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Applying information for national adaptation planning and decision making: present and future practice in the Pacific Islands
- Source :
- Regional Environmental Change. 20
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Climate change adaptation decision-making frameworks have evolved over the past three decades, with the management of information and knowledge now a key element of these processes. This paper examines the use of climate change-related information for national adaptation planning and decision-making in the Pacific Islands region to better understand the use of, and demand for, such information. Using an appreciative inquiry approach, a situation analysis was undertaken to examine the information praxis of national governments in Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Tuvalu, as well as the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. The study revealed that adaptation decisions are (i) driven by national strategies and priorities which are innately community-centred, (ii) largely made through collaborative structures involving multiple stakeholders within a specific governance or project setting, and (iii) informed by a range of climatic and nonclimatic information from domestic, regional and international sources. The study also affirmed the importance of information and knowledge management to national adaptation planning and decision-making, evidence of collaborative and multistakeholder decision-making processes, and the trend towards country-driven and user-centred information and knowledge production. The study recommends dedicated commitment to and investment in information and knowledge management for Pacific Islands, and the need for a holistic understanding of the complex environment in which climate change adaptation takes place.
- Subjects :
- Global and Planetary Change
Appreciative inquiry
Praxis
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Corporate governance
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Climate change
010501 environmental sciences
Investment (macroeconomics)
01 natural sciences
Element (criminal law)
Adaptation (computer science)
Environmental planning
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Situation analysis
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Details
- ISSN :
- 1436378X and 14363798
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Regional Environmental Change
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c0e4c74afd2c4a2f224b7b8b5ba4f1f5