Primer: Using Climate Information for Climate Risk Management
USAID's climate risk management (CRM) policy aims to enhance program impacts and safeguard investments. The policy requires USAID staff and partners to assess, address, and adaptively manage climate risks. Effective CRM requires staff and partners to access, digest, and apply (make design and project management decisions based on) climate information.
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This primer contains recommended practices, important considerations and information sources to help you make the best use of climate information. The primer is organized in three sections: Recommended Practices; Considerations for Conducting or Commissioning Assessments; and Information Sources.
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Model projections of future precipitation tend to have greater uncertainty than projections of future temperature. Projections from some models may even indicate that a particular location will become wetter while other models indicate the same location will become drier.