Fostering sustainability skills in communities: a co-creation-oriented capacity-building workshop on climate services in Posadas, Misiones, Argentina

This article describes a capacity-building initiative in Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, focused on training non-meteorological agents for co-creating climate services. Through a comprehensive training course in 2024 for multisectoral actors, participants gained knowledge about sustainability and learned to develop indicators tailored to local realities. Leveraging the expertise of researchers, the project applied WMO’s Competency Frameworks for providing Climate Services to various territorial actors, ensuring tailored solutions. The initiative fostered a dynamic space for stakeholder exchange, facilitating collaboration and innovative approaches to addressing climate challenges. Insights from this dual-purpose initiative, a capacity-building workshop and an early co-creation stage shed light on the importance of grassroots engagement, community involvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration in promoting sustainability and resilience in the face of climate variability and change. The research results highlight how meteorological and climatic conditions impact various sectors, providing insights into sector-specific vulnerabilities and challenges. Additionally, the study identifies adaptation measures across different time scales, addressing both short-term responses and long-term strategies to enhance resilience.