2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.12.002
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Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response

Abstract: The need to adapt to climate change is now widely recognised as evidence of its impacts on social and natural systems grows and greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. Yet efforts to adapt to climate change, as reported in the literature over the last decade and in selected case studies, have not led to substantial rates of implementation of adaptation actions despite substantial investments in adaptation science. Moreover, implemented actions have been mostly incremental and focused on proximate causes; t… Show more

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“…The term 'differential livelihood adaptation', as used in this study, closely relates to the concepts of 'divergent adaptation' (Snorek et al 2014), 'response space' (Osbahr et al 2010) and 'adaptation pathway' (Wise et al 2014;Haasnoot et al 2013)-all of which conceptualise adaptation as a localised, complex and dynamic process, framed by the social, political and institutional dynamics as well as power, knowledge and values/interests across multiple scales. Households operate within a shared response space, characterised by adaptive and maladaptive spaces-the boundaries between which are changing over time, due to changes in bio-physical, socioeconomic and institutional context.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The term 'differential livelihood adaptation', as used in this study, closely relates to the concepts of 'divergent adaptation' (Snorek et al 2014), 'response space' (Osbahr et al 2010) and 'adaptation pathway' (Wise et al 2014;Haasnoot et al 2013)-all of which conceptualise adaptation as a localised, complex and dynamic process, framed by the social, political and institutional dynamics as well as power, knowledge and values/interests across multiple scales. Households operate within a shared response space, characterised by adaptive and maladaptive spaces-the boundaries between which are changing over time, due to changes in bio-physical, socioeconomic and institutional context.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Boyd, Cornforth, Lamb, Tarhule, Lele, & Brouder, 2013;Dixon, Stringer, & Challinor, 2014;Hammill, Harvey, & Echeverria, 2013). However, under climate change, looking backwards alone will not provide sufficient insight to guide robust future climate-resilient planning (Vincent et al, 2013;Wise et al, 2014). This finding indicates a lack of understanding of what a multi-year forecast is and the mechanism through which it is generated (i.e.…”
Section: Capacity Building Of Decision Makers Around the Opportunitiementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Acceptable levels of risk and notional ecosystem health based upon past or present environments may not necessarily be the best guide for adaptation to the different conditions of the future (Dufour and Piegay, 2009;Wise et al, 2014). These challenges are likely to be severely exacerbated if the future is characterised by more rapid rates of change (climate or socioeconomic).…”
Section: Robustness Of Response Options For Managing Changementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Complexity and irreducible uncertainty defy a -then--making paradigm which would aim to forecast the interaction of future drivers and response options in order to develop an optimum strategy for ES outcomes (Holling, 2001;Wise et al, 2014). This has led to increased interest in developing robust decision-making approaches which instead prioritise response options that can deliver on their objectives across a wide range of potential future conditions rather than assume a single predictive outcome (Lempert and Collins, 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%