Climate Futures Forums: A Participatory Approach to Adaptation Planning in the United States

By: Stacy Vynne, the Resource Innovation Group (TRIG)

United States U.S. © Dept. of Commerce/National Climactic Data Center/NOAA Satellite and Information Service

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 [...]

Innovations in Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Working with Smallholder Coffee Producers

By Jessica Frank, Twin

Member of the Gumutindo Cooperative © Jessica Frank

Twin works in partnership with over 50 farmer organisations world wide, facilitating market access and helping to build business and organisational capacity. We are currently developing our strategy to support smallholder producer organisations to effectively plan adaptation interventions with their members; an [...]

Ecosystem-based Adaptation: What Does It Really Mean?

Children in Nepal ©Shaun Martin, WWF-US

By Shaun Martin, WWF-US

Children in Nepal ©Shaun Martin

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 [...]