Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Climate‐change adaptation planning processes and tools are increasing in number and evolving rapidly. During times of innovation and proliferation, a potential danger is incoherence, when well‐intended contributions can overwhelm, create confusion, or mask complementarities. A shared vision is needed to avoid duplication, reduce misunderstandings, and facilitate work across jurisdictions to steward resources undergoing profound changes. Such a vision would document fundamental tools and approaches while allowing flexibility to match highly varied management contexts and organizational missions. Fortunately, the preconditions for coherence exist. Here, we illustrate how climate‐change adaptation tools—including scenario planning, conceptual frameworks, structured decision making, and impact‐evaluation methods—can be (and are) used in tandem to support adaptation planning that accounts for uncertainty, considers a broad range of strategies and actions, makes transparent and robust choices, evaluates outcomes, and is flexible and responsive to the decision context.
DOI: 10.1002/fee.70005
Institutions: United States Geological Survey, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, National Park Service, Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, US Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,970
OpenAlex ID: W4415409139