ABSTRACT
Abstract: In Canada’s Arctic, adaptive responses to global environmental change have become available with the emergence of new institutional arrangements and multilevel comanagement practices. Such arrangements have been shown, albeit with mixed results, to support knowledge building, learning, and conict resolution; reduce vulnerability; and foster adaptive capacity. Experiences in Canada’s Arctic may provide valuable lessons for other coastal contexts dealing with the implications of climate change, including: (1) the need to identify and act upon policy windows; (2) the role of bridging organizations in helping connect local, regional, and national actors in shared processes of learning; (3) the value of knowledge coproduction processes in understanding and responding to change; and (4) the use of interactive or participatory scenario processes to help communities explore vulnerabilities and build adaptive capacity.
