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Shannon McNeeleyNorth Central Climate Science CenterNatural Resources Ecology Lab, NESB A309Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, Colorado [email protected]
Adaptation and Climate Change
Visions of Future EarthPeople Matter: Transformations to Social-Ecological SustainabilityOctober 7, 2014
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
The Adaptation Process
http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/response-strategies/adaptation
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
Bonizella Biagini , Rosina Bierbaum , Missy Stults , Saliha Dobardzic , Shannon M. McNeeleyA typology of adaptation actions: A global look at climate adaptation actions financed through the Global Environment FacilityGlobal Environmental Change, Volume 25, 2014, 97 – 108http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.01.003 (OPEN ACCESS)
Climate Adaptation Action Typology
Analysis• Document analysis (grounded theory)
– Coding– Families– Draft Typology
• Literature review
• Phone/Skype interviews
• Online Surveys
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.
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
