Climate adaptation in practice: How mainstreaming strategies matter for policy integration

Braunschweiger, Dominik; Pütz, Marco

doi:10.1002/eet.1936

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“…Transboundary water challenges have been often framed as problems associated with transboundary commons at the river basin scale (Braunschweiger & Pütz, 2021; Gerlak & Schmeier, 2014; Miller et al, 2019). The increasing recognition of transboundary environmental commons in contemporary studies is well aligned with the growing literature on climate change and water politics revolving around hydropower development (de Stefano et al, 2017; Gerlak & Schmeier, 2014; Green et al, 2013; Milman et al, 2013; Suhardiman & Middleton, 2020; Timmerman et al, 2017).…”

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Responding to transboundary water challenges in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: In search of institutional fit

Tran

Tortajada

2022

Env Pol Gov

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The operations of large hydropower dams in the Mekong basin, while posing detrimental transboundary effects downstream, are not fully recognised in Vietnamese government policies, especially at the regional scale. This study adopts the concept of institutional fit to investigate policy gaps in addressing the transboundary water challenges characterised by falling floodwater flows and accelerating saltwater intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Based on interviews with key stakeholders (including central and provincial government officials, environmental experts, and academics) as well as desk reviews of policy documents, we argue that, while the transboundary water repercussions are increasingly evident on the ground, they are not adequately factored in water policies and strategic development planning for the delta. This study suggests that failure to incorporate co-evolving effects of climate change and Mekongwide hydropower dynamics into local water governance will cause institutional constraints to tackle water stressors (too much or too little water) over the long term.Achieving institutional fit will therefore help align the national water policy framework with local development strategies and reduce policy-practice gaps at the delta scale.To this end, two key aspects need to be considered: first, how, and in which forms, innovative management decisions and water governance policies can be effectively undertaken towards securing the living delta and its resilience to present and future environmental risks; and second, how reframed water policy and development agendas can holistically capture and resolve the transboundary hydrological problems, while leveraging the Vietnamese government's policy engagement at higher levels to address related impacts.

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Responding to transboundary water challenges in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: In search of institutional fit

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Tortajada

2022

Env Pol Gov

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“…Berardo (2014) and Bodin et al (2017) show that actors belonging to more heterogenous networks are better able to learn and share information on how to handle complex problems. It follows that bridging configurations are of key importance to climate change adaptation governance systems, as climate change adaptation is an emergent policy field with actor constellations and policy guidelines still in flux across all administrative levels (Braunschweiger and Pütz 2021).…”

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“…The work of the committee resulted in the creation of the Swiss adaptation strategy of the federal council in 2012 and its second part, the national action plan adaptation, in 2014 (Widmer 2018). The strategy is primarily meant to foster inter-sectoral cooperation regarding climate change adaptation at the federal level, while the action plan defines 63 measures to implement the strategy (Braunschweiger and Pütz 2021). The action plan has since been reworked, and an updated version was released in 2020.…”

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“…One of the more prominent measures contained within the action plan is the pilot programme adaptation, which sponsored 31 adaptation projects on the cantonal and municipal level. The pilot programme is significant in so far as it marks the national-level adaptation policies' first departure from the exclusive focus on federal agencies and instead aims to foster initiatives on the subnational levels (Braunschweiger and Pütz 2021). The legal basis for Swiss climate change adaptation is the CO2law, which mandates the FOEN to coordinate adaptation measures while accounting for the measures of the cantons.…”

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Cross-scale collaboration for adaptation to climate change: a two-mode network analysis of bridging actors in Switzerland

Braunschweiger

2022

Reg Environ Change

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Adaptation to the impacts of climate change has become an increasingly important policy field in recent years, but it is complicated due to ambiguous responsibilities. To ensure the coherence of adaptation policies, cooperation is necessary between sectors as well as between administrative levels. As such, fragmentation between both sectors and levels is a huge challenge for the successful formulation and implementation of climate change adaptation policies. Bridging actors who coordinate actions across levels and sectors play an important role in overcoming this challenge. Through means of social network analysis, I investigate which actors occupy key bridging roles in the multi-level and federalist arrangement of Swiss climate change adaptation governance. I analyse a two-mode network of actors and climate change adaptation measures, conducting a complete inventory of all measures and policies carried out in the context of the Swiss adaptation strategy as well as all actors involved in their design, funding and implementation. I find that federal governmental actors occupy the most important bridging roles. However, for the most part, they seem more focused on building cross-sectoral ties than on building cross-level ties. The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) stands out as the one national authority that managed to establish almost as many cross-level ties as cross-sectoral ties through the coordination of an adaptation funding programme. Thus, while adaptation measures will primarily be implemented on the municipal level, higher level actors still have a vital role to play in promoting municipal efforts, fostering collaboration and reducing fragmentation.

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“…Climate mainstreaming is usually defined as the integration of climate goals into sectoral policies (Braunschweiger & Pütz, 2021). The usual answer to why integration varies is the presence of barriers.…”

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Climate mainstreaming via national climate funds: the experiences of Bangladesh and Ethiopia

Bhandary

2021

Climate and Development

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A number of countries have established national climate funds to finance climate actions. This paper explores how these funds help to mainstream climate change and examines the barriers they encounter in the process. The analytical framework uses a process-based understanding of policy integration to examine how financial incentives are able to support climate mainstreaming. Methodologically, this paper examines the experience of the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund and Ethiopia's Climate Resilient Green Economy Facility. Policymakers, officials related to the funds, and other stakeholders were interviewed. This paper finds that national climate funds sought to achieve mainstreaming by engaging with sectoral ministries. Such engagement was expected to lead to changes in sectoral and system-wide policy goals and instruments. The three main approaches for sectoral engagement were: serving as implementing entities, participating in fund governance, and via in-house climate change units. The findings underscore how finance received by the funds shapes programming, how the lack of detailed plans limit the ability of policies to pull in the finance desired, and the inconsistent role played by climate change units. A disaggregated approach to climate mainstreaming allows us to identify where and how financial incentives can be useful.

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Climate adaptation in practice: How mainstreaming strategies matter for policy integration

Cited by 23 publications

References 39 publications

Responding to transboundary water challenges in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: In search of institutional fit

Responding to transboundary water challenges in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: In search of institutional fit

Cross-scale collaboration for adaptation to climate change: a two-mode network analysis of bridging actors in Switzerland

Climate mainstreaming via national climate funds: the experiences of Bangladesh and Ethiopia

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