COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION AND LOW-CARBON TRANSITION PATHWAYS IN COASTAL SETTLEMENTS OF NORTHERN NORWAY

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🔬研究者:Provides a qualitative framework for studying community-based adaptation and low-carbon transitions in northern coastal settings.

🏢実務担当者:Local planners in coastal or northern regions can draw lessons on integrating local knowledge and renewable energy into climate-resilient infrastructure.

🏛政策担当者:Emphasizes the need for participatory governance and flexible policy pathways that link adaptation and mitigation at the community level.

Abstract Coastal settlements of Northern Norway are increasingly exposed to climate-related transformations that affect infrastructure, livelihoods, local ecosystems, cultural continuity, and long-term sustainability planning. Rising temperatures, changing snow and ice conditions, altered precipitation regimes, coastal erosion, storm surges, shifting marine resources, and pressure on transport and energy systems create complex challenges for communities distributed across fjords, islands, fishing harbors, and Arctic-adjacent landscapes. This article examines community-based adaptation and low-carbon transition pathways in coastal settlements of Northern Norway, emphasizing the relationship between local knowledge, municipal planning, renewable energy, climate-resilient infrastructure, fisheries, mobility, housing, and socio-ecological governance. The study interprets adaptation not as a purely technical response to climate hazards, but as a participatory and place-based process through which communities negotiate risk, identity, economic opportunity, and environmental responsibility. Low-carbon transition is considered alongside adaptation because coastal settlements must reduce emissions while also maintaining reliable energy, transport connectivity, food systems, public services, and social cohesion under demanding northern conditions. The article highlights the importance of integrating scientific climate information with local experience, especially in settlements where residents observe changes in weather patterns, sea conditions, seasonal access, ecosystem behavior, and infrastructure vulnerability. Particular attention is given to the need for flexible pathways that combine mitigation and adaptation rather than treating them as separate policy domains. The analysis suggests that sustainable climate action in Northern Norway depends on locally legitimate governance, diversified livelihoods, resilient coastal infrastructure, careful renewable energy development, and community participation in defining acceptable futures.

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