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Adaptation resources: Principles of good adaptation |
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Adaptation resources
Principles of good adaptation
Good adaptation
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Despite the difficulties associated with defining a particular adaptation measure as being good, acceptable, or successful, there are principles of good adaptation that can be used to inform the selection process.
One such set of principles has evolved through practice and identifies the following aspects of the adaptation process as being characteristic of those processes that have led to good adaptation:
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Work in partnership – identify and engage your community and ensure they are well informed.
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Understand risks and thresholds, including associated uncertainties.
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Frame and communicate SMART* objectives/outcomes before starting out.
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Manage climate and non-climate risks using a balanced approach – assess and implement your approach to adaptation in the context of overall sustainability and development objectives that includes managing climate and non-climate risks.
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Focus on actions to manage priority climate risks – identify key climate risks and opportunities and focus on actions to manage these.
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Address risks associated with today’s climate variability and extremes as a starting point towards taking anticipatory actions to address risks and opportunities associated with longer-term climate change.
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Use adaptive management to cope with uncertainty – recognise the value of a phased approach to cope with uncertainty.
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Recognise the value of no/low regrets and win-win adaptation options in terms of cost-effectiveness and multiple benefits.
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Avoid actions that foreclose or limit future adaptations or restrict adaptive actions of others.
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Review the continued effectiveness of adaptation decisions by adopting a continuous improvement approach that also includes monitoring and re-evaluations of risks.
* SMART objectives – specific, measurable, achievable, results-oriented, and time-bound objectives.
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