Enhancing Adaptive Capacity of Andean Communities through the Implementation of Climate Services Value Chain.&#160;
Authors: Polato Raul , Avalos Roldán Grinia Jesús , Saavedra Umba Hugo Armando , Barreto Pedraza Luis Reinaldo , Vega Riquelme Carmen Paulina , Nieto Lopez Juan Jose , Fiallo Pantziou Elba 
Published: June 2021

&lt;p&gt;Significant trends in precipitation and temperature have been observed in South America, including changes in climate variability and extreme events. Such trends are projected to continue in the future due to climate change. Of particular concern is the retreating of the Andean cryosphere which affects the seasonal distribution of streamflow thus affecting water supply for agriculture, cities and hydropower generation, in countries where poverty and socio-economic vulnerability levels are still high.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ENANDES &amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;Enhancing Adaptive Capacity of Andean Communities through Climate Services&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt; project seeks&amp;#160;to strengthen&amp;#160;the capacity of society and communities in Chile, Colombia and Peru to adapt to climate variability and change. This four years intervention (2021-2025) is&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;funded by the Adaptation Fund and implemented by WMO in partnership with National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru &amp;#8211; SENAMHI, the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies of Colombia &amp;#8211; IDEAM, the Meteorological Directorate of Chile &amp;#8211; DMC and the International Centre for Research on the El Ni&amp;#241;o Phenomenon &amp;#8211; CIIFEN.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The project aims at enhancing the provision of &amp;#8220;climate services&amp;#8221; at regional and national levels focusing on the full service value chain with activities ranging from service design to participatory user engagement Indeed, the timely production, translation, and delivery of climate information for decision making, will support both climate risk management and adaptation plans, addressing three priority sectors: agriculture and food security, water and energy. ENANDES is&amp;#160;structured&amp;#160;around four major components that build the climate service value chain with a regional approach: 1)&amp;#160;design, production&amp;#160;and communication of climate and water information&amp;#160;and services, 2)&amp;#160;institutional coordination to&amp;#160;facilitate&amp;#160;the&amp;#160;targeting&amp;#160;of&amp;#160;information,&amp;#160;products,&amp;#160;and services to user needs, 3)&amp;#160;engagement of&amp;#160;stakeholders in the co-development and&amp;#160;implementation&amp;#160;of local plan for adaptation, and 4)&amp;#160;regional and&amp;#160;global&amp;#160;coordination and cooperation&amp;#160;for the provision of climate services&amp;#160;and adaptation actions. The strategy foresees also the engagement with qualified regional and international experts and partners, such as the National Institute of Space Research of Brazil &amp;#8211; INPE, the State Meteorology Agency of Spain- AEMET to and the Swiss Meteorological Service &amp;#8211; MeteoSwiss. The last one will capitalize previous experiences in the region and will support the assessment and evaluation of socio-economic benefits generated by the use of climate service at local, national and regional level.&lt;/p&gt;