Ten Lessons for Effective Place-Based Climate Adaptation Planning Workshops
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods Overview
3. Key Findings
3.1. Get the Right People in the Room
3.2. Understand the Local Context and Design All Workshop Components around It
3.3. Prepare Participants for Effective Engagement
3.4. Clarify Objectives
3.5. Enable Peer-to-Peer Learning and Cross-Sector Dialogue through Small Group Work
3.6. Plan for Flexibility and Respond to Local Needs
3.7. Identify and Support Local Champions
3.8. Promote Feelings of Efficacy
3.9. Promote Accountability
3.10. Provide Post-Workshop Support
3.11. Strategies
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Network Champions | Organizational Champions | Political Champions | |
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Description | Highly connected individuals from any sector who are embedded in the community/network | Individuals who can build support within their own organization | Elected officials or others with access to resources or other forms of influence * |
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1. Recruit the right people |
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2. Fit the local context |
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3. Prepare participants |
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4. Clarify objectives |
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5. Include small group work |
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6. Plan for flexibility |
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7. Identify local champions |
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8. Promote efficacy |
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9. Promote accountability |
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10. Provide post-workshop support |
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Stern, M.J.; Hurst, K.F.; Brousseau, J.J.; O’Brien, C.; Hansen, L.J. Ten Lessons for Effective Place-Based Climate Adaptation Planning Workshops. Climate 2023, 11, 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11020043
Stern MJ, Hurst KF, Brousseau JJ, O’Brien C, Hansen LJ. Ten Lessons for Effective Place-Based Climate Adaptation Planning Workshops. Climate. 2023; 11(2):43. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11020043
Chicago/Turabian StyleStern, Marc J., Kristin F. Hurst, Jennifer J. Brousseau, Caleb O’Brien, and Lara J. Hansen. 2023. "Ten Lessons for Effective Place-Based Climate Adaptation Planning Workshops" Climate 11, no. 2: 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11020043