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Shannon McNeeley North Central Climate Science Center

Adaptation and Climate Change Visions of Future Earth People Matter: Transformations to Social-Ecological Sustainability October 7, 2014. Shannon McNeeley North Central Climate Science Center

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Shannon McNeeley North Central Climate Science Center

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  1. Adaptation and Climate Change Visions of Future Earth People Matter: Transformations to Social-Ecological Sustainability October 7, 2014 Shannon McNeeley North Central Climate Science Center Natural Resources Ecology Lab, NESB A309Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, Colorado 80523shannon.mcneeley@colostate.edu 970-491-1852

  2. Climate Change Adaptation What is climate change adaptation? Adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment that exploits beneficial opportunities or moderates negative effects

  3. The Adaptation Process http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/response-strategies/adaptation

  4. UNFCCC Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Adaptation Funds • Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) • Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) • Strategic Priority for Adaptation (SPA) http://www.thegef.org/gef/adaptation

  5. Climate Adaptation Action Typology Bonizella Biagini , Rosina Bierbaum , Missy Stults , Saliha Dobardzic , Shannon M. McNeeley A typology of adaptation actions: A global look at climate adaptation actions financed through the Global Environment Facility Global Environmental Change, Volume 25, 2014, 97 – 108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.01.003 (OPEN ACCESS)

  6. Analysis • Document analysis (grounded theory) • Coding • Families • Draft Typology • Literature review • Phone/Skype interviews • Online Surveys

  7. Conclusions • First compendium of adaptation actions financed through three Global Environment Facility funds. • 10 types of 158 adaptation activities were identified through an analysis of 92 projects in 70 countries. • Results show that early ideas of climate adaptation theoreticians are consistent with results from the field. • This typology serves to provide insight into what exactly adaptation is in practical terms. • The typology is a beginning for furthering harmonization between theory and practice.

  8. Adaptation Examples in the United Stateshttp://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/response-strategies/adaptation Map from: Bierbaum, R., Smith, J. B., Lee, A., Blair, M., Carter, L., Chapin, F. S., Fleming, P., et al. (2013). A comprehensive review of climate adaptation in the United States: more than before, but less than needed. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 18(3), 361–406. doi:10.1007/s11027-012-9423-1

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