Embedding Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in Interventions for Sustainability

Learning to apply the Resilience, Adaptation Pathways and Transformation Approach (RAPTA) to address complex problems.

This workshop looks at what RAPTA is and how and when it can be applied. RAPTA is then used for a quick system description and analysis and applied to COVID impacts on the food supply chain and international travel. From there, both broad and detailed options are considered for future pathways. Wrap up with a plenary discussion.

Dr Yiheyis Taddele Maru

Dr. Yiheyis Taddele Maru is a social-ecological systems research scientist based at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra at the Black Mountains. Prior to joining CSIRO, Yiheyis had extensive experience in conducting applied systems research and leading sustainable agricultural development and environmental rehabilitation programs in Ethiopia.

Deborah O'Connell

Deborah O’Connell specializes in interdisciplinary and implementation sciences, in the last 5 years since joining CSIRO’s social sciences program, Deborah has led teams in international and domestic projects including developing guidelines to embed resilience, adaptation, and transformation into the design of programs and projects for the Global Environment Facility; piloting the guidelines in the design of large food security investments in Ethiopia (funded by and in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre); and disaster resilience planning in the Pacific and in Australia.

RAPTA addresses resilience, adaptation and transformation by assisting in defining action steps and creating robust and effective plans, partnerships and pathways. Interventions identified through RAPTA can contribute to resilience, adaptation or/and transformation of systems in the face of stresses and/or shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as deep uncertainty about the future.

More info: RAPTA Version 2: https://research.csiro.au/eap/rapta/. For version 1 and an example of its application please go to this link.