Poessinouw

Affiliations

  1. Department of Geography, University College London, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  2. kMatrix Ltd., Greetham House, Greetham, Rutland LE15 7NF, UK.

PMID: 28560335 PMCID: PMC5443644 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602632

Abstract

Information about weather and climate is vital for many areas of decision-making, particularly under conditions of increasing vulnerability and uncertainty related to climate change. We have quantified the global commercial supply of weather and climate information services. Although government data are sometimes freely available, the interpretation and analysis of those data, alongside additional data collection, are required to formulate responses to specific challenges in areas such as health, agriculture, and the built environment. Using transactional data, we analyzed annual spending by private and public organizations on commercial weather and climate information in more than 180 countries by industrial sector, region, per capita, and percentage of GDP (gross domestic product) and against the country's climate and extreme weather risk. There are major imbalances regarding access to these essential services between different countries based on region and development status. There is also no relationship between the level of climate and weather risks that a country faces and the level of per capita spending on commercial weather and climate information in that country. At the international level, action is being taken to improve access to information services. With a better understanding of the flows of commercial weather and climate information, as explored in this study, it will be possible to tackle these regional and development-related disparities and thus to increase resilience to climate and weather risks.

Keywords: climate change; climate data; climate risk; climate services; extreme weather risk; global framework for climate services; weather & climate information services; weather & climate services; weather data; weather services

References

  1. Nature. 2016 Oct 05;538(7623):27-29 - PubMed

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