To enable society to better manage the risks and opportunities arising from changes in climate, engagement between the users and the providers of climate information needs to be much more effective and should better link climate information with decision-making.
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Hewitt, C., Stone, R. & Tait, A. Improving the use of climate information in decision-making. Nature Clim Change 7, 614–616 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3378
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