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Description

This project will bring together new and existing knowledge and experiences on how rural communities can better increase their capacity to make and implement adaptation decisions. Project products and services include:

  • Community climate change vulnerability assessments
  • Community climate change adaptation strategies
  • Climate change impact visualizations and communication tools
  • Real adaptations made by communities
  • Investigation, collation and communication of relevant information on potential direct and indirect impacts of climate change to small peripheral rural communities
  • Establishment of a formal mechanism and information platform to disseminate knowledge for community adaptation.

Project information

Lead

UHI Millennium Institute, Scotland (UK) Mr. Clive Bowman

Partners

15 partners from the Nordic countries, 10 associate-partners, 18 project co-funders.

Source of funding

Interreg IV B Northern Periphery Programme

Reference information

Websites:
https://www.perth.uhi.ac.uk/subject-areas/centre-for-mountain-studies/research-themes/global-and-climate-change/clim-atic---climate-change-adapting-to-the-impacts-by-communities-in-northern-peripheral-regions/

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jan 1, 1970

Keywords:
communication tools, real adaptation, rural communities, visualisation tools
Climate impacts:

Flooding, Ice and Snow, Sea Level Rise

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Vulnerability Assessment

Sectors:

Agriculture, Biodiversity protection, Buildings, Coastal areas, Energy, Health, Marine and Fisheries

Funding Programme:
INTERREG
Duration:
2008-2011
Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Macro-Transnational region:

Northern Periphery and Arctic

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