The Verification of “Jimoto-gaku of Climate Change”, and Consideration of the Formative Process for Climate Change Adaptation Community

Abstract

  “Jimoto-gaku” is the method of building the climate change adaptation community, stating from the research of the impact cases of climate change in the region.

  In this study, we analyzed the results of the practices of “Jimoto-gaku”, which was conducted in 7 areas in Japan.

  The results are as follows;

(1)We could extract the impact cases and socio-economic factors by “Jimoto-gaku”. The knowledges are useful to understand the construction of climate change impacts and consider the actions for climate change adaptation in the region. At the same time, the participation of residents in “Jimoto-gaku” could promote the resident’s learning about climate change. The learning effects are sufficient for residents to recognize the local impacts of climate change.

(2)But, the impact cases and socio-economic factors extracted by “Jimoto-gaku” are not comprehensive, and the relevant scientific evidences are insufficient. The effects of “Jimoto-gaku” are insufficient for residents to build the behavior intention of adaptation and mitigation to climate change.

(3)To build continuous active learning and brush up the knowledges, we need to develop the formative process for climate change adaptation community.