Journal article
A First Step in the Co‐Production of a Climate Resilience Research Agenda for the Philadelphia Region
Community science (Hoboken, N.J.), v 3(4)
Dec 2024
Abstract
The Philadelphia Region is threatened by anthropogenic climate change, with frontline communities facing disproportionate adverse impacts. To be effective, regional plans for climate resilience need to respond to diverse stakeholder needs, with research and information gathering critical to governance and decision‐making. The Climate Resilience Research Agenda (CRRA) is a co‐produced preliminary list of research activities that, if undertaken, could help to make the Philadelphia region more resilient to climate change. The CRRA process engaged over 100 individuals from over 60 organizations and entities across the region, collaboratively producing key research topics across four working groups: 1. Regional Climate Change and Cascading Hazards, 2. Health and Environmental Vulnerability, 3. Built Environment and Infrastructure System Resilience, and Decarbonization/Electrification of the Energy Sector, and 4. Regional Climate Governance and Adaptive Management. Research topics spanned working groups, and connections between topics highlighted the interconnectedness of climate challenges facing the Philadelphia region. In future project phases, the planning team will iterate and improve the recommendations with feedback from the participants from this process to continue important conversations regarding climate resilience within the region.
Climate change is a significant issue in the Philadelphia region, with some communities being affected more frequently and intensely than others. To fill gaps in the research that would help the region plan for climate change, the author's team organized a process to establish a Climate Resilience Research Agenda for the region. This process involved over 100 people from different groups who worked together to develop research topics that are summarized in this report. All the topics discussed by the group are interconnected, and the process needs to be continued to make the region more resilient to climate change.
A Climate Resilience Research Agenda process was undertaken to co‐produce a preliminary list of research activities to make the Philadelphia region more resilient to climate change Over 100 individuals from 60 different community organizations and entities were engaged and collaboratively produced >200 research topics across four working groups The participants reported positive feedback about the engagement, results of this process, interest in further involvement, and the need for increased co‐production in scientific inquiry. Critiques of CRRA hope to be used by the project team or other researchers to iterate on future co‐production processes
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- Title
- A First Step in the Co‐Production of a Climate Resilience Research Agenda for the Philadelphia Region
- Creators
- A. Kavathekar - Drexel UniversityK. Tangtrakul - Drexel UniversityN. Pearl - Drexel UniversityJ. Britton - Drexel UniversityS. Chapman - City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability Philadelphia PA USAR. Graff - Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of GovernmentsM. Granieri - City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability Philadelphia PA USAH. Johnson - Drexel UniversityR. Johnson - Drexel UniversityC. Linn - Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of GovernmentsM. Owen - Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of GovernmentsJ. Rockwell - Philadelphia Water DepartmentA. Schulman - Drexel UniversityR. Wall - Drexel UniversityA. H. Payab - Drexel UniversityF. A. Montalto - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Community science (Hoboken, N.J.), v 3(4)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Office of Research (and Innovation); Center for Environmental Policy; Center for Public Policy
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105020402656
- Other Identifier
- 991021963211304721
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