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Indicators to measure the climate change adaptation outcomes of ecosystem-based adaptation

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Donatti, Camila I., Harvey, Celia A., Hole, David, Panfil, Steven N., Schurman, Hanna·2020·Climatic Change
DOI 10.1007/s10584-019-02565-9
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Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of a strategy to help people adapt to climate change. Despite the potential of EbA to provide adaptation benefits, there is a lack of consensus on how to measure the success of this approach. This paper reviews the intended adaptation outcomes and indicators used by ongoing and completed EbA projects and addresses the following questions: (a) where have EbA projects been implemented? (b) what activities have been conducted by EbA projects? (c) what adaptation outcomes are EbA projects seeking to achieve? (d) how have the impacts of EbA projects been measured and evaluated? and (e) what is the set of indicators that can capture the diversity of adaptation outcomes achieved by EbA? To identify the adaptation outcomes provided by EbA and the indicators that could be used to measure such outcomes, we reviewed 58 EbA projects implemented globally, and obtained recommendations from experts on what indicators should be measured. We identified 13 adaptation outcomes that could be achieved through EbA, such as reducing the loss of assets of coastal communities due to extreme events. We identified seven indicators to monitor the success of EbA in achieving adaptation outcomes. Our review suggests that there is a strong need to better articulate the adaptation outcomes that EbA projects seek to achieve, to use a common set of specific indicators to track these outcomes, and to fund the monitoring of long-term EbA projects.

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    “There is also increasing recognition that restoration and management of restored ecosystems will need to be dynamically adopted in response to ongoing and unavoidable changes (101-103).”

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    Section 3.2 describes restoration and management of ecosystems as activities that help people adapt to climate change. Section 3.5 recommends monitoring outcomes over time, but does not say that management of restored ecosystems must be dynamically adjusted in response to ongoing and unavoidable changes. Page numbers are not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • The reduction of negative impacts, which reflects successful adaptation, could be quantified in terms of enhanced assets and livelihoods; resources (food, water) security, health, cultural, or spiritual well-being; or conservation and biodiversity.

    “Likewise, the reduction of negative impacts, which reflects successful adaptation, could be quantified, e.g., in terms of enhanced assets and livelihoods; in resources (food, water) security, health, cultural, or spiritual well-being; or in conservation and biodiversity (101, 102).”

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    Section 2.3 defines adaptation outcomes as reduced harm or risk, and section 3.3 identifies assets, livelihoods, food security, resource security, and health as outcome dimensions. But section 3.3 mentions culture and spirituality only as part of an earlier typology, while sections 3.5 and 4 treat conservation and biodiversity as intervention components rather than the adaptation outcomes measured here. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Authors
Donatti, C. I., Harvey, C. A., Hole, D., Panfil, S. N., & Schurman, H.
Affiliations
  • Conservation International (US)
  • Georgetown University (US)
Corresponding author
Donatti, Camila I.
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Venue
Climatic Change
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-11-27
Volume
158
Issue
3-4
Pages
413-433
ISSN
  • 0165-0009 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-1480
DOI
10.1007/s10584-019-02565-9
OpenAlex
W2990357374
Cited by
138
References
2
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 2
FWCI
4.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Climatic Change (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Coastal and Marine Management
Keywords
ecosystem-based adaptation, climate change adaptation, performance indicators, biodiversity, ecosystem services, monitoring and evaluation, coastal communities, extreme events

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