A framework for stakeholder engagement on climate adaptation

[摘要] This project was designed to inform CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship (CAF) about best practice methods for engaging with stakeholders on the issue of climate adaptation. More specifically, the project had four goals, which were to:1.Understand what nature and degree of engagement is required by different stakeholders2.Identify what sorts of information stakeholders need in order to make these decisions3.Work towards the development of a protocol for modes of engagement4.Develop a framework for monitoring the success of our communication, engagement and research.A five-stage process was planned as the best means to address the above goals. Stage 1 was a series of scoping interviews with CAF staff and some key external partners. Stage 2 was a desktop review of existing literature related to stakeholder engagement processes and outcomes. Stage 3 involved two workshops with CSIRO staff with experience in stakeholder engagement. Stage 4 involved interviews with engagement practitioners working outside CSIRO. Results of these first four stages are presented in the current document. Stage 5 is underway, and will involve the application of these findings in two engagement case studies.Based on the four completed stages, three principle findings can be highlighted:1. The engagement literature, although fragmented and atheoretical, does provide some fairly consistent guidelines about best practice for all types of stakeholder engagement. These guidelines also are consistent with the practical advice emerging from the workshops and interviews. Together, this information yields a set of recommendations that can be used to guide engagement processes.2. Climate change and climate adaptation have some features that make engagement on these topics particularly problematic. These features include the presence of misinformation and scepticism about climate change, people’s typical reactions to uncertainty, and variations in the capacity for long-term planning, as well as other issues. On the basis of these features and relevant literature, a number of psychological mechanisms have been identified that relate to adaptation engagement.3. These mechanisms have been combined to develop a preliminary model of adaptation engagement. The model is presented as a pathway of stages, with different drivers and barriers relevant at different stages along the pathway. It is envisaged that the model will help to guide engagement efforts with stakeholder groups at different stages on the pathway. Further, collecting consistent information about existing CAF engagement processes will allow the evaluation and refinement of this model.

[发布日期] 2009-05-07 [发布机构] CSIRO

[学科分类] 地球科学(综合)