| 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 |
- Locate reliable sources of evidence for climate adaptation strategies
- Assess reliability and validity of the evidence-informing strategies
- Compare and contrast relevant merits of a range of adaptation strategies
- Apply strategies to inform and evaluate solutions, recommendations, and/or action plans
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| Competency 2: Critical, Creative, and Transdisciplinary Thinking |
| 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 issue or problem or question
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| Competency 5: Communication and Knowledge Mobilization |
| 5.1 |
Articulate ideas and arguments effectively in written, oral, and digital formats |
- Analyzes audience in terms of cultural and communication values, expectations, needs and competencies
- Identifies unique contextual factors relevant to communication
- Articulates a clear purpose reflective of self, context and audience
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| 5.2 |
Demonstrate competence in translating and mobilizing climate adaptation knowledge for use by multiple stakeholder groups |
- 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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| Competency 6: Change-Making Orientation |
| 6.3 |
Apply lateral, creative, and future thinking to the field of climate adaptation |
- Identifies needs and opportunities for change
- Describes and applies principles and practices of transformative leadership
- Identifies, crafts, and applies future adaptation scenarios
- Applies design thinking to solution generation
- Champions and leads change
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