The governance of climate services: Improving knowledge networks for resilient and socially just societies (GovClimServices)

GovClimServices is a three-year research study (2015-2017) funded by the Research Council of Norway and jointly conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), University of Oslo (UiO), and TERI. Climate services, such as long term weather forecasts and agricultural advisories, are a critical element of improving the resilience and adaptive capacity of rural livelihoods to climate change. During 2015-2017, we will jointly study the conditions for effective multilevel governance of climate services in India, with a focus on Maharashtra state. This builds on joint research that NIBR, NIVA, and TERI have previously conducted in Maharashtra state on climate change adaptation.