A reflection on collaborative adaptation research in Africa and Asia
Document Type
Article
Department
East African Institute
Abstract
The reality of global climate change demands novel approaches to science that are reflective of the scales at which changes are likely to occur, and of the new forms of knowledge required to positively influence policy to support vulnerable populations. We examine some of the opportunities and challenges presented by a collaborative, transdisciplinary research project on climate change adaptation in Africa and Asia that utilized a hotspot approach. A large-scale effort to develop appropriate baselines was a key challenge at the outset of the program, as was the need to develop innovative methodologies to enable researchers to work at appropriate spatial scales. Efforts to match research to the biophysical scales at which change occurs need to be aware of the mismatch that can develop between these regional scales and the governance scales at which decisions are made.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
Regional Environmental Change
Recommended Citation
Cochrane, L.,
Cundill, G.,
Ludi, E.,
New, M.,
Nicholls, R. J.,
Wester, P.,
Cantin, B.,
Murali, K. S.,
Leone, M.,
Kituyi, E.,
Landry, M.
(2017). A reflection on collaborative adaptation research in Africa and Asia. Regional Environmental Change, 17(5), 1553-1561.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_eai/36
Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.