Navigating the continuum between adaptation and maladaptation

Reckien, Diana; Magnan, Alexandre K.; Singh, Chandni; Lukas-Sithole, Megan; Orlove, Ben; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Coughlan de Perez, Erin

doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01774-6

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“…Additionally, it is important to ensure that sufficient time is provided for the implementation of climate adaptation projects to gain the most benefit from available investments. Adaptation efforts can fall along a continuum from successful adaptation to maladaptation (Reckien et al 2023). Ensuring that the risk of maladaptation is first assessed prior to implementing initiatives has significant importance (Magnan et al 2016), and it is interesting to note that one common intervention of building sea walls has been found to be nearly always maladaptive especially at village level (Nunn et al 2021).…”

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Participatory justice and climate adaptation for water management in Small Island Developing States: a systematic literature review and discussion

Bailey,

Moglia,

Glackin

2024

Reg Environ Change

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As the impacts of climate change increase, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in particular shall face increasingly significant adaptation challenges. Past climate adaptation efforts within SIDS have had limited success. As such, the purpose of this systematic literature review has been to identify areas of importance for facilitating climate adaptation, particularly within Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and more specifically, to assess the extent to which participatory justice within decision-making processes is recognised as an important component of climate adaptation through the lens of water management. This review process utilised the SPIDER tool to guide the literature search across SCOPUS, Web of Science and EBSCO host databases, generating 495 publications that were reduced to a total of 70 sources guided by PRISMA, informing the review’s results and discussion. Thematic analysis of the selected studies was applied, utilising the Values-Rules-Knowledge framework. Through this analysis, five principles were created and comprise the major conclusions of this review: (1) ensuring community engagement, (2) expanding available options through local experimentation, (3) ensuring that monitoring and evaluation of adaptation initiatives are taken seriously, (4) adopting decision-making mechanisms that are systems-oriented and inclusive, and (5) investing only if there is a long-term commitment to protecting SIDS. It is hoped that these principles can serve as a comprehensive guide for funding agencies, applied projects and research aiding climate adaptation within SIDS.

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Participatory justice and climate adaptation for water management in Small Island Developing States: a systematic literature review and discussion

Bailey,

Moglia,

Glackin

2024

Reg Environ Change

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“…Cascading and compounding climate impacts are unfolding globally, and the responses of societies and institutions have struggled to manage the risks and prevent escalating losses (Aven & Zio, 2021;Mora et al, 2018;Otto & Raju, 2023;Reckien et al, 2023;Renn, 2021;Zscheischler et al, 2018). As one example, wildfire drivers and consequences-from fuel availability and sources of ignition, to the impacts of smoke and fire-cascade across sectors near and far, from energy generation and supply, to housing, to healthcare, to education (Chas-Amil et al, 2022;Moftakhari & AghaKouchak, 2019;Wigtil et al, 2016).…”

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Research to Confront Climate Change Complexity: Intersectionality, Integration, and Innovative Governance

Mach,

Jagannathan,

Shi

et al. 2024

Earth's Future

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Climate impacts increasingly unfold in interlinked systems of people, nature, and infrastructure. The cascading consequences are revealing sometimes surprising connections across sectors and regions, and prospects for climate responses also depend on complex, difficult‐to‐understand interactions. In this commentary, we build on the innovations of the United States Fifth National Climate Assessment to suggest a framework for understanding and responding to complex climate challenges. This approach involves: (a) integration of disciplines and expertise to understand how intersectionality shapes complex climate impacts and the wide‐ranging effects of climate responses, (b) collaborations among diverse knowledge holders to improve responses and better encompass intersectionality, and (c) sustained experimentation with and learning about governance approaches capable of handling the complexity of climate change. Together, these three pillars underscore that usability of climate‐relevant knowledge requires transdisciplinary coordination of research and practice. We outline actionable steps for climate research to incorporate intersectionality, integration, and innovative governance, as is increasingly necessary for confronting climate complexity and sustaining equitable, ideally vibrant climate futures.

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“…• Not all adaptation options are long-term adaptation solutions Reckien et al 2023). Some options can provide immediate benefits but are maladaptive over time through insidiously increasing exposure and vulnerability in situ (e.g.…”

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Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed

2023

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The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report (AGR) series provides an annual science-based assessment of the global progress on adaptation planning, financing, and implementation. It also explores options for enhancing and advancing national and global adaptation efforts and provides an in-depth analysis of selected issues of interest. In addition to the update on adaptation planning and implementation, the 2023 edition provides a more in-depth finance assessment chapter and includes a thematic deep-dive chapter on loss and damage. The report also highlights key case studies.

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Navigating the continuum between adaptation and maladaptation

Cited by 28 publications

References 141 publications

Participatory justice and climate adaptation for water management in Small Island Developing States: a systematic literature review and discussion

Participatory justice and climate adaptation for water management in Small Island Developing States: a systematic literature review and discussion

Research to Confront Climate Change Complexity: Intersectionality, Integration, and Innovative Governance

Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed

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