ABSTRACT

In recent years there has been a shift away from the implementation of climate services as, primarily, a science focused activity, to one which embraces the value of transdisciplinary co-production, broadening the scope of admissible knowledge in the design of climate services. Using this shift in thinking as a basis for project design, we outline a case study of transdisciplinary co-production of climate services with the City of Cape Town municipality that explores the value of the transdisciplinary process. Through the mechanism of an embedded researcher, the study set out to improve the understanding of different ways that climate terminology is used by policy and decision makers within the City. This understanding was used as a basis for co-producing climate learning tools that expose the differential understanding of climate terminology in cross-sectoral decision-making groups at the City. While the project was successful in developing co-produced learning tools, we argue that the learning, understanding and trust relationships developed as a result of the transdisciplinary co-production process could be considered more valuable than the learning tools themselves. Therefore, we stress the need for a greater focus and value to be placed on the process elements of transdisciplinary co-production going forward.

摘要

近年来，已经从主要以科学为重点的活动的气候服务实施转变为包含跨学科联合生产价值的活动，从而扩大了气候服务设计中可接受知识的范围。使用这种思维上的转变作为项目设计的基础，我们概述了与开普敦市政府跨学科共同生产气候服务的案例研究，探讨了跨学科过程的价值。通过嵌入式研究人员的机制，该研究旨在提高对纽约市政策和决策者使用气候术语的不同方式的理解。这种理解被用作共同制作气候学习工具的基础，这些工具揭示了纽约市跨部门决策小组对气候术语的不同理解。尽管该项目成功开发了联合生产的学习工具，但我们认为，跨学科联合生产过程所产生的学习，理解和信任关系比学习工具本身更有价值。因此，我们强调有必要更加重视和重视跨学科合作生产的过程要素。跨学科的共同生产过程所形成的理解和信任关系比学习工具本身更有价值。因此，我们强调有必要更加重视和重视跨学科合作生产的过程要素。跨学科的共同生产过程所形成的理解和信任关系比学习工具本身更有价值。因此，我们强调有必要更加重视和重视跨学科合作生产的过程要素。