Know4DRR chambery_pedoth_final
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The document discusses innovative tools and participatory approaches to enhance stakeholder engagement in addressing uncertainties related to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. It emphasizes the importance of co-production of knowledge between scientists and stakeholders and presents various European cooperation projects aimed at improving decision-making processes. Key findings highlight the need for tailored communication strategies and the value of different perspectives in fostering behavioral change and actionable outcomes.
Know4DRR chambery_pedoth_final
- 1. Innovative tools to involve stakeholders in collaborative efforts to share and discuss uncertainties in DDR and CCA Experiences and lessons learnt Lydia Pedoth, Marco Pregnolato & Stefan Schneiderbauer European Academy Bolzano- EURAC, Italy In collaboration with SEI Oxford, SEI York Environment Agency Austria and CIPRA International Chambery, 27th May 2015
- 3. • Co-production of knowledge between scientists and stakeholders • Necessity to deal with and act under uncertainty • Communication of research results to the public
- 4. • Deal with complexity and interlinkages within multiple systems • Knowledge is spread among science and practice • Different disciplines, backgrounds and actors • Aim to influence policies and support the decision making process • Need to foster behavioral change and action on the ground Challenges
- 5. • Inter-and transdisciplinary approaches • From unidirectional to bidirectional knowledge flows • Innovative participatory approaches to involve and engage with stakeholders • Common process for co-production of knowledge • Shared and trusted knowledge • Tools and methods for communicating science to the public • Approaches and tools for “translating” and communicating uncertainty What do we need?
- 6. 3 European cooperation projects • FP7 Project Know4DRR- knowledge for disaster risk reduction • FP7 Project emBRACE- community resilience to natural hazards • Alpine Space Project C3 Alps- Capitalizing Climate Change Knowledge for Adaptation in the Alpine Space Experiences and lessons learnt
- 7. Knowledge mapping Interviews mapping interactions and communication flows between risk management actors after a landslide event
- 8. Experiences and lessons learnt • Visualisation and structuring of knowledge • Shared interactive process between interviewer and interviewee • Immediate and tangible output • Look at the created map triggers critical reflection and discussion about how the network deals with uncertainty • Different views of the same network • Method applicable for stakeholders working at different scales and with different background and responsibilities
- 9. Gaming approach Workshop with scientist and stakeholders Flood scenario game: How to deal with uncertainty in decision making?
- 10. Experiences and lessons learnt • The gaming approach enabled participants to put themselves in someone else's situation • Game created a context free of rules and settings linked to participants institutional affiliations and roles • Despite the created game context the approach revealed mechanisms and situations linked to decision making similar to real situations • Game helped to grasp the concept of uncertainty • Discussion about experiences of participants during the gaming exercise as important part for knowledge creation
- 11. Innovative communication tools Calendar: Climate change adaptation day by day
- 12. Experiences and lessons learnt • Link research results and climate change adaptation to every day life • Work with key messages and commonly used terminology • Simple does not mean banal • Use of graphics for transmitting knowledge • Importance of collaboration between researcher and graphic designers and communication experts • Local language for communication with the public
- 13. Conclusions • Huge range of participatory approaches • No one size fits it all solution- choice according to context and type of stakeholders • Willingness and openness for sharing knowledge • Acknowledgement and appreciation of different kind of expertise • Challenges due to different objectives, mindsets and terminology but also source for innovative and tangible knowledge that can lead to concrete actions
- 14. Thank you for your attention! Lydia.pedoth@eurac.edu ©Jochen Bürgel; illustration by Simon Kneebone