| Competency 1: Climate Adaptation and Resilience Literacy |
| 1.1 |
Evaluate core concepts of climate adaptation and resilience with a critical lens to solve problems and make climate action recommendations |
- Identifies and differentiates Western and Indigenous concepts related to adaptation and resilience
- Accurately describes and applies core concepts
- Identifies and applies critical theoretical lens to climate action problems and opportunities
- Frames recommendations grounded in relevant Western and/or Indigenous theory and practice
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| 1.2 |
Use evidence-informed climate adaptation strategies to develop or select feasible solutions, recommendations, and action plans |
- Locates reliable sources of evidence for climate adaptation strategies
- Assesses reliability and validity of the evidence-informing strategies
- Compares and contrasts relative? merits of a range of adaptation strategies
- Applies strategies to inform and evaluate solutions, recommendations, and/or action plans
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| 1.3 |
Examine the role of reconciliation as a component of climate adaptation and low carbon resiliency |
- Describes purpose and history of reconciliation
- Describes and applies ways in which worldviews guide perspectives on science and social issues
- Identifies reliable and accurate sources for Indigenous climate adaptation and resilience science and concepts
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| Competency 2: Critical, Creative, and Transdisciplinary Thinking |
| 2.1 |
Examine personal beliefs and worldview with a critical lens to develop solutions, strategies, and recommendations |
- Identifies and describes own personal beliefs and worldviews
- Challenges own implicit assumptions
- Situates their own worldview within a larger discourse
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| 2.2 |
Communicate effectively using coherent, synthesized, well organized, edited, logical, and fully supported work |
- Makes clear and relevant contributions
- Uses style, language and form of communication suitable for the context and audience
- Synthesizes information and makes well-supported arguments
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| 2.4 |
Apply transdisciplinary thinking to complex climate-related problems and issues |
- Applies a systems-thinking perspective
- Explores and identifies relationships between different disciplinary perspectives or understanding relevant to the issue or problem or question
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| Competency 3: Research Literacy |
| 3.2 |
Evaluate the rigor and validity of adaptation research and information with a critical lens to deepen knowledge that informs arguments, choices, and practices |
- Evaluates the rigor and validity of research
- Applies a critical approach to research, literature, and information
- Identifies sources for credible information and research
- Conducts a systematic search for information
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| Competency 5: Communication and Knowledge Mobilization |
| 5.2 |
Demonstrate competence in translating and mobilizing climate adaptation knowledge for use by multiple stakeholder groups |
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Creates and adapts materials in creative ways to accommodate various needs, competencies, expectations, and cultural values
- Identifies and addresses multiple audiences
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