Unpacking uncertainty and climate change from ‘above’ and ‘below’

Mehta, Lyla; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Srivastava, Shilpi

doi:10.1007/s10113-019-01539-y

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“…related to regional and local conditions within that language's geographical range (Wei, 2018). The difficulties of understanding the nuances in meaning and use of invasion biology terms, and scientific terms in general, are particularly acute for scientists attempting to evaluate and communicate information in a language other than their mother tongue, hindering the use of up-to-date scientific knowledge by field practitioners and policy makers for local environmental issues (Amano et al, 2016;Mehta et al, 2019). The difficulties associated with nuances in meaning are also apparent in the terminology used to express uncertainty, which is not easily translated into another language, e.g.…”

Section: Terminology Culture Interpretation and Cognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most new or revised scientific terms are coined in Englishlanguage articles (often from English-speaking countries or culture systems). When these terms are introduced into other regions/countries, they would be incorporated into that local cultural system (Mehta et al, 2019), and in the process may 'import' nuances in the meaning of the term relative to its original definition. For example, in Chinese, 'invasion' refers to enemies/criminals invading someone's country/home, which carries a pejorative connotation; whereas, the more neutral terms of 'non-native' and 'alien' refer simply to things or people that originate from outside a region or country.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To quantify and address the risks associated with these NNS introductions and their consequences, assessment protocols in ecological/environmental risk analysis were adapted from those used in the nuclear industry (Cardwell, 1989). A characteristic common to all risk assessments is uncertainty (Copp et al, 2005a(Copp et al, , 2016a, which is a key factor that shapes environmental and climate-change policy at within-national and international levels (Mehta et al, 2019). The underlying principles of risk analysis are shared with many disciplines, including the assessment of financial risks (Treasury, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Speaking their language – Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders

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“…New research and information tools (e.g., Nature Serve Climate Change Vulnerability Index, Climate Atlas, etc.) continue to provide projected area managers with additional information on the range of climate futures and possible ecological responses, but substantial uncertainty remains (Mehta et al 2019). Uncertainties, which add complexity to conservation decision making and the implementation of appropriate conservation strategies, may in part be addressed by the use of multiple and varied strategies.…”

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Assessing climate change adaptation progress in Canada's protected areas

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Climate change represents a new era for protected areas and biodiversity conservation. With the redistribution of species and unparalleled declines in biodiversity, business‐as‐usual practices are unlikely to be effective. Despite progress on many facets of establishing, protecting, and managing protected areas over the past century, some of which may help to lessen or slow the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, more targeted efforts need to be developed and implemented to address growing climate challenges. To assess progress on climate change adaptation, a survey was distributed to provincial, territorial, and federal governments as well as environmental non‐governmental organizations working in conservation in Canada (n = 49). Findings indicate that little progress has been made on adaptation in Canada's protected areas sector over the past decade, despite greater certainty about the impacts of climate change. Differences in monitoring, adaptation strategies, and key barriers exist across organizations. Importantly, the majority of organizations continue to report they lack capacity to address climate change issues affecting protected areas and face persistent barriers to implementing adaptation strategies. Recommendations to increase adaptation include enhancing knowledge mobilization, implementing a national adaptation strategy, and developing more flexible conservation objectives.

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“…However, findings are often condensed into highly complex graphs, which may be inaccessible for non-specialist audiences (Amelung et al 2016;Harold 2017;Van Den Broek 2021) or likely to be misinterpreted (Fischer et al 2020;McMahon et al 2015). The IPCC faces particular challenges, especially in terms of communicating complexity and uncertainty (Howe et al 2019;Ho and Budescu 2019;Budescu et al 2014;Mehta et al 2019;Bajcinovci and Jerliu 2016).…”

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Communicating climate change findings from IPCC reports: insights from outreach events in India

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In recent years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been collaborating with Indian institutions to organise outreach events. This essay draws on the perspective of participants, speakers and organisers of 17 in-person outreach events conducted across India in 2018 and 2020, to share insights and recommendations for future IPCC events in India and other developing country contexts. The formats analysed in this essay range from panel events with very large public audiences to more focused workshops, meetings and seminars. Target audiences covered both academic and non-academic audiences and included researchers, teachers, students, industry and NGOs. The events, while achieving their main objective of communicating the findings of IPCC reports, also provided a platform for open discussion of localised climate impacts and good practices in adaptation and mitigation. There are, however, notable challenges to public outreach in India, specifically in terms of attracting an adequate number of participants, experts’ availability, communicating to a diverse audience and translation into local languages. The biggest challenge faced by speakers was a lack of knowledge about the number of attendees and the composition of the audience prior to an event. It is our recommendation that future outreach events in India are designed to be interactive, tailored to the regional context and complemented by simplified communication materials. Speakers should be provided with audience information and background prior to the event, and greater reach into rural areas, including school children, could be achieved with material in local languages. Additionally, event organisers often require logistical and operational support to host outreach events.

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Unpacking uncertainty and climate change from ‘above’ and ‘below’

Cited by 28 publications

References 14 publications

Speaking their language – Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders

Speaking their language – Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders

Assessing climate change adaptation progress in Canada's protected areas

Communicating climate change findings from IPCC reports: insights from outreach events in India

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