Urban Case Studies
Become an IMAGINE Adaptation Case Study
IMAGINE climate change adaptation in urban areas
IMAGINE Adaptation addresses the urgent need to evaluate climate change adaptation in urban areas and understand progress across governance levels. It argues that the current focus on policy progress can be a useful first step, but it is not indicative of effective adaptation.
The project aims to revisit the concept of adaptation success and go beyond technical framings to consider equity, justice, and maladaptive issues. In doing so the project will pioneer new ways to evaluate adaptation, and contribute to discussions on how local progress can inform global goals.
Only by understanding what good adaptation looks like, can we think of how to evaluate it.
IMAGINE Adaptation at The Nature of the Cities Festival
Our session "Imagining Adaptation to Climate Change through Art" explored how the intersection of science and the arts can catalyse alternative imaginaries of climate adaptation in urban environments.
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Become an IMAGINE Adaptation Case Study
Is your city interested in learning more about and developing your approach to monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning of urban adaptation? If so, apply to collaborate with us and become an IMAGINE Adaptation Case Study!
read moreInformation Webinar: Become an IMAGINE Adaptation Case Study
Is your city interested in learning more about and developing your approach to monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning (MERL) of urban adaptation? If so attend this webinar to find out how you could collaborate with us and become an IMAGINE Adaptation Case Study!
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IMAGINE Adaptation at The Nature of the Cities Festival
Our session "Imagining Adaptation to Climate Change through Art" explored how the intersection of science and the arts can catalyse alternative imaginaries of climate adaptation in urban environments.
read moreFirst Expert Board Meeting
Last week, on April 17, IMAGINE Adaptation held the first meeting with our board of experts after the kick off.
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Become an IMAGINE Adaptation Case Study
Is your city interested in learning more about and developing your approach to monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning of urban adaptation? If so, apply to collaborate with us and become an IMAGINE Adaptation Case Study!
read moreIntersectional approaches for intersecting crises
In this article featured in The Conversation Spain, Ana explains how climate vulnerability is defined by the intersection of different social positions, such as gender, ethnicity, ability, and social class.
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Imagining Adaptation through Art
Only by understanding what good adaptation looks like, can we think of how to evaluate it. Read on to learn how we investigated the views of 100 local adaptation professionals to create a broader understanding of adaptation success.
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How will we know when we are adapting?
The IMAGINE Adaptation team is in the process of synthesising key approaches to monitoring, evaluating, reporting and learning (MERL) for adaptation projects, aiming to reduce uncertainty for local actors involved in adaptation management. Keep reading to find out how you can get involved.
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950 years of adaptation expertise
Our team interviewed 50 of the most eminent climate adaptation experts to understand how their worldviews and experiences help understand the current state of the field, its trajectory, and the pathways forward. Here we share a preview of the process and conversations.
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Adaptation: Preparation and Review – An Example from Melbourne
Examples from Melbourne on what a city can do by refreshing its Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.
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The superpowers of art and storytelling for climate adaptation
Narratives are increasingly being used to support climate change adaptation in cities, and creative approaches like art and storytelling are key to achieving it.
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Are we doing the right things or are we doing things right? Can we do both?
A MERL tool for climate change adaptation in Victoria, Australia. How to help councils in their endeavour of climate change adaptation through reflection and action.
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Integrating science and the arts to deglobalise climate change adaptation
Art-science collaborations through visuals can help build imaginaries around the positive and negative outcomes of climate change adaptation.