Stewardship under shifting drought baselines
Climate change is fueling more frequent and severe droughts, with growing consequences for water security, food production, biodiversity, and ecological wellbeing. Yet responses remain too often reactive, fragmented, and tied to past conditions. Building resilience in a drier world will require new approaches to stewardship, restoration, and resource governance under shifting baselines. This Voices asks: what innovations are needed for more proactive, effective, and inclusive management of ecosystems and ecosystem services?
Climate change, droughts, water security, food production, biodiversity, ecological wellbeing, resilience, innovations, ecosystem management, ecosystem services
Kreibich, H., Swain, D. L., Chang, F., Reichstein, M., Benson, V., Holden, P., Yang, T., Sultana, F., Funk, C., & Kobei, D. (2026). Stewardship under shifting drought baselines. One Earth, 9(5), 101707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2026.101707. CSS26-28