The 21st Show

Adapting Communities to Climate Change with Place-Based Knowledge

Produced by Aden Choate
 
In this Monday, July 16, 2012 file photo, corn stalks struggling from lack of rain and a heat wave covering most of the U.S. lie flat on the ground in Farmingdale, Ill. To save the planet, the world needs to tackle twin crises of climate change and species loss together, using solutions that fix both not just one, two different teams of United Nations scientists said in a joint report released on Thursday, June 10, 2021.

In this Monday, July 16, 2012 file photo, corn stalks struggling from lack of rain and a heat wave covering most of the U.S. lie flat on the ground in Farmingdale, Ill. To save the planet, the world needs to tackle twin crises of climate change and species loss together, using solutions that fix both not just one, two different teams of United Nations scientists said in a joint report released on Thursday, June 10, 2021. AP Photo/Seth Perlman

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The Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently hosted a summit focused on place-based climate change adaptation. It featured a panel of guests from across the globe who discussed efforts aimed at preparing communities for changes through incorporating expertise and cultural knowledge from those very communities.

To discuss the event, what constitutes place-based climate change adaptation and how globally shared knowledge might inform adaptation strategies here in Illinois, we spoke to Ann-Perry Witmer, a senior research scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Ann-Perry Witmer, Ph.D. 
Senior Research Scientist, Applied Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign