Participatory scenario planning and climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research in the Arctic

Melanie Flynn; James D Ford; Tristan Pearce; Sherilee L Harper; IHACC Research Team

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.012

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Participatory scenario planning and climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research in the Arctic

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Participatory scenario planning and climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research in the Arctic

Melanie Flynn, James D Ford, Tristan Pearce, Sherilee L Harper and IHACC Research Team

Environmental Science and Policy, Vol.79, pp.45-53

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.012

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Abstract

participatory scenario planning

Arctic

climate change

impacts

adaptation

vulnerability

Participatory scenario planning (PSP) approaches are increasingly being used in research on climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability (IAV). We identify and evaluate how PSP has been used in IAV studies in the Arctic, reviewing work published in the peer-reviewed and grey literature (n = 43). Studies utilizing PSP commonly follow the stages recognized as 'best practice' in the general literature in scenario planning, engaging with multiple ways of knowing including western science and traditional knowledge, and are employed in a diversity of sectors. Community participation, however, varies between studies, and climate projections are only utilized in just over half of the studies reviewed, raising concern that important future drivers of change are not fully captured. The time required to conduct PSP, involving extensive community engagement, was consistently reported as a challenge, and for application in Indigenous communities requires careful consideration of local culture, values, and belief systems on what it means to prepare for future climate impacts.

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Title: Participatory scenario planning and climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research in the Arctic
Authors: Melanie Flynn (Author) - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
James D Ford (Author) - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Tristan Pearce (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Sherilee L Harper (Author) - University of Guelph, Canada
IHACC Research Team (Author)
Publication details: Environmental Science and Policy, Vol.79, pp.45-53
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.012
ISSN: 1462-9011
Copyright note: Copyright © 2017. Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451033902621
Output Type: Journal article