Vulnerability Assessments

Lessons Learned from an Arctic Resilience Assessment

Susan Evans, WWF Canada

As a Canadian working in the field of climate change adaptation, it should come as no surprise that my first foray into applying my knowledge on the ground was in the Arctic, where change is happening faster than anywhere else on the planet!

In 2009, [...]

The Importance of Protected Areas as National Adaptation and Mitigation Responses to Climate Change

Carolina Figueroa, Parques Nacionales de Colombia

Cocuy National Natural is located in the high Andes and conserves a few of the remaining glaciars in Colombia. © Carolina Figueroa

In Colombia, recent extreme weather events have led to damaging floods in the Andean and the Caribbean region. Thousands of people have lost their houses and [...]

Integrating Climate Vulnerability with Lists of At-Risk Species

By Tom Gardali and Dr. Nathaniel Seavy, PRBO Conservation Science

Elegant Tern, one of five new species to be added California's Bird Species of Special Concern monograph © Regular Daddy (via Wikipedia)

As managers struggle to identify actions they can take to prepare for climate change, one approach that appears promising is to modify [...]

Increasing Mangrove Resilience to Climate Change

Jonathan Cook, WWF-US

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Along the west coast of Viti Levu, Fiji’s largest island, the communities of Tikina Wai have lived near mangrove forests for many generations. Local people depend on these forests for fish, wood, medicinal plants and other resources; and the mangroves help buffer them from [...]

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

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 [...]

Conducting Interdisciplinary Adaptation Research: Lessons Learned from a Rock Lobster Vulnerability Assessment

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 [...]

Identifying Opportunities & Assessing Vulnerability: Essential Characteristics of Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments

By Eliot Levine, WWF-US

@ R.Isotti, A.Cambone – Homo Ambiens / WWF-Canon

Last August I found myself in a dark room at a conference facility outside of Delhi, listening to what was meant to be an adaptation talk. The speaker was supposed to be walking us through adaptation options for conservationists and natural [...]

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