Open AccessClimate Ready? Exploring the Impacts and Lessons from Recent Extreme Events at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for Climate Change Adaptation in the Horticulture Sector
Author(s) -
Suzanne Martin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sibbaldia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2513-9231
DOI - 10.24823/sibbaldia.2014.44
Subject(s) - climate change , psychological resilience , context (archaeology) , resilience (materials science) , geography , climate change adaptation , adaptation (eye) , environmental resource management , climate resilience , extreme weather , environmental science , ecology , archaeology , psychology , physics , neuroscience , psychotherapist , biology , thermodynamics
This article explores climate change and its current and potential impacts on botanic gardens. It highlights experiences of recent weather anomalies at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) and its Regional Gardens and discusses how the learning gained from these anomalies is being used to increase the resilience of the Gardens to future climate change. This understanding is set in the context of a wider range of activities being pursued in relation to climate change adaptation in the horticulture sector, highlighting challenges and opportunities, and further sources of information which can be used by the managers of botanic gardens to inspire and inform climate change resilience planning.