Episode 1: Climate information distillation and the narrative approach to climate information

Season 2 Episode 1 features a discussion between START Program Specialist Dr. Mzime Ndebele-Murisa and three prominent climate scientists from the FRACTAL project: Dr. Chris Jack (Deputy Director at the Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), at the University of Cape Town, South Africa); Dr. Richard Jones (Science Fellow at the UK Met Office and a visiting professor at Oxford University); and Dr. Tamara Janes (Researcher in atmospheric sciences, monsoons and climate change adaptation).

Together, these four focus on ‘climate distillation’ and narrative approaches used during the FRACTAL project to ensure climate information was both relevant and usable. The conversation explores decision making contexts, trust building and strengths and weaknesses of using Climate Risk Narratives (CRN) to co-produce relevant, plausible climate information and to communicate uncertainties in the climate data.