Social and Economic Research

Research Question 2: How do individuals, communities and organizations best respond to climate-induced risks (including mitigation, adaptation and transformation)?

Establishment of a social and economic research framework to evaluate stakeholder and community responses to climate-driven environmental disturbances.

Goals:

understanding the baseline conditions, attributes, and practices of key stakeholders within and across the study basins
understanding how individuals respond to climate change in order to integrate into dynamic coupled models
understanding the effectiveness and acceptability of individual and collective response to climate change

Areas of Focus

Aims to understand the baseline conditions and practices of stakeholders within study basins. Activities include institutional analysis, values mapping, and a survey about water-related perceptions and preferences.

Focuses on behavioral experiments to estimate risk preferences and responses to climate-induced changes in climate-related risks.

A media content analysis project on climate change coverage. The team plans to conduct surveys, create a journalist climate cohort, and establish a climate-water ambassador program.