Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 55: Visualising the Complexity of Drought: A Network Analysis Based on the Water Resilience Assessment Framework and the Actor-Relational Approach Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040055 Authors: Joachim Vercruysse Greet Deruyter Renaat De Sutter Luuk Boelens This paper discusses the increasing severity of droughts due to climate change. It emphasises the complexity of defining drought and the diverse perspectives among stakeholders. Lots of stakeholders with unclear responsibilities are involved, which can lead to uncertainty and indecisiveness in addressing the issue. To tac ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 54: Using Calibrated Rainfall Forecasts and Observed Rainfall to Produce Probabilistic Meteorological Drought Forecasts Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040054 Authors: Zhi-Weng Chua Yuriy Kuleshov Jessica Bhardwaj Most existing drought forecast systems rely only on observed or forecast rainfall, losing valuable context gained from considering both. The lack of a direct link between observed and forecast rainfall reduces the physical consistency of a system, motivating the development of a methodology that can directly link the two. The methodology developed in this study allo ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 51: Unlocking Weather Observations at the End of the World: Late-XIX and Early-XX Century Monthly Mean Temperature Climatology for Southern Patagonia Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040051 Authors: Pablo O. Canziani S. Gabriela Lakkis Adrián E. Yuchechen Oscar Bonfilli A climate analysis of the monthly mean temperatures of Southern Patagonia during the late-XIXth and early-XXth centuries was carried out as part of the international data rescue Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) program partnership in Argentina, together with other data sources with ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 52: Unlocking Weather Observations at Puerto Madryn-Patagonia, Argentina, 1902–1915 Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040052 Authors: Susan Gabriela Lakkis Pablo O. Canziani Adrián E. Yuchechen The recovery of early records of maximum, minimum, and mean temperatures; pressure; and relative humidity measurements in Puerto Madryn for the period 1902–1915 is presented. A careful evaluation of the quality of the data was performed using internal coherence, tolerance, and temporal consistency tests. The monthly mean series of all the variables, constructed fr ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 53: Key Innovations in Financing Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Adaptation Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040053 Authors: Fausto Favero Jochen Hinkel The implementation of nature-based solutions (NBSs) for coastal adaptation to climate change is limited by a well-documented lack of finance. Scholars agree that financial innovation represents a solution to this problem, particularly due to its potential for mobilising private investments. It remains unclear however how exactly innovative solutions address the specific barriers found in NBS implementation and, given the di ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 49: Machine Learning Identification of Attributes and Predictors for a Flash Drought in Eastern Australia Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040049 Authors: Milton Speer Joshua Hartigan Lance M. Leslie Flash droughts (FDs) are natural disasters that strike suddenly and intensify quickly. They occur almost anywhere, anytime of the year, and can have severe socio-economic, health and environmental impacts. This study focuses on a recent FD that began in the cool season of the Upper Hunter region of Eastern Australia, an important energy and agricultural local and global exporter t ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 50: Meta-Analysis and Ranking of the Most Effective Methane Reduction Strategies for Australia’s Beef and Dairy Sector Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040050 Authors: Merideth Kelliher Diana Bogueva Dora Marinova Although Australia remains committed to the Paris Agreement and to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, it was late in joining the 2021 Global Methane Pledge. Finding suitable methane (CH4) mitigation solutions for Australia’s livestock industry should be part of this journey. Based on a 2020–2023 systematic literature review a ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 48: Spatiotemporal Assessment of Surface Solar Dimming in India: Impacts of Multi-Level Clouds and Atmospheric Aerosols Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040048 Authors: Ashwin Vijay Jadhav P. R. C. Rahul Vinay Kumar Umesh Chandra Dumka Rohini L. Bhawar Surface solar radiation (SSR) is a fundamental energy source for an equitable and sustainable future. Meteorology-induced variability increases uncertainty in SSR, thereby limiting its reliability due to its intermittent nature. This variability depends on several meteorological factors, including clouds, atmospheric gases, and ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 47: Adaptation Attitudes Are Guided by “Lived Experience” Rather than Electoral Interests: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Bangladesh Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12040047 Authors: Todd A. Eisenstadt Sk Tawfique M. Haque Michael A. Toman Matthew Wright After decades of presuming that climate adaptation is a private good benefitting only those receiving resources to reduce individual climate risks, respondents in a survey experiment among the climate-vulnerable in Bangladesh chose less-particularistic adaptation projects than “electoral ..read more

Climate, Vol. 12, Pages 46: A Move Towards Developing Usable Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Services for the Agricultural Sector Climate doi: 10.3390/cli12030046 Authors: Mokhele E. Moeletsi Mitsuru Tsubo Dryland farming is at the center of increasing pressure to produce more food for the growing population in an environment that is highly variable and with high expectations for the standard of their production systems. While there is mounting pressure for increased productivity, the responsibility to protect the environment and diminish the agricultural sector’s carbon ..read more