Reflecting on our recent workshop: Disentangling Successful Adaptation Using Theory of Change
Last week, the IMAGINE Adaptation hosted an international workshop on “Disentangling successful adaptation using theory of change” in Bergen, Norway. Our aim was to create a collaborative space for rethinking and identifying the changes needed for effective climate adaptation.
We started with a masterclass by Iñigo Retolaza Eguren, gaining a foundational understanding of the theory of change and discussing its utility in structuring discussions and making adaptation initiatives more intentional from the start.
During the second day, we developed a collective desired change statement emphasising the need for equity and wellbeing considerations as well as “six critical conditions” for achieving the desired change. In the final session we reflected on “signs of change,” discussing the varied indicators of progress.
The insights of the workshop will be used to inform our on-going work in IMAGINE Adaptation particularly as we move to the context-specific case study stage of the project. Thank you to all participants for your valuable contributions!
If you are interested in reading more about our discussions check out the workshop brief.
Following the workshop the team attended the International Scientific Conference – The Human Geographies in Climate Change Adaptation #HGA2024 organised by Daniel Puig. The conference brought together researchers from diverse backgrounds to explore climate change adaptation through a human geography lens. The team presented a range of our on-going work linked to imaginaries, everyday adaptation, adaptation limits, and understandings of adaptation evaluation.
- Marta Olazabal – Indicators and metrics to evaluate urban adaptation: a systematic review
- Sean Goodwin – Beyond hazards: a relational paradigm shift in urban climate adaptation through nature-based solutions
- Cecilia Alda-Vidal – What is in for everyday adaptation? A review of schools of thought, documented practices and potential for driving transformative adaptation
- Ana Terra Amorim-Maia – Adaptation success and limits: insights from 50 leading experts and implications for research and practice
- William Lewis – What are urban adaptation imaginaries and how can they be used as a methodology for just adaptation?
Evaluating Urban nature-based solutions: What Makes Good Information?
In recent years, nature-based solutions (NbS) have gained traction as a vital strategy for addressing the interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality in urban environments. However, measuring the effectiveness of these solutions, particularly in terms of their contribution to climate adaptation, requires a nuanced understanding of what constitutes relevant and useful information.
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The ultimate challenge
Peter Eckersley from Nottingham Business School in Nottingham Trent University, and Marta Olazabal from IMAGINE Adaptation contribute to the special issue with an opinion article "Adapting to climate change: the ultimate challenge for the next half-century of local government?"
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Radio Collaboration: Climate Change and the 21st Century
The first quarter of the 21st Century is nearly over. What have we achieved so far? What are the challenges that we are going to face over the next 25 years?
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“We need to rethink urbanism”
Marta Olazabal gave an interview (in Spanish) to the local Radio Euskadi this past weekend.
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What is limiting how we imagine adaptation?
We are happy to tell you that our new open-access review paper is out now in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
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Cities need more than green fixes to climate change.
Sean Goodwin recently gave an interview (in Spanish) for Equipamento y Servicios Municipales on the potential for green infrastructure in cities.
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Using intersectionality to localise the GGA
We are happy to share our viewpoint published in the Special Issue “Navigating the Nexus: Intersectional Climate Justice in Urban Adaptation Planning” of the journal Cities. This opinion article has been written by Ana Terra Amorim-Maia and Marta Olazabal.
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Wondering how to evaluate justice in climate adaptation projects at the city level?
Our colleague and collaborator Maria Ruiz de Gopegui asked herself that in her PhD research.
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Urban adaptation: disrupting imaginaries and practices
Vanesa Castan-Broto, Marta Olazabal and Gina Ziervogel have guest edited a quite special special issue in the fantastic journal Buildings and Cities. The special issue aims to enlarge the range of adaptation narratives grounded in experiences from cities worldwide.
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Reflecting on our recent workshop: Disentangling Successful Adaptation Using Theory of Change
Last week, the IMAGINE Adaptation hosted an international workshop on “Disentangling successful adaptation using theory of change” in Bergen, Norway. Our aim was to create a collaborative space for rethinking and identifying the changes needed for effective climate adaptation.
read more