Helping Vulnerable People Cope with Climate Change: STOP SAYING THAT!

Shaun Martin, WWF-US

She is coping just fine. Help her adapt. © Shaun Martin

Allow me to begin by saying I am all for helping vulnerable people. As in previous entries in this series, I am less concerned whether or not this phrase is technically correct and more interested in how it is interpreted [...]

Some of My Favorite Climate Change Adaptation Resources

By Shaun Martin, WWF-US

© Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon

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 [...]

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 [...]