Bridging the Climate Science-Practice Divide through Community Engaged Research: Insights from the Caribbean

 

Kevon Rhiney, the 2023-2024 Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities and visiting professor of HMEI, Anthropology, and African American Studies, presented “Bridging the Climate Science-Practice Divide through Community Engaged Research: Insights from the Caribbean.” Rhiney was the final speaker in the spring 2024 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

The Caribbean is regarded as one of the most exposed regions in the world to climate-related natural disasters and is projected to be amongst the earliest and most severely impacted by climate change over the course of this century. Amidst the global community’s inability to meet crucial emission reduction targets, there is an urgent need across the region to develop adaptation strategies to safeguard vulnerable populations and communities from the worst impacts from climate induced changes. This requires close attention to the needs of local communities while guided by the best science in determining locally relevant adaptation pathways. In this talk, Rhiney drew from past and ongoing work in the Caribbean to explore some of the opportunities and challenges in conducting community engaged research in climate vulnerable farming communities. The presentation covered some key methodological questions around conducting interdisciplinary research that utilize participatory and community-led methods to inform existing scientific and climate adaptation efforts.

Bridging the Climate Science-Practice Divide through Community Engaged Research: Insights from the Caribbean

Publish Date

May 7, 2024

Presenter(s)

Kevon Rhiney

Link to Video

https://youtu.be/z22CEoC4OtI

Video Length

59:14

 

Kevon Rhiney, the 2023-2024 Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities and visiting professor of HMEI, Anthropology, and African American Studies, presented “Bridging the Climate Science-Practice Divide through Community Engaged Research: Insights from the Caribbean.” Rhiney was the final speaker in the spring 2024 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

The Caribbean is regarded as one of the most exposed regions in the world to climate-related natural disasters and is projected to be amongst the earliest and most severely impacted by climate change over the course of this century. Amidst the global community’s inability to meet crucial emission reduction targets, there is an urgent need across the region to develop adaptation strategies to safeguard vulnerable populations and communities from the worst impacts from climate induced changes. This requires close attention to the needs of local communities while guided by the best science in determining locally relevant adaptation pathways. In this talk, Rhiney drew from past and ongoing work in the Caribbean to explore some of the opportunities and challenges in conducting community engaged research in climate vulnerable farming communities. The presentation covered some key methodological questions around conducting interdisciplinary research that utilize participatory and community-led methods to inform existing scientific and climate adaptation efforts.