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Intertwined people-nature relations are central to nature-based adaptation to climate change Locatelli, Bruno; Lavorel, Sandra; Colloff, Matthew J.; Crouzat, Emilie; Bruley, Enora; Fedele, Giacomo; Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne; Plieninger, Tobias; Andersson, Erik; Abbott, Mick; Butler, James; Devisscher, Tahia; Djoudi, Houria; Dubo, Titouan; González-García, Alberto; Karim, Paulina G.; Munera, Claudia; Neyret, Margot; Quétier, Fabien; Salliou, Nicolas; Walters, Gretchen
Abstract
Adaptation to climate change is a social-ecological process: it is not solely a result of natural processes or human decisions but emerges from multiple relations within social systems, within ecological systems, and between them. We propose a novel analytical framework to evaluate social-ecological relations in nature-based adaptation, encompassing social (people-people), ecological (nature-nature), and social-ecological (people-nature) relations. Applying this framework to 25 case studies, we analyse the associations among these relations and identify archetypes of social-ecological adaptation. Our findings revealed that adaptation actions with more people-nature relations mobilise more social and ecological relations. We identified four archetypes, with distinct modes of adaptation along a gradient of people-nature interaction scores, summarised as: 1) nature control; 2) biodiversity-based; 3) ecosystem services-based; and 4) integrated approaches. This study contributes to a nuanced understanding of nature-based adaptation, highlighting the importance of integrating diverse relations across social and ecological systems. Our findings offer valuable insights for informing the design and implementation of adaptation strategies and policies.
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Intertwined people-nature relations are central to nature-based adaptation to climate change
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Locatelli, Bruno; Lavorel, Sandra; Colloff, Matthew J.; Crouzat, Emilie; Bruley, Enora; Fedele, Giacomo; Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne; Plieninger, Tobias; Andersson, Erik; Abbott, Mick; Butler, James; Devisscher, Tahia; Djoudi, Houria; Dubo, Titouan; González-García, Alberto; Karim, Paulina G.; Munera, Claudia; Neyret, Margot; Quétier, Fabien; Salliou, Nicolas; Walters, Gretchen
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The Royal Society
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2023-02-13
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Adaptation to climate change is a social-ecological process: it is not solely a result of natural processes or human decisions but emerges from multiple relations within social systems, within ecological systems, and between them. We propose a novel analytical framework to evaluate social-ecological relations in nature-based adaptation, encompassing social (people-people), ecological (nature-nature), and social-ecological (people-nature) relations. Applying this framework to 25 case studies, we analyse the associations among these relations and identify archetypes of social-ecological adaptation. Our findings revealed that adaptation actions with more people-nature relations mobilise more social and ecological relations. We identified four archetypes, with distinct modes of adaptation along a gradient of people-nature interaction scores, summarised as: 1) nature control; 2) biodiversity-based; 3) ecosystem services-based; and 4) integrated approaches. This study contributes to a nuanced understanding of nature-based adaptation, highlighting the importance of integrating diverse relations across social and ecological systems. Our findings offer valuable insights for informing the design and implementation of adaptation strategies and policies.
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eng
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2025-04-23
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0448526
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Locatelli, B., Lavorel, S., Colloff, M. J., Crouzat, E., Bruley, E., Fedele, G., Grêt-Regamey, A., Plieninger, T., Andersson, E., Abbott, M., Butler, J., Devisscher, T., Djoudi, H., Dubo, T., González-García, A., Karim, P. G., Múnera-Roldán, C., Neyret, M., Quétier, F., . . . Walters, G. (2025). Intertwined people-nature relations are central to nature-based adaptation to climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences, 380(1917), 20230213.
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10.1098/rstb.2023.0213
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Reviewed
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Faculty; Researcher; Postdoctoral
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