Promote and encourage equitable decision-making processes.
Steward climate action and transformative change at scale
Competency Statement
Follow climate science/knowledge-informed decision-making processes within own area of responsibility
Apply evidence-based decision-making practices that support climate action
Promote and encourage equitable decision-making processes related to climate action activities
Steward climate action and transformative change at scale
Performance Criteria
Identify and access reliable, timely, predictive climate information (data analysis products, forecasts, predictions) from established climate information services
Use a systematic, iterative approach to assessing relevance and accuracy of underlying assumptions
Acknowledge and navigate uncertainty and lack of data in decisions
Identify and access reliable, timely, predictive climate information (data analysis products, forecasts, predictions) from established climate information services
Analyse, synthesize and integrate relevant non-climate information (social, economic, cultural, historical) to inform decisions
Apply a systematic, iterative approach to assessing relevance and accuracy of underlying assumptions
Acknowledge and navigate uncertainty and lack of data in decisions
Monitor, evaluate and learn from decisions in order to adapt to changing context and information
Inform and ensure decisions undertaken reflect agreed upon values, practices, and policies.
Generate defensible decisions that support sustainable, adaptive climate actions
Promote the ability to act and make decisions.
Adopt an adaptive, systems-based, and rigorous approach to decision-making processes and practices
Include perspectives/information from key stakeholders [planners, managers, decision makers, and the public] and Rights Holders
Ensure the voices, views of those directly and indirectly impacted by decisions are included
Assess the benefits, burdens, and potential harms and burdens of decisions on those directly and indirectly impacted.
Assess equity outcomes of decisions (will this enhance or undermine equity)?
Analyse personal and organizational assumptions and biases on the grounds of transparency, equity, and justice.
Identify decision-making levers and processes that respond to the specific cultural and place-based context with consideration of both hard data and humanistic/emotional contexts.
Proactively address conflicts, concerns, questions, and issues
Include ongoing monitoring and evaluation of decisions in implementation
Lead through collaborative decision making; make decisions even in uncertainty; promote an environment that sustains previous competency levels
Construct strategies that foster commitment, solidarity, and ownership in ways that translate into action
Mobilize people towards broad-based, high impact action
Generate defensible decisions that support sustainable, adaptive climate actions
definition
Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes. These are defined as things you need to know and be able to do, along with any personal characteristics, values, and other attributes required for the competency or competency area.
