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Article

“The Greatest Benefit Is to Think Differently”: Experiences of Developing and Using a Web-Based Tool for Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty for Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Municipalities

by
Annika Carlsson Kanyama
1,*,
Jorge Luis Zapico
2,
Chatarina Holmberg
1 and
Per Wikman-Svahn
3
1
Ecoloop AB, 118 60 Stockholm, Sweden
2
Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
3
Department of Philosophy and History, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2024, 16(5), 2044; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16052044
Submission received: 9 October 2023 / Revised: 25 January 2024 / Accepted: 9 February 2024 / Published: 29 February 2024
(This article belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)
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Abstract

The need for handling the deep uncertainty surrounding the future climate has led to various novel and robust approaches for decision-making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) when adapting to climate change. Here, an online and self-explanatory web-based tool was developed and tested with civil servants from five municipalities in Sweden challenged by rising sea levels. The municipalities used the tool by themselves and were then interviewed about the usability of the tool, the perceived urgency of climate change adaptation, and the possibilities for municipalities for handling the flexible solutions that are at the core of DMDU. Results were that the civil servants reported that the urgency of climate change adaptation has increased, that the tool changed their perspectives compared to traditional planning methods, and that changes in laws and regulations to accommodate decisions about flexible solutions were recommended.
Keywords: CCA (climate change adaptation); robust decision-making; tool test; municipalities; sea level rise CCA (climate change adaptation); robust decision-making; tool test; municipalities; sea level rise

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Carlsson Kanyama, A.; Zapico, J.L.; Holmberg, C.; Wikman-Svahn, P. “The Greatest Benefit Is to Think Differently”: Experiences of Developing and Using a Web-Based Tool for Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty for Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Municipalities. Sustainability 2024, 16, 2044. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16052044

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Carlsson Kanyama A, Zapico JL, Holmberg C, Wikman-Svahn P. “The Greatest Benefit Is to Think Differently”: Experiences of Developing and Using a Web-Based Tool for Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty for Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Municipalities. Sustainability. 2024; 16(5):2044. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16052044

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Carlsson Kanyama, Annika, Jorge Luis Zapico, Chatarina Holmberg, and Per Wikman-Svahn. 2024. "“The Greatest Benefit Is to Think Differently”: Experiences of Developing and Using a Web-Based Tool for Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty for Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Municipalities" Sustainability 16, no. 5: 2044. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16052044

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Carlsson Kanyama, A., Zapico, J. L., Holmberg, C., & Wikman-Svahn, P. (2024). “The Greatest Benefit Is to Think Differently”: Experiences of Developing and Using a Web-Based Tool for Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty for Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Municipalities. Sustainability, 16(5), 2044. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16052044

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