EcoAdapt
, founded by a team of some of the earliest adaptation thinkers
and practitioners in the field, has one goal - creating a robust future
in the face of climate change. We bring together diverse players in the
conservation, policy, science, and development communities to reshape
conservation and resource management in response to rapid climate
change.
Our main objectives include:
- Building the field of adaptation by coordinating, magnifying, and
making climate change adaptation capacity and resources more accessible.
- Building capacity of current and future professionals in
conservation, planning, and development so they can engage in climate
change adaptation.
- Supporting implementation of adaptation strategies by providing capacity to partners eager to take climate adaptation action.
EcoAdapt aims to achieve these goals by:
- Creating a core team of climate change adaptation specialists with
extensive on-the-ground experience. This critical mass will strive to
ferment and distill new ideas that build this new conservation paradigm,
both as team and with a network of partners.
- Acting as an adviser and facilitator for groups wishing to engage on
climate change adaptation but lack internal support or capacity.
- Creating training opportunities and materials (adaptation workshops, guidebooks, curriculum and teaching, field experience).
- Creating networks of projects and partners with similar concerns to
support adaptation policy and building the field of adaptation science.
One particular mechanism to achieve this is through the interactive
online database – the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE).