An integrative research framework for enabling transformative adaptation

摘要: Transformative adaptation will be increasingly important to effectively address the impacts of climate change and other global drivers on social-ecological systems. Enabling transformative requires new ways evaluate adaptively manage trade-offs between maintaining desirable aspects current systems adapting major biophysical changes those We outline such an approach, based three elements developed by Adaptation Research Alliance (TARA): (1) benefits services; that sub-set ecosystem services help people adapt environmental change; (2) The values-rules-knowledge perspective (vrk) for identifying societal decision-making contexts enable or constrain (3) pathways approach implementing adaptation, builds integrates vrk perspective. Together, these provide a future-oriented evaluation use services, dynamic, grounded understanding governance logical, sequential connects decisions over time. TARA represents means achieving in institutions needed support adaptation.