scholarly journals “SATOYAMA green-infrastructure”, a measure for climate change adaptation: potential for multipurpose usage of abandoned paddy on small valley bottoms in the Lake Inbanuma watershed, Chiba, Japan.

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun NISHIHIRO ◽  
Kazuaki OHTSUKI ◽  
Ayato KOHZU ◽  
Hiroki KATO ◽  
Shogo OGASAWARA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Adaptation Potential ◽  
Small Valley

HURRY UP OR WAIT: ARE PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION DELAYED?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES SIMS ◽  
SARAH E. NULL ◽  
JOSUE MEDELLIN-AZUARA ◽  
AUGUSTINA ODAME
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Central Valley ◽  
Water Saving ◽  
Adaptation Option ◽  
Option Value ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation Potential ◽  
Private Investments ◽  
The Cost

Adaptation gaps arise when observed adaptation to climate change is slower than perceived adaptation potential. Two common explanations for adaptation gaps are (1) private parties failing to recognize that the climate is changing and (2) the cost of adaptation is higher than commonly believed. This paper shows how these two explanations are linked and that the likelihood and duration of adaptation gaps depend on whether climate change is characterized by stationary or non-stationary dynamics. Using an investment in water-saving irrigation in California’s Central Valley as an illustrative example, we find little evidence that failing to account for climate change would explain adaptation gaps. A more likely explanation for adaptation gaps is a failure to account for the adaptation option value that arises due to the possibility of maladaptation.

scholarly journals ClimateCafé: An Interdisciplinary Educational Tool for Sustainable Climate Adaptation and Lessons Learned

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floris C. Boogaard ◽  
Guri Venvik ◽  
Rui L. Pedroso de Lima ◽  
Ana C. Cassanti ◽  
Allard H. Roest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Infiltration Capacity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
German Philosopher

ClimateCafé is a field education concept involving different fields of science and practice for capacity building in climate change adaptation. This concept is applied on the eco-city of Augustenborg in Malmö, Sweden, where Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) were implemented in 1998. ClimateCafé Malmö evaluated these NBS with 20 young professionals from nine nationalities and seven disciplines with a variety of practical tools. In two days, 175 NBS were mapped and categorised in Malmö. Results show that the selected green infrastructure have a satisfactory infiltration capacity and low values of potential toxic element pollutants after 20 years in operation. The question “Is capacity building achieved by interdisciplinary field experience related to climate change adaptation?” was answered by interviews, collecting data of water quality, pollution, NBS and heat stress mapping, and measuring infiltration rates, followed by discussion. The interdisciplinary workshops with practical tools provide a tangible value to the participants and are needed to advance sustainability efforts. Long term lessons learnt from Augustenborg will help stormwater managers within planning of NBS. Lessons learned from this ClimateCafé will improve capacity building on climate change adaptation in the future. This paper offers a method and results to prove the German philosopher Friedrich Hegel wrong when he opined that “we learn from history that we do not learn from history.”

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