Invited perspectives: Fostering interoperability of data, models, communication and governance for disaster resilience through transdisciplinary knowledge co-production

Abstract. Despite considerable efforts and progress in increasing resilience to natural hazards, the adverse socio-economic impacts of extreme weather events continue to increase globally. As climate change progresses, disaster risk management needs alignment with adaptation measures. In this perspective paper, we discuss emerging complications in disaster risk management during recent events from an interoperability perspective. We argue that a lack of interoperability between data and models, information and communication, and governance are barriers to successful integrated disaster risk management and climate adaptation. On this basis, we take a detailed look at the challenges involved and suggest that trans-disciplinary knowledge co-production is key to promoting interoperability between these components. Finally, we outline a framework for enabling knowledge co-production to enhance risk governance by improving ways of facilitating trans-disciplinary stakeholder engagement and draft a novel open-source federated data infrastructure, which allows stakeholders to consolidate and connect relevant data sources, models and information products.