The Social & Environmental Research Institute, in collaboration with the Carolinas Integrated Sciences & Assessments, offers the Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios (VCAPS) process. This innovative approach supports local decision makers in coastal communities who are concerned about climate change vulnerability and adaptation. Through facilitated conversations and participatory modeling techniques, VCAPS integrates scientific knowledge with local knowledge and experience to help communities become more resilient to weather and climate change.
VCAPS enables local decision makers to make sense of the social, economic, health, and other consequences of climate and weather changes in their specific community. By creating diagrams that link climate and weather changes to local consequences, VCAPS helps identify near-term and long-term strategies for adaptation and hazard management. With successful implementations in various coastal communities across the United States, VCAPS has proven to be a valuable tool for planning and preparing for the impacts of climate change.
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