http://www.climateprep.org adaptation stories, lessons, and explorations Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/10/19/climate-futures-forums-a-participatory-approach-to-adaptation-planning-in-the-united-states/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/10/19/climate-futures-forums-a-participatory-approach-to-adaptation-planning-in-the-united-states/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:31:24 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2868 By: Stacy Vynne, the Resource Innovation Group (TRIG) For the past four years, the organization that I work for, The Resource Innovation Group (TRIG), has been running a series of Climate Futures Forums in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Forums are essentially based on the principles of Community Based Adaptation (CBA) [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/10/19/climate-futures-forums-a-participatory-approach-to-adaptation-planning-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/09/09/some-of-my-favorite-climate-change-adaptation-resources/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/09/09/some-of-my-favorite-climate-change-adaptation-resources/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:36:28 +0000 admin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2834 By Shaun Martin, WWF-US It can be challenging to find climate change adaptation resources that explain complex concepts to lay audiences in easy-to-understand language. Academic journal articles, project case studies, vulnerability assessments, and the like often speak to the experts rather than newcomers. Providing these types of documents to those new to the field is [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/09/09/some-of-my-favorite-climate-change-adaptation-resources/feed/ 2 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/06/30/bringing-restoration-and-climate-change-adaptation-together/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/06/30/bringing-restoration-and-climate-change-adaptation-together/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:20:17 +0000 admin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2791 By Dr. Nathaniel Seavy and Tom Gardali, PRBO Conservation Science PRBO Conservation Science is a non-profit organization with a mission to conserve birds, other wildlife, and ecosystems through innovative scientific research and outreach.  PRBO’s highest priority is to develop and promote conservation practices that address the challenges of rapid environmental change. Since the early 1980’s, [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/06/30/bringing-restoration-and-climate-change-adaptation-together/feed/ 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/31/thoughts-on-managing-change-from-jared-diamond-2/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/31/thoughts-on-managing-change-from-jared-diamond-2/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 22:18:16 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2766 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/31/thoughts-on-managing-change-from-jared-diamond-2/feed/ 3 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/18/conducting-interdisciplinary-adaptation-research-lessons-learned-from-a-rock-lobster-vulnerability-assessment/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/18/conducting-interdisciplinary-adaptation-research-lessons-learned-from-a-rock-lobster-vulnerability-assessment/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 21:38:56 +0000 admin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2712 By Dr. Gretta Pecl, University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, The Australian Marine Adaptation Network I was trained as a biologist in the traditional university-style: a focus on one-discipline. Most of my research over the 15 years since this formal training ended has focused on understanding the growth and movements of marine species. [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/18/conducting-interdisciplinary-adaptation-research-lessons-learned-from-a-rock-lobster-vulnerability-assessment/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/03/02/ecosystem-based-adaptation-what-does-it-really-mean/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/03/02/ecosystem-based-adaptation-what-does-it-really-mean/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:02:31 +0000 Shaun Martin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2464 By Shaun Martin, WWF-US Ecosystem-based Adaptation. If you understand what adaptation is, then the term “ecosystem-based adaptation,” or EbA, should be self-explanatory. But it’s not. There is perhaps no concept more confusing or misunderstood than this one. So what does Ecosystem-based Adaptation really mean and why are we so confused about it? To understand the [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/03/02/ecosystem-based-adaptation-what-does-it-really-mean/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/02/16/how-is-climate-change-adaptation-different-from-business-as-usual/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/02/16/how-is-climate-change-adaptation-different-from-business-as-usual/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:05:13 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2447 By Eliot Levine, WWF-US “How is climate adaptation work different than what I have been doing?” This is the number one question I hear as a member of the adaptation team here at WWF-US. From San Francisco to Nairobi to Hanoi, it’s everyone’s first question at the beginning of a meeting or at a start of [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/02/16/how-is-climate-change-adaptation-different-from-business-as-usual/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/12/08/the-complicated-truth-about-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/12/08/the-complicated-truth-about-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:37:46 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2299 By Eilif Ursin Reed Just like the swimming polar bears have become symbols for disappearing sea ice in the Arctic, the remote atolls of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean have become emblematic for the consequences of sea level rise. It just makes plain sense that islands on which the highest elevation is sometimes less than [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/12/08/the-complicated-truth-about-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/feed/ 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/10/11/flowing-forward-incorporating-climate-change-adaptation-into-water-sector-projects/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/10/11/flowing-forward-incorporating-climate-change-adaptation-into-water-sector-projects/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:24:52 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2104 By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Periodically on ClimatePrep we like to draw attention to new and interesting publications that we feel are worth highlighting. This week we would like to point out Flowing Forward, a new report written by WWF for the World Bank. Flowing Forward provides guiding principles, processes, and methodologies for incorporating climate change adaptation [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/10/11/flowing-forward-incorporating-climate-change-adaptation-into-water-sector-projects/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/09/23/home-on-the-range-planning-for-change-on-the-prairies/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/09/23/home-on-the-range-planning-for-change-on-the-prairies/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:24:19 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2074 By Anne Schrag, WWF-US In April, I was stymied by a late-season blizzard; in mid-June, extreme flooding washed out a section of Trans-Canada Highway.  Finally, in late June I was able to make the drive from our Bozeman, Montana field office to Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan to lead a planning workshop on climate adaptation. The direct [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/09/23/home-on-the-range-planning-for-change-on-the-prairies/feed/ 0