Creating and testing an approach for upscaling climate services
Upscaling is the process of moving beyond pilots or prototypes to repeatable and/or transferable services that are accessible and useful to stakeholders and users. It may also refer to increasing the provision, reach, or impact of an existing service. Upscaling any service or product is a complex pr...
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| author | Christopher R. Goddard Galina Guentchev Erika J. Palin Mark Harrison Jason A. Lowe Tyrone Dunbar Elizabeth Fuller Chris Counsell John Dora Tim Reeder |
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| description | Upscaling is the process of moving beyond pilots or prototypes to repeatable and/or transferable services that are accessible and useful to stakeholders and users. It may also refer to increasing the provision, reach, or impact of an existing service. Upscaling any service or product is a complex process, which – in the case of climate services – is exacerbated by serving an emerging market, and many projects taking place in academic settings with short term funding cycles. Climate service providers, their delivery partners and funders could benefit from increased reach and impact by explicitly considering how their services can scale and what the enablers and barriers to this may be. This could take the form of reviewing academic literature, applying structured frameworks, or learning from best practice examples.Here, we describe the process of creating, testing, and refining an upscaling approach for climate services. The resulting approach is presented, alongside case studies that helped update it and provide evidence for its usefulness and useability. This detailed study of upscaling climate services sets the foundation for effective and sustainable provision of climate services beyond pilots and prototypes and further development of upscaling frameworks and tools to this end. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aad5fb6550d54c599e2ec1e3ab9d08ba2025-08-20T03:12:39ZengElsevierClimate Services2405-88072025-04-013810057710.1016/j.cliser.2025.100577Creating and testing an approach for upscaling climate servicesChristopher R. Goddard0Galina Guentchev1Erika J. Palin2Mark Harrison3Jason A. Lowe4Tyrone Dunbar5Elizabeth Fuller6Chris Counsell7John Dora8Tim Reeder9Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UKMet Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UKMet Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK; Corresponding author.Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UKMet Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK; Priestley Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UKMet Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UKMet Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UKHR Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BA, UKClimate Sense, Seafields, Holworth, Dorchester DT2 8NJ, UKClimate Sense, Seafields, Holworth, Dorchester DT2 8NJ, UKUpscaling is the process of moving beyond pilots or prototypes to repeatable and/or transferable services that are accessible and useful to stakeholders and users. It may also refer to increasing the provision, reach, or impact of an existing service. Upscaling any service or product is a complex process, which – in the case of climate services – is exacerbated by serving an emerging market, and many projects taking place in academic settings with short term funding cycles. Climate service providers, their delivery partners and funders could benefit from increased reach and impact by explicitly considering how their services can scale and what the enablers and barriers to this may be. This could take the form of reviewing academic literature, applying structured frameworks, or learning from best practice examples.Here, we describe the process of creating, testing, and refining an upscaling approach for climate services. The resulting approach is presented, alongside case studies that helped update it and provide evidence for its usefulness and useability. This detailed study of upscaling climate services sets the foundation for effective and sustainable provision of climate services beyond pilots and prototypes and further development of upscaling frameworks and tools to this end.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240588072500038XUpscalingScaling upClimate ServicesPrototypingPilot projectsToolkit |
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| title | Creating and testing an approach for upscaling climate services |
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| title_short | Creating and testing an approach for upscaling climate services |
| title_sort | creating and testing an approach for upscaling climate services |
| topic | Upscaling Scaling up Climate Services Prototyping Pilot projects Toolkit |
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