Adaptation pathways to inform policy and practice in the context of development

Sparkes, Edward, Totin, Edmond, Werners, Saskia E., Wise, Russell M., Butler, James R. A. and Vincent, Katharine, (2023). Adaptation pathways to inform policy and practice in the context of development. Environmental Science & Policy, 140(Special issue: Adaptation pathways to inform policy and practice in the context of development), 279-285

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  • Sub-type Journal article
    Author Sparkes, Edward
    Totin, Edmond
    Werners, Saskia E.
    Wise, Russell M.
    Butler, James R. A.
    Vincent, Katharine
    Title Adaptation pathways to inform policy and practice in the context of development
    Appearing in Environmental Science & Policy
    Volume 140
    Issue No. Special issue: Adaptation pathways to inform policy and practice in the context of development
    Publication Date 2023-01-03
    Place of Publication Amsterdam
    Publisher Elsevier
    Start page 279
    End page 285
    Language eng
    Abstract Adaptation pathways are a decision-focused approach to account for future uncertainties and complexities in planning and implementation of adaptation actions. The pathways approach incorporates flexibility into decision making to accommodate for changing conditions over time, and to reduce undesirable path dependencies and maladaptive consequences. While the pathways approach for adaptation planning has received great interest from both climate scientists and practitioners, there has been little specific guidance on how to implement them and how to sustain the resulting outcomes. Accordingly, pathways approaches include diversified methodologies, with scope for reorienting and adjusting methods for different decision contexts. This special issue explores both theoretical and empirical cases of adaptation pathways in different contexts. A learning framework on adaptation pathways has been developed from a systematic review of adaptation literature. In this editorial, the framework is used to characterize the twelve case studies presented in the special issue, followed by a synthesis of lessons which point to some critical research gaps in adaptation pathways.
    UNBIS Thesaurus DECISION-MAKING
    CLIMATE CHANGE
    UNCERTAINTY
    Keyword Adaptation
    Adaptation pathways
    Copyright Holder The Authors
    Copyright Year 2023
    Copyright type Creative commons
    DOI 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.12.011
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