http://www.climateprep.org adaptation stories, lessons, and explorations Mon, 07 May 2012 15:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 ClimatePrephttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/scVu5iCUcwA/ http://www.climateprep.org/2012/05/07/climate-change-impacts-like-drought-floods-and-hurricanes-stop-saying-that/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:47:27 +0000 Shaun Martin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3075 Shaun Martin, Managing Director of Adaptation, WWF US With this post I am inaugurating a new series called “STOP SAYING THAT!,” a look at the use of language in climate change adaptation and how well-intentioned, knowledgeable people are making the field more confusing for the less knowledgeable by their choice of words and utterings like “drought [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2012/05/07/climate-change-impacts-like-drought-floods-and-hurricanes-stop-saying-that/feed/ 3 http://www.climateprep.org/2012/05/07/climate-change-impacts-like-drought-floods-and-hurricanes-stop-saying-that/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/c-yKciv0v1A/ http://www.climateprep.org/2012/04/30/integrating-climate-vulnerability-with-lists-of-at-risk-species/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:13:28 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3060 Tom Gardali and Dr. Nathaniel Seavy, PRBO Conservation Science As managers struggle to identify actions they can take to prepare for climate change, one approach that appears promising is to modify existing conservation tools by integrating traditional conservation concerns with concerns associated with climate change. To this end, we have worked with the California Department of [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2012/04/30/integrating-climate-vulnerability-with-lists-of-at-risk-species/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2012/04/30/integrating-climate-vulnerability-with-lists-of-at-risk-species/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/sDln643Lyus/ http://www.climateprep.org/2012/04/23/increasing-mangrove-resilience-to-climate-change/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:18:44 +0000 Jonathan Cook http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3036 Jonathan Cook, WWF-US 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 storms and floods. Yet Tikina Wai’s mangrove forests are [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2012/04/23/increasing-mangrove-resilience-to-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2012/04/23/increasing-mangrove-resilience-to-climate-change/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/TbqvpQphUL8/ http://www.climateprep.org/2012/02/05/resilience-regionalism-in-southeast-florida-a-governance-model-for-climate-adaptation/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:05 +0000 admin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3018 Steve Adams, Senior Advisor for Climate Adaptation – Institute for Sustainable Communities Since 2008, adaptation has rapidly climbed the policy agenda at every level of government.  Previous posts here at ClimatePrep have documented the leading efforts across the US and around the world: cities are assessing their vulnerabilities and taking measures to harden infrastructure, increase design [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2012/02/05/resilience-regionalism-in-southeast-florida-a-governance-model-for-climate-adaptation/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2012/02/05/resilience-regionalism-in-southeast-florida-a-governance-model-for-climate-adaptation/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/DS_n6eRKMaM/ http://www.climateprep.org/2012/01/28/a-regional-approach-to-building-climate-resilience/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:46:02 +0000 admin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3005 Stacy Vynne, The Resource Innovation Group The question of how to design and implement effective adaptation measures is one that I think most adaptation practitioners are still struggling with, and will continue to struggle with, for many years to come. With hundreds of adaptation initiatives underway around the world, we are beginning to develop a [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2012/01/28/a-regional-approach-to-building-climate-resilience/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2012/01/28/a-regional-approach-to-building-climate-resilience/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/hOqfl52Ga3w/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/12/22/shifting-course-climate-adaptation-for-water-management-institutions/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:21:26 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2983 Eliot Levine, Jonathan Cook, Sarah Freeman (WWF-US) “Adaptation is not a specialist issue — it’s an issue of how decisions are made, and how to utilize the information provided by specialists in the process of decision making”. – Workshop Participant, 2011 World Water Week Water management institutions are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/12/22/shifting-course-climate-adaptation-for-water-management-institutions/feed/ 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/12/22/shifting-course-climate-adaptation-for-water-management-institutions/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/iGRowLl-iv4/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/12/06/ensuring-food-production-within-a-changing-climate-in-southern-africa/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:23:12 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2935 Katharine Vincent, Kulima Integrated Development Solutions With COP17-CM7 underway in Durban, agriculture has a high place on the agenda.  The world’s population has just passed 7 billion people, and is due to reach 8 billion in 14 years’ time.  As if the challenge of population growth is not enough, agriculture is having to adapt to a [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/12/06/ensuring-food-production-within-a-changing-climate-in-southern-africa/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/12/06/ensuring-food-production-within-a-changing-climate-in-southern-africa/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/ln5GNAAO_Hc/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/11/15/how-to-be-an-effective-science-advocate/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:27:16 +0000 admin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2892 By Jonathan Randall, Millennium Challenge Corporation Imagine you are walking down the street on your way to your favorite sandwich shop.  You are dreaming about the amazing chicken sandwich you are about to order when all of a sudden an activist from Veggie Lovers Unite! hands you a flyer.On the front page it says “Switch now!  [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/11/15/how-to-be-an-effective-science-advocate/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/11/15/how-to-be-an-effective-science-advocate/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/WGshTPwvrC4/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/10/19/climate-futures-forums-a-participatory-approach-to-adaptation-planning-in-the-united-states/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:31:24 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2868 By: Stacy Vynne, the Resource Innovation Group (TRIG) 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 United States. The Forums are essentially based on the principles of Community Based Adaptation (CBA) and [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/10/19/climate-futures-forums-a-participatory-approach-to-adaptation-planning-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/10/19/climate-futures-forums-a-participatory-approach-to-adaptation-planning-in-the-united-states/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimatePrep/~3/NVze0B_Cn0c/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/09/12/the-business-of-climate-change-opportunities-in-adaptation-and-resilience/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:58:36 +0000 admin http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2849 By Devyani Parameshwar, Intellcap While mitigating the future rise in global temperature has received much attention worldwide, support to help those vulnerable adapt to the inevitable impacts of rising temperature has been limited. The estimated annual cost of adaptation is USD 100 bn, and bilateral and multilateral funding pledges form just a fraction of this [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/09/12/the-business-of-climate-change-opportunities-in-adaptation-and-resilience/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/09/12/the-business-of-climate-change-opportunities-in-adaptation-and-resilience/