Supporting the process of ecosystem-based adaptation in a community of the Great Lakes

Image by Vasseur et al., 2021. Photos in the image courtesy of P. Garg and J. Baker, 2021.

Coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin face a number of climate change challenges, including high variability in water levels and extreme weather events.

Read this open access paper on the FACETS website.

Climate action, including Nature-based Solutions, needs to provide readiness for action, preparedness to future events and avenues for revitalization.

A case study in the Niagara Region of Ontario, which engaged managers and community members, identified six ways this could be accomplished to enhance sustainability (co-production of knowledge for the co-creation of solutions).

The research presented a method to incorporate these six ways into an integrated model (theory of change) to monitor changes in the long term.

Read the paper — Using an inverted funnel analogy to develop a theory of change supporting resilient ecosystem-based adaptation in the Great Lakes Basin: a case study of Lincoln, Ontario, Canada by Liette Vasseur, Bradley May, Meredith Caspell, Alex Marino, Pulkit Garg, Jocelyn Baker, and Samantha Gauthier.