Toward a shared vision for climate-informed resource stewardship
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Abstract
Climate-change adaptation planning processes and tools are increasing in number and evolving rapidly. During times of innovation and proliferation, a potential danger is incoherence, when well-intended contributions can overwhelm, create confusion, or mask complementarities. A shared vision is needed to avoid duplication, reduce misunderstandings, and facilitate work across jurisdictions to steward resources undergoing profound changes. Such a vision would document fundamental tools and approaches while allowing flexibility to match highly varied management contexts and organizational missions. Fortunately, the preconditions for coherence exist. Here, we illustrate how climate-change adaptation tools—including scenario planning, conceptual frameworks, structured decision making, and impact-evaluation methods—can be (and are) used in tandem to support adaptation planning that accounts for uncertainty, considers a broad range of strategies and actions, makes transparent and robust choices, evaluates outcomes, and is flexible and responsive to the decision context.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Toward a shared vision for climate-informed resource stewardship |
| Series title | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |
| DOI | 10.1002/fee.70005 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Publication Date | October 21, 2025 |
| Year Published | 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ecological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center |
| Description | e70005, 8 p. |