Conceptualising Climate Change Governance

Fröhlich, Jannes; Knieling, Jörg

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29831-8_2

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“…For example, in most contexts, local governments are responsible for delivering basic services to their citizenry whereas the national government is responsible for creating an enabling environment by making basic resources available, for example. Studies find that in governing CCA, cross-level and cross-scale imbalances and contradictions are inevitable (Bauer & Steurer, 2014;Fröhlich & Knieling, 2013). Multilevel government studies therefore seek to identify the level at which the problem is manifested and the level at which the climate change impacts are being managed (Termeer, Dewulf, & Lieshout, 2010), which are not necessarily in sync.…”

Section: Examining Policy Capacity In Hierarchical Multilevel Governmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Barriers and enablers to climate change adaptation in hierarchical governance systems: the case of Vietnam

Phương

Biesbroek

Wals

2018

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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Governments fulfil important roles in increasing the adaptive capacity of local communities to respond to climate change impacts, particularly in developing countries. Existing studies on how governments enable and constrain the ways in which local level communities learn and build their adaptive capacity, however, generally adopt network or market-oriented types of governance. However, the most vulnerable regions to climate change impact in the world are generally governed through hierarchical policy systems. This research aims to understand how the hierarchical policy system in Vietnam creates enables and/or constrains the policy capacity of policy actors to contribute to effective climate change adaptation. We conducted interviews (n = 26) with key actors at multiple levels of government. Our findings show the importance of clear legal institutions, available financing for implementing policies, and the training of governmental staff, particularly at district and commune levels where the policy capacities are generally too low to deal with climate change impacts. We conclude that any efforts to support local actors (i.e. smallholder farmers) should include investments in policy capacity to ensure uptake and upscaling of adaptation actions more broadly.

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Section: Examining Policy Capacity In Hierarchical Multilevel Governmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Barriers and enablers to climate change adaptation in hierarchical governance systems: the case of Vietnam

Phương

Biesbroek

Wals

2018

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…As an umbrella term, climate governance is an expansive category encompassing theories and research spanning global climate change policy efforts and international relations, national and subnational policy programs, and the integration of state and non-state actors and networks [10][11][12][13]. Much of the literature has focused on the global nature of the problem, examining international regimes, negotiations, and networks [11,12].…”

Section: Strategic Adaptive Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic Adaptive Governance and Climate Change: Policymaking during Extreme Political Upheaval

Armstrong

Kamieniecki

2017

Sustainability

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Adaptive governance seeks to address complicated and difficult policy problems. Due to the extreme political upheaval wrought by the Trump administration's dismantling of federal climate change programs, many state and local governments are considering new policy approaches. Yet by ignoring crucial aspects of politics and intergovernmental relations, the adaptive governance literature provides little guidance for such substantial issues. This paper introduces the concept of strategic adaptive governance, a framework for permitting policymakers to achieve the highest rate of compliance possible under existing conditions and constraints involving state and local policy, despite political upheaval. The strategic adaptive governance model embraces politics, accounts for the role of central authorities, and emphasizes the motivations, resources, and interdependencies of affected parties. We apply the model in an analysis of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), examining the extent to which it aligns with strategic adaptive governance, and evaluating the potential for the state to utilize the model. We find that AB 32 aligns moderately with strategic adaptive governance, and discuss how the model could help protect and enhance policy gains. More broadly, strategic adaptive governance provides a generic and universal framework for policymakers interested in tactical formulation of any regulatory policy.

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“…The number of dimensions of adaptive capacity tends to vary depending on the author, ranging from a few characteristics, such as the six dimensions listed in the work of Gupta et al (2010) to a long suite of attributes, as those identified by Cook et al (2011). Fröhlich and Knieling (2013) in their discussion of climate change governance offer another set of attributes that should also be considered in a discussion of adaptive governance.…”

Section: The Dimensions Of Adaptive Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Water Governance in Chile and Canada: a Comparison of Adaptive Characteristics

Hurlbert¹,

Diaz²

2013

E&S

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ABSTRACT. We compare the structures and adaptive capacities of water governance regimes that respond to water scarcity or drought in the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB) of western Canada and the Elqui River Basin (EB) in Chile. Both regions anticipate climate change that will result in more extreme weather events including increasing droughts. The SSRB and the EB represent two large, regional, dryland water basins with significant irrigated agricultural production but with significantly different governance structures. The Canadian governance situation is characterized as decentralized multilevel governance with assigned water licenses; the Chilean is characterized as centralized governance with privatized water rights. Both countries have action at all levels in relation to water scarcity or drought. This structural comparison is based on studies carried out in each region assessing the adaptive capacity of each region to climate variability in the respective communities and applicable governance institutions through semistructured qualitative interviews. Based on this comparison, conclusions are drawn on the adaptive capacity of the respective water governance regimes based on four dimensions of adaptive governance that include: responsiveness, learning, capacity, including information, leadership, and equity. The result of the assessment allows discussion of the significant differences in terms of ability of distinct governance structures to foster adaptive capacity in the rural sector, highlights the need for a better understanding of the relationship of adaptive governance and good governance, and the need for more conceptual work on the interconnections of the dimensions of adaptive governance.

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Conceptualising Climate Change Governance

Cited by 66 publications

References 37 publications

Barriers and enablers to climate change adaptation in hierarchical governance systems: the case of Vietnam

Barriers and enablers to climate change adaptation in hierarchical governance systems: the case of Vietnam

Strategic Adaptive Governance and Climate Change: Policymaking during Extreme Political Upheaval

Water Governance in Chile and Canada: a Comparison of Adaptive Characteristics

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