Climate-Informed Planning (CLIM-PLANNeD)

A climate-informed planning and decision support system designed to support long-term development planning, infrastructure design, and policy-making by integrating climate projections and risk information into scenario-based planning processes

Note: Focus on medium- to long-term planning horizons

Developer: RIMES
Stage Of Maturity: Operational, Continuously evolving

Strengths

  • Strong focus on long-term, climate-informed planning
  • Integrates climate projections into decision-making processes
  • Supports scenario-based analysis and adaptation planning
  • Bridges gap between climate science and development planning
  • Enables risk-informed investment and infrastructure design

Weaknesses

  • Requires technical expertise to interpret projections and scenarios
  • Dependent on quality and resolution of climate projection data
  • May require customization for sector-specific applications
  • Limited direct linkage to short-term operational decision-making
  • Access typically restricted to institutional users

Synergies

  • Uses projection data from CORDEX South Asia and complements visualization tools like IPCC WGI Interactive Atlas and Copernicus
  • Interactive Climate Atlas
  • Can integrate risk context from UN ESCAP Risk and Resilience Portal
  • Supported by data infrastructure from RIMES Regional Data and Analytics System and DataEx
  • Can inform operational systems like SMART and SATARK