Climate policy innovation: The adoption and diffusion of adaptation policies across Europe

Massey, Eric; Biesbroek, Robbert; Huitema, Dave; Jordan, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.09.002

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“…We argue that next to being motivated and committed this person also has above average skills in networking, process managing, niche managing and playing the role of 'policy entrepreneur' to get climate issues on political and policy agendas (e.g., [12]. As such, the policy entrepreneurs would create the conditions that will in the long term evoke 'windows of opportunity' that 'carpe diem policy entrepreneurs' can seize as opportunities to get climate change issues on the agenda once they arrive [55]. However, this is only possible if this official has the political will (and position) to act [17].…”

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Presenting a Framework to Analyze Local Climate Policy and Action in Small and Medium-Sized Cities

2016

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Academic attention to local climate policy usually focuses on large-sized cities. Given the climate challenges ahead this seems unjustified. Small and medium-sized cities (SMCs) deserve scholarly attention as well. The main question is: What factors influence climate change policy and local climate actions in SMCs? In this article we present an analytical framework to analyze climate change policy and local climate actions of SMCs. The framework addresses different aspects: policy-input, -throughput, -output, -outcome, characteristics of the local environment, local action arenas, influence by higher government levels, and interaction with climate change issue networks.The framework is used to analyze and compare four case studies of SMCs in the Dutch region of Twente (two urban and two rural municipalities, and addresses both adaptation and mitigation). Results show that both 'localist', 'multi-level' and issue network membership factors influence local climate policy action. Governance modes discerned concern mostly 'governing by authority' and 'self-governing'. When reflecting on the role of SMCs in climate action the study revealed the importance of local capacity building schemes issued by provincial government, inter-municipal network collaboration, and the potential for local governments to mobilize and organize citizen action.

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Presenting a Framework to Analyze Local Climate Policy and Action in Small and Medium-Sized Cities

2016

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“…As a result, a crucial level of analysis for policy change is missing. This is remarkable because, as Massey et al (2014) state, ''policy fields represent the highest form of state and citizen regulatory and governing capacity over a particular topic…'' (p. 7). Their existence (or absence) has important implications on the type and delivery of public and semipublic goods and the level of attention brought to bear on any public problem (think of topics such as agriculture, health care or education).…”

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“…Amid the flurry of policy activity, which is especially visible within Europe, researchers have begun to pose questions such as: What concrete changes in polices are occurring at the national level and what can explain these changes (Dupiuis and Biesbroek 2013;Ford et al 2013)? While new laws have been enacted, new policies implemented, and new institutions created to deliver adaptation, one of the more interesting and perhaps significant observations in policy change is that in the course of this activity, adaptation appears to be steadily emerging into a new separate policy field in a number of European countries (Massey et al 2014). Such an observation demand we ask: How is this policy change occurring?…”

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“…We begin our work at the conceptual level (''A novel framework for studying policy field emergence'') by presenting a testable definition of a policy field based on our previous work (see Massey and Huitema 2013;Massey et al 2014). Then, we develop an original set of potential explanations for the emergence of a policy field-harking back to several conceptual traditions in political science.…”

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The emergence of climate change adaptation as a new field of public policy in Europe

Massey

Huitema

2015

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Over the past decade, climate change adaptation has become an integral item on the climate policy agendas of several European countries. As such, researchers have begun to question what concrete changes in polices are occurring at national levels and what dynamics can explain these changes. While new laws, policies and institutions have been created to deliver adaptation, supported through processes of cross-national policy innovation and learning, another interesting observation being made is that adaptation is steadily emerging into a new separate and distinct policy field in a handful of countries. The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to empirically map where and to what degree adaptation is emerging as a policy field; second, to theoretically and empirically explore the drivers underpinning policy field emergence. Based upon a survey of leading adaptation policy makers in 27 European countries, we show that there are signs of adaptation becoming a policy field in 15 countries. Furthermore, we find that even though institutional change, coupled with increasing public attention and pressure on governments to react to climate change, has helped drive the emergence of adaptation as a policy field, it would appear that it is the activities of elite policy makers and experts that have had the most influence.

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“…Policy studies outside of southern Africa to date have identified the importance of strengthening partnerships and collaborations to manage the impacts of climate change, as well as developing an appropriate institutional context and supporting policy instruments (Massey et al 2014;Biesbroek et al 2010). The need to build such policy activities upon cross-sector dialogue and actions has also been recognised in southern Africa by the establishment of inter-ministerial climate change committees and task forces in countries such as Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Stringer et al 2014).…”

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Climate change adaptation and cross-sectoral policy coherence in southern Africa

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To be effective, climate change adaptation needs to be mainstreamed across multiple sectors and greater policy coherence is essential. Using the cases of Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, this paper investigates the extent of coherence in national policies across the water and agriculture sectors and to climate change adaptation goals outlined in national development plans. A two-pronged qualitative approach is applied using Qualitative Document Analysis of relevant policies and plans, combined with expert interviews from non-government actors in each country. Findings show that sector policies have differing degrees of coherence on climate change adaptation, currently being strongest in Zambia and weakest in Tanzania. We also identify that sectoral policies remain more coherent in addressing immediate-term disaster management issues of floods and droughts rather than longer-term strategies for climate adaptation. Coherence between sector and climate policies and strategies is strongest when the latter has been more recently developed. However to date, this has largely been achieved by repackaging of existing sectoral policy statements into climate policies drafted by external consultants to meet international reporting needs and not by the establishment of new connections between national sectoral planning processes. For more effective mainstreaming of climate change adaptation, governments need to actively embrace longer-term cross-sectoral planning through cross-Ministerial structures, such as initiated through Zambia's Interim Climate Change Secretariat, to foster greater policy coherence and integrated adaptation planning.

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Climate policy innovation: The adoption and diffusion of adaptation policies across Europe

Cited by 145 publications

References 44 publications

Presenting a Framework to Analyze Local Climate Policy and Action in Small and Medium-Sized Cities

Presenting a Framework to Analyze Local Climate Policy and Action in Small and Medium-Sized Cities

The emergence of climate change adaptation as a new field of public policy in Europe

Climate change adaptation and cross-sectoral policy coherence in southern Africa

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