Foundational Resources
The Toolkit provides a wealth of documents, case studies, guides and tools to inform your adaptation work, which can be overwhelming when starting out. Here are resources the project team considers great starting places. These resources are also foundational to every step of the Adaptation Ladder of Engagement. The list is curated and does not necessarily represent the full portfolio of what is available. It is a list of foundational resources upon which to build your adaptation work or provide a more comprehensive, high-level view of adaptation from start to finish.
Our foundational resources are organized by the different steps in the Adaptation Ladder of Engagement:
- Awareness (climate change and your goals)
- Assessment (vulnerability or risk assessment)
- Planning (identifying solutions)
- Implementation (moving from plans to action)
- Integration (climate savvy thinking)
- Evaluation (what actions are working and what is not working)
- Sharing (share with and learn from others)
Awareness:
- Climate Atlas of Canada
- NOAA Climate.gov
- Sistema de Información y Análisis de Ecosistemas Marinos de México
- Climatedata.ca
Assessment:
- Canada's Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate
- Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II: Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States
- Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Face of Climate Change in North Carolina and Hawaii
- Atlas Nacional de Vulnerabilidad al Cambia Climatico
- Canada's Changing Climate Report
- IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
Planning:
- Adapting to Climate Change (IUCN)
- Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Parks and Protected Areas
- Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice
- Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives
- Climate change and indigenous peoples: Synthesis of Current Impacts and Experiences
- Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems Planning Tool: User Manual
- Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy
Implementation/Integration:
- Protecting Marine Biodiversity in Canada: Adaptation Options in the Face of Climate Change
- Panorama: Solutions for a Healthy Planet: Marine and coastal Solutions
- Programas de Adaptación al Cambio Climático en Áreas Naturales Protegidas
- A How-to Guide for Coproduction of Actionable Science
Evaluation:
- European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT: Monitoring and Evaluation
- CoastAdapt: Monitoring and Evaluation in Climate Change Adaptation
Sharing: