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Climate Adaptation 2.0 will empower people to develop their own climate adaptation strategies at the individual, family, and community level by combining local knowledge and frames of reference with existing data layers and models.

This project will produce a working model on one island in the eastern Caribbean demonstrating how communities can become empowered to develop their own climate change scenarios and strategies. This will be applicable in small island developing countries in general, and in coastal zones worldwide.

Inhabitants of coastal zones everywhere are vulnerable to natural hazards linked to climate change. Nowhere is this vulnerability more acute than on small tropical islands. In the eastern Caribbean, natural hazards usually take the form of extreme weather events. Climate models suggest that the intensity of tropical storms will increase, and also that dry seasons may become more pronounced, resulting in both floods and droughts. In addition, sea level rise is expected to hasten coastal erosion, and the rise in sea surface temperature is expected to further impact already stressed coral reef environments. All these factors are expected to have profound implications for livelihoods of island inhabitants, either directly (e.g., stressed reef resources result in declining fisheries) or indirectly (the quality of tourism destinations erodes, leading to a loss of revenues and jobs).

Government efforts to address natural hazards have a general myopia with regard to needs and concerns at the scale of communities. Communities cannot find their reference points in official maps and strategies. This project will mash up "official" geography, climate models, and community maps to develop a climate vulnerability atlas that is accessible at the community level.