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A decision framework for evidence‐based climate adaptation interventions

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Climate change is outpacing the ability of species and populations to naturally adapt warranting active interventions to boost climate resilience. In their review paper, Gaitán-Espitia and Hobday discuss how such interventions may, however, counter natural evolutionary processes and adaptive capacity if not underpinned by background knowledge from genes through to ecosystems. They present a robust decision framework to guide implementation of climate adaptation interventions to avoid unintended evolutionary outcomes.

Source: Global Change Biology

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15429

Authors: Melinda A. Coleman, Jason G. Bragg

Institutions: Southern Cross University, UNSW Sydney, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Australian Institute of Botanical Science

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Australian Research Council