Structuring Climate Service Co‐Creation Using a Business Model Approach. Issue 10 (21st October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rubio‐Martin, Adria; Mañez‐Costa, Maria; Pulido‐Velazquez, Manuel; Garcia‐Prats, Alberto; Celliers, Louis; Llario, Ferran; Macian, Javier
• Is Part Of: Earth's future. Volume 9:Issue 10(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-10-21
• Subjects: climate services -- business model -- climate change -- adaptation -- framework; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences; Periodicals; 550
• DOI: 10.1029/2021EF002181
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-4277

Abstract

Abstract: Climate services are tools or products that aim to support climate‐informed decision making for the adaptation to climate change. The market for climate services is dominated by public institutions, despite the efforts made by the European Commission to increase private enterprise in the market. The business model perspective has been proposed as a framework for enabling market growth through the development of appropriate business models for the provision of climate services. However, there is a lack of structured knowledge on how to approach climate service design and development from a business model standpoint. In this contribution, we first analyze the role of stakeholders in the design and development of climate services and identify opportunities for engaging users in the creation process. Afterward, we explain our approach to climate service design and development using a business model perspective. To illustrate the proposed approach, we describe the co‐creation of a climate service to support the adaptation to climate change of the urban water supply system in Valencia, Spain, and discuss the main findings and lessons learned from applying this approach. Plain Language Summary: Climate services are customized products that support climate change adaptation. The uptake of climate services by users from the private sphere has been minimal during the last decade. Many reasons have been provided for this, but the main issue is the lack of communication between final users and developers during the design process. In this contribution, a business model perspective has been applied for the creation of climate services in order to bridge the gap between users and developers. Key Points: Climate services are the result of the combination of scientific and practice‐based knowledge This paper describes a method for the co‐creation of climate services using a business focus approach The approach is applied to co‐design & co‐develop a climate service for the adaptation of the Valencia water supply system to climate change