What Makes Climate Adaptation Workshops Work?

Despite the urgent need for climate action, people often feel powerless to address climate change due to the scope of the problem and a perceived lack of ability to act collectively in meaningful ways. Locally based adaptation workshops are a relatively new approach designed specifically to make adaptation relevant and empower people to learn and act on their newly acquired understandings.

This study, What Makes Climate Adaptation Workshops Work? builds on lessons learned from prior adaptation-related community workshops, as well as research and theory in informal science education and communication to iteratively refine workshop designs to catalyze both learning and action. Through observational and survey research, as well as follow-up monitoring and interviews, we examined which workshop components have the strongest influence on participant outcomes and explored the processes through which learning occurs.

By using either the interactive graphic above (available on desktop or laptop only) or the menu buttons below (all devices), you can link to more information about multiple components of this work - the goals and scope of the research, the outcomes of this project work, and the publications and reports that have been generated in support of this research.

Questions about this research? Contact Lara Hansen, Lara@ecoadapt.org