Research Questions (provisional):
- What form (scale, time horizon, resolution, confidence, type-means, thresholds…) of climate information proves useful in decision making in the co-exploration framework?
- And how does it relate to what can possibly be made available, interpreted and presented?
- To what extent and how does co-production of knowledge change the practice of decision-making in cities?
- Who are the city “decision-makers” (multi-scalar)?
- What are the power relations in city?
- What sort of decisions are in the domain of cities?
- What are dominant discourses in the city?
- Where is the current institutional position of climate change in city governance?
- How could decisions be made to ensure implementation? What makes a difference between implemented and unimplemented decisions?
- To what extent does climate information currently inform decision-making in all sectors within city governance?
- What is the added value of climate-related information in city decision-making context (currently, and potentially)?
- Can interactive learning process support decision-making at longer time scales?
- Does institutional position of climate change in city structures affect effectiveness of adoption/uptake of climate information?
- How do planning frameworks used in city context incorporate uncertainty, in theory and in practice?
- How much uncertainty in climate information can cities tolerate?
- What constrains and enables considering climate change as a significant issue in city decision-making?
- What prevents climate change from being seen as socio-economic rather than environmental issue?
- What is the role of physical and governance local-regional linkages in climate change relevant decision making? (e.g. catchment boundaries extending beyond city…)
- What influences/defines resilience in African cities?
- What is the practical meaning of “low-regret decision-making” in the context of southern African cities? (‘robust decision-making’)