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Analyzing actions of climate change adaptation as envisaged by stakeholders enables to draw a shared vision or, conversely, alternative pathways imagined for a territory; and to question their inclusion in governance. This article focuses on the adaptation levers devised by 170 local stakeholders (state services, elected officials, agriculture, forest and river technicians, farmers, inhabitants) in the French Drôme Valley. Data was collected through a visioning process combining interviews and workshops designed around three collectively identified structuring issues: quality of life, agricultural production and tourist attractiveness. We characterized the 300 proposed actions according to: (1) stage of implementation, (2) the degree of socio-ecological transformation they imply, (3) the type of strategy for co-production of associated Nature’s Contributions to Adaptation through: ecosystem management, mobilization, social appreciation, and associated social dynamics (socio-economic demand, governance, knowledge systems), (4) proponents’ roles in governance of the socio-ecological system, (5) the repertoire of values to which they participate as part of collective visions for a desirable future. We identified three typical visions and associated normative goals: sustainable development, ecological and social transition, and ecosystem wealth and self-sufficiency. Each vision was characterized by the set of actions proposed by stakeholders as a pathway to the vision. We compare these three typical pathways with actions already implemented (the current trajectory), and with actions proposed according to the social roles of participants to discuss the cross-cutting nature of desired actions, and convergences or divergences across stakeholders according to their involvement and capacity to influence ecosystem management.
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This paper is a contribution from the Transformative Adaptation Research Alliance (TARA, https//research.csiro.au/tara/), an international network of researchers and practitioners dedicated to the development and implementation of novel approaches to transformative adaptation to global change. We are grateful to Drôme Valley inhabitants and institutions for their participation in workshops and interviews. We thank Matthew Colloff and Bruno Locatelli for help in editing the manuscript.
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This research was funded through the French Ministry for Environment (MTES) through the Biovallée contract. It contributes to ANR Investissements d’Avenir CDP Trajectories (ANR-15-IDEX-02).
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Bergeret, A., Lavorel, S. Stakeholder visions for trajectories of adaptation to climate change in the Drôme catchment (French Alps). Reg Environ Change 22, 33 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-01876-5
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