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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102527
	The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review
	Nalau J.; Cobb G.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	74
英文摘要	Adaptation to climate change is about planning for the future while responding to current pressures and challenges. Adaptation scientists are increasingly using future visioning exercises embedded in co-production and co-development techniques to assist stakeholders in imagining futures in a changing climate. Even if these exercises are growing in popularity, surprisingly little scrutiny has been placed on understanding the fundamental assumptions and choices in scenario approaches, timeframes, scales, or methods, and whether they result in meaningful changes in how adaptation is being thought about. Here, we unpack key insights and experiences across 62 case studies that specifically report on using future visioning exercises to engage stakeholders in climate change adaptation. We focus on three key areas: 1) Stakeholder diversity and scales; 2) Tools, methods, and data, and 3) Practical constraints, enablers, and outcomes. Our results show that most studies focus on the regional scale (n = 32; 52%), involve mainly formal decision makers and employ vast array of different methods, tools, and data. Interestingly, most exercises adopt either predictive (what will happen) and explorative (what could happen) scenarios while only a fraction use the more normative (what should happen) scenarios that could enable more transformative thinking. Reported positive outcomes include demonstrated increases in climate change literacy and support for climate change adaptation planning. Unintended and unexpected outcomes include increased anxiety in cases where introduced timeframes go beyond an individual's expected life span and decreased perceived necessity for undertaking adaptation at all. Key agreed factors that underpin co-production and equal representation, such as gender, age, and diversity, are not well reported, and most case studies do not use reflective processes to harness participant feedback that could enable more robust methodology development. This is a missed opportunity in developing a more fundamental understanding of how these exercises can effectively shift individual and collective mindsets and advance the inclusion of different viewpoints as a pathway for more equitable and just climate adaptation. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Climate adaptation planning; Climate change adaptation; Decision-making; Future visioning; Futures; Scenario planning
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; decision making; future prospect; planning practice; 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/256627
作者单位	Adaptation Science Research Group, Cities Research Institute and School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith UniversityQLD 4222, Australia; Centre for Planetary Health & Food Security, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast CampusQLD 4222, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Nalau J.,Cobb G.. The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review[J],2022,74.
APA	Nalau J.,&Cobb G..(2022).The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review.Global Environmental Change,74.
MLA	Nalau J.,et al."The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review".Global Environmental Change 74(2022).