Chapter 16 : Climate Effects on U.S. International Interests. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

Smith, Joel B.; Muth, Meredith; Alpert, Alice E.; Buizer, James L.; Cook, Jonathan; Dave, Apurva C.; Furlow, John; Preston, Kurt T.; Schultz, Peter A.; Vaughan, Lisa

doi:10.7930/nca4.2018.ch16

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“…Work that has, so far, considered transboundary risks and impacts of climate change, suggests that TCR merit more attention. This body of work includes national risk assessments in Europe , the United States (Smith et al 2018), Norway (Prytz et al 2018) and Germany (Peter et al 2021), among others. Jointly, this work highlights potential adverse impacts from TCRs on trade, businesses and supply chains and the political and security implications.…”

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Contesting Legitimacy in Global Environmental Governance - an Exploration of Transboundary Climate Risk Management in the Brazilian-German Coffee Supply Chain

Dzebo¹,

Adams²

2022

SSRN Journal

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Contesting Legitimacy in Global Environmental Governance - an Exploration of Transboundary Climate Risk Management in the Brazilian-German Coffee Supply Chain

Dzebo¹,

Adams²

2022

SSRN Journal

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“…Here, the mid-transition that we describe does not necessarily imply a sufficiently rapid decarbonization of the world economy to avoid climate change of 2°C or more.3 The paper essentially abstracts from the macroeconomic effects of physical risks of climate change, including those that could adversely impact the global low-carbon transition.4 See the recent study byCarter et al (2021) for a conceptual framework for cross-border impacts of the physical effects of climate change. On cross-border impacts of physical climate change, see alsoAdams et al (2021),Benzie et al (2019),Bailey and Wellesley (2017),Challinor et al (2017Challinor et al ( , 2018,Hedlund et al (2018), Otto et al (2017,Schenker (2012),Smith et al (2018),Volz et al (2020), and Laybourn et al (2023). argue that societal reactions to worsening physical climate impacts could create destructive dynamics whereby societies are increasingly distracted by the symptoms of the crisis, deepening its consequences and generating a doom loop.©International Monetary Fund.…”

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Cross-Border Risks of a Global Economy in Mid-Transition

Espagne

2023

IMF Working Papers

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“…Furthermore, several countries have in the past couple of years undertaken risk assessments for the implications of transboundary climate risks, highlighting the potential for adverse impacts on trade, domestic businesses, supply-chains as well as security implications (see e.g. Peter et al 2021;Prytz et al 2018;Smith et al 2018). Thus, transboundary climate risk is an additional component inviting states and international organisations to reconsider the benefits of global cooperation on adaptation between public and private actors.…”

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Emergence, effectiveness and legitimacy of transnational adaptation governance

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Interest in climate adaptation has increased substantially over time – from a minor policy field to be considered on par with climate mitigation. Meanwhile, the world we live in has become increasingly interdependent across borders. Consequently, climate impacts are transmitted from one place to another, meaning that adaptation to climate change risks and impacts will need to be coordinated in a way that connects places and people. Moreover, the impacts of climate change hit the most vulnerable people the hardest. As extreme weather events hit more often and become more severe, accounts of them are strikingly similar in that the poorest and most vulnerable people and communities are the ones most affected by the impacts. Climate change exacerbates existing inequalities, including those related to gender, income, age and ethnicity. Consequently, in an interconnected world, a central challenge for adaptation governance is to assign authority for affairs which have cross-border ramifications. This doctoral dissertation explores the emergence or transnational adaptation governance and how it is changing traditional adaptation approaches. In political science, transnational governance, emphasising the role of non-state actors in international relations, seeks to apprehend how transboundary issues can be best captured in policy and decision-making. The norm of adaptation as a global challenge has been recognised in the Paris Agreement and this dissertation analyses the interaction between state and non-state actors across national borders and its effectiveness, legitimacy and distributional consequences. Adaptation, due to its cross-sectoral nature offers an ample empirical field for furthering transnational governance research. This dissertation is the first attempt to operationalise transnational adaptation governance as a distinct phenomenon. It focuses on three specific cases: adaptation finance, transnational adaptation initiatives and as a governance response to transboundary climate risk. By doing so, it covers the breadth of transnational governance related to adaptation. It finds that, in contrast to mitigation, the role of state actors and international organisations as orchestrators continues to be important, particularly with regards to effectiveness. The dissertation also shows how new actors – particularly private sector actors – increasingly govern adaptation transnationally. This has led to a contestation of legitimacy as actors grapple with previously unidentified risks or areas of shared interest. While the broadening of adaptation has increased the effectiveness potential, the legitimacy of transnational adaptation governance is not grounded in fairness and justice, which are key components for successful adaptation outcomes.

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Chapter 16 : Climate Effects on U.S. International Interests. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

Cited by 5 publications

References 87 publications

Contesting Legitimacy in Global Environmental Governance - an Exploration of Transboundary Climate Risk Management in the Brazilian-German Coffee Supply Chain

Contesting Legitimacy in Global Environmental Governance - an Exploration of Transboundary Climate Risk Management in the Brazilian-German Coffee Supply Chain

Cross-Border Risks of a Global Economy in Mid-Transition

Emergence, effectiveness and legitimacy of transnational adaptation governance

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