O'ahu Vulnerability Assessment & Scenario Planning Workshop
December 7-8 • Honolulu, HI • Japanese Cultural Center
Overview
Natural and cultural resource managers today are faced with many challenges, including an uncertain but changing climate. This is the first of two workshops that will focus on O'ahu as part of...
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Natural and cultural resource managers today are faced with many challenges, including an uncertain but changing climate. This is the first of two workshops that will focus on O'ahu as part of the Hawaiian Islands Climate Synthesis Project. It will use expert input to assess the vulnerability of key natural and cultural resources to climate change, and develop a common understanding of the range of possible future climate conditions and what those changes could mean for resources.
Workshop Objectives:
- Provide participants with baseline knowledge and understanding of climate trends (current, historic, projected future) for O'ahu.
- Assess vulnerabilities of habitats and ecosystem services to climate change including sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity.
- Review and select associated climate drivers important for habitats and ecosystem services, and develop alternative future scenarios.
- Discuss how alternative future scenarios could impact habitats and services.
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Agenda & Speakers
Presentations
Jeff Burgett, Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative: Climate Trends for O'ahu
Jessi Kershner, EcoAdapt: Introduction to Vulnerability Assessments
Rachel M. Gregg, EcoAdapt: Project Background and Moving from Vulnerability to Adaptation
Rachel M. Gregg, EcoAdapt: Scenario Planning and Climate Change
Reading & Resources
Workshop Readings
Additional Resources
Glick, P., B.A. Stein, N.A. Edelson, eds. 2011. Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.
Rowland, E.L., M.S. Cross, and H. Hartmann. 2014. Considering Multiple Futures: Scenario Planning to Address Uncertainty in Natural Resource Conservation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 170 p.
