A value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-management
The demand for information required to manage weather-related risks under changing climate conditions is growing. In response there have been efforts within both the public and private sectors to provide information from climate science to support adaptation decisions. Such information provision is...
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| description | The demand for information required to manage weather-related risks under changing climate conditions is growing. In response there have been efforts within both the public and private sectors to provide information from climate science to support adaptation decisions. Such information provision is complicated by the wide range of potential adaptation use-cases, the variable spatial and temporal scales of information required, and the lack of a systematic understanding of how scientific uncertainties propagate through adaptation decisions to affect the value to users. Here we propose value of information (VOI) as a useful conceptual framework for analyzing information designed to support adaptive decision-making. We describe the VOI framework and its usefulness for the adaptation context. We illustrate using a stylized set of decisions and a set of climate information states based on a modified Lorenz model. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bfc657c806c448c38247f3b7b3cc497d2025-08-20T02:39:25ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research: Climate2752-52952025-01-014303100110.1088/2752-5295/adec0eA value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-managementFrances C Moore0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-9642Adam Sobel1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3602-0567Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California , Davis, CA, United States of AmericaDepartment of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University , New York, NY, United States of America; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University , Palisades, NY, United States of AmericaThe demand for information required to manage weather-related risks under changing climate conditions is growing. In response there have been efforts within both the public and private sectors to provide information from climate science to support adaptation decisions. Such information provision is complicated by the wide range of potential adaptation use-cases, the variable spatial and temporal scales of information required, and the lack of a systematic understanding of how scientific uncertainties propagate through adaptation decisions to affect the value to users. Here we propose value of information (VOI) as a useful conceptual framework for analyzing information designed to support adaptive decision-making. We describe the VOI framework and its usefulness for the adaptation context. We illustrate using a stylized set of decisions and a set of climate information states based on a modified Lorenz model.https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/adec0eadaptationclimate changeinformationcastastrophe modelingvalue of information |
| spellingShingle | Frances C Moore Adam Sobel A value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-management Environmental Research: Climate adaptation climate change information castastrophe modeling value of information |
| title | A value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-management |
| title_full | A value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-management |
| title_fullStr | A value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-management |
| title_full_unstemmed | A value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-management |
| title_short | A value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk-management |
| title_sort | value of information framework for climate adaptation and risk management |
| topic | adaptation climate change information castastrophe modeling value of information |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/adec0e |
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