This qualitative case study presents an in-depth evaluation of the scenario planning
process, and an exploration of factors influencing its use as an environmental decision …

NPS established its Climate Change Response Program (CCRP) in 2009 to support climate-
informed management for all resources, 1 assets, and values across the US national park …

Rather, the objective is to develop and test decisions under a variety of plausible futures.
Doing this proactively, essentially rehearsing for multiple futures, strengthens an …

Management of natural resources and infrastructure systems for sustainability is complicated
by uncertainties in the human and natural environment. Moreover, decisions are further …

Scenario planning helps managers incorporate climate change into their natural resource
decision making through a structured “what-if” process of identifying key uncertainties and …

Scenario planning is a tool that embraces uncertainty rather than trying to reduce or
eliminate it. It can help resource managers generate creative approaches to climate change …

There is now widespread scientific consensus that accelerated climate change is happening
and that human activities are the principal cause. However, measures to reduce emissions …

Climate change has the potential to compromise the sustainability of natural resources in
Mediterranean climatic systems, such that short-term reactive responses will increasingly be …

Scenario planning is a flexible tool used to assess a broad range of plausible, relevant,
divergent, and challenging futures, for short-term responses and long-term planning …

The primary objective of this paper is to discuss the limitations of risk management as a
strategy for Australian local government climate change adaptation and explore the …