Project abstract summaryproject titlesynthesis of the state of climate adaptation science and practice in the southeast and US caribbeanproject DATES8 15 2024 through 8 14 2026AWARD purpose:a wealth…

Project abstract summaryproject titlesynthesis of the state of climate adaptation science and practice in the southeast and US caribbeanproject DATES8 15 2024 through 8 14 2026AWARD purpose:a wealth of climate information exists for the southeast and US caribbean but managers struggle to acquire interpret and use that information effectively especially under the rapid decisionmaking timeline that many managers face. The recipient will conduct a synthesis of the state of climate adaptation science and practice for the southeast and US caribbean. The recipient will use a coproduction process to develop a blueprint for the synthesis and to highlight literature data and other ways of knowing for inclusion in the synthesis. Final data products will be informed by the management community and any visualizations and tools will be tested with focus groups for efficacy. The synthesis will also highlight data gaps in the region that can be addressed in future working groups and an analysis of those data gaps can inform interim science priorities.activities to be PERFORMED1 conduct a synthesis of the state of the science and practice of climate adaptation in the southeast SE and US caribbean. An evaluation of best practices from other regions and other large synthesis efforts and feedback from stakeholders and key regional partners in interactive inperson and virtual conversations will shape the synthesis scope structure and products. Steps will includecollate and review resources such as climate adaptation plans from natural resource organizations in SE including caribbean analyze resource documents and tools for relevant climate adaptation elements describe relevant case studies of climate adaptation practices and identify elements of success and barriers. 2 improve visualization and use of existing climate adaptation information. The recipient will use the synthesis to identify priority topics and approaches to improve visualization of existing information and will use a coproduction approach consulting with both developers and users of visualization products to develop tools and visualizations that are useful and used focusing on best practices in communication and engagement across a diverse user base. The recipient will use agile development approaches to efficiently develop final products.deliverables and expected outcomes:research product deliverables will be driven by the project coproduction approaches such asone or more manuscripts in peerreviewed journals visualization products that distill the syntheses for managers and other users webbased interactive tools that allow managers to apply aspects of the synthesis to climate adaptation decision making mapping of largescale climate adaptation projects webinars and inperson meetings on the state of climate adaptation science and practice in the SE and caribbean for managers and other practitioners and paper that identifies research gaps and outlines how they relate to science priorities in the SE casc region intended beneficiaryiesthis synthesis will research and pull together as well as draw interpretation from work already conducted in the region and produce research data products in formats accessible to resource managers. The synthesis will also be useful in helping identify research gaps and how they relate to science priorities in the southeastern united states.subrecipient activitiesn a