气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Informed adaptation: Ethical considerations for adaptation researchers and decision-makers

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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.011
	Informed adaptation: Ethical considerations for adaptation researchers and decision-makers
	Lacey J.; Howden S.M.; Cvitanovic C.; Dowd A.-M.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	32
英文摘要	Given the significant and irreversible impacts of climate change on communities and the environment, there is increasing focus on how to best support decision-makers to adapt to climate change. Generally, the research on this tends to focus on assessing how decision-makers navigate elements of risk and uncertainty in deciding to what extent they should adapt their practice if at all, however, scientific researchers also have a key role to play in supporting these adaptation decisions. Given the applied nature of adaptation research, we argue that an examination of the roles and responsibilities of researchers is critical to understanding the ethical aspects of professional research practice in the adaptation context. This includes identifying how researchers can best support adaptation, and exploring the responsibilities that researchers have, not only to decision-makers but also to the broader membership of the adaptation community. In this paper we examine the ethical responsibility of researchers in supporting decision-makers to adapt to climate change, using agricultural producers as a case-study and focal group. Specifically, in undertaking this examination of risk and responsibility in adaptation research and decision-making, we use the lens of professional ethics to outline how research might better contribute to informed adaptation. We argue that clarifying the distinction between the research and operational aspects of agricultural adaptation, and how the interface between the two is disclosed, is critical. We also describe and explore the ethical considerations of researchers associated with stakeholder engagement in relation to adaptation science, and identify the need for institutional innovation for more effective engagement. In doing so, we seek to demonstrate how ethical research practice can support greater alignment of science and public values in agricultural adaptation, thus increasing the likely success of decisions. © 2015 The Authors.
英文关键词	Agriculture; Climate; Communication; Ethics; Knowledge exchange; Risk
学科领域	adaptation; agricultural production; climate change; decision making; environmental policy; ethics; knowledge; research work; risk factor; stakeholder
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptation; agricultural production; climate change; decision making; environmental policy; ethics; knowledge; research work; risk factor; stakeholder
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117526
作者单位	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Climate Adaptation Flagship, PO Box 883, Kenmore, QLD 4069, Australia; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Climate Adaptation Flagship, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lacey J.,Howden S.M.,Cvitanovic C.,et al. Informed adaptation: Ethical considerations for adaptation researchers and decision-makers[J],2015,32.
APA	Lacey J.,Howden S.M.,Cvitanovic C.,&Dowd A.-M..(2015).Informed adaptation: Ethical considerations for adaptation researchers and decision-makers.Global Environmental Change,32.
MLA	Lacey J.,et al."Informed adaptation: Ethical considerations for adaptation researchers and decision-makers".Global Environmental Change 32(2015).