Multi-level governance and climate change mitigation in New Zealand: lost opportunities

Harker, Julia; Taylor, Prudence; Knight-Lenihan, Stephen

doi:10.1080/14693062.2015.1122567

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“…They can also act in their regulatory capacity to develop by-laws and legislation to induce behaviour change. An example may be developing by-laws for energy efficiency standards in buildings (Corfee-Morlot et al, 2009;Harker et al, 2016;Betsill and Bulkeley, 2006).…”

Section: The Role For Cities In Climate Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Multilevel governance is a useful analytical lens that is increasingly being used to examine the types of interactions, both formal and informal, amongst different actors in relation to climate action at the local level (Bulkeley and Betsill, 2006;Hooghe and Marks, 2001;Harker et al, 2016;Corfee-Morlot et al, 2009). Multilevel governance, as conceptualised by Hooghe and Marks, refers to two 'types' or perspectives.…”

Section: Multilevel Governance In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ability of cities to mainstream climate goals into their activities is, however, influenced by the divisions of responsibilities across different levels of government. In more centralised states, where cities lack substantial decision-making powers and financial resources, their ability to govern climate change mitigation is greatly constrained (Simon and Leck, 2015;Harker et al, 2016). The literature on multilevel climate governance in Africa, although growing, remains sparse, affording us limited insights into the role for African local governments to develop their own low-carbon visions and pathways (Diep et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…This is supported by Harker, Taylor, and Knight-Lenihan [98], who point to the co-ordinated and deliberate trend away from multi-level governance in New Zealand, resulting in lost opportunities, a lack of integration, oversight, or coordination of strategic actions. This is also evident in regulatory restrictions that are inflexible, even during a crisis.…”

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Transformations for Resilient Rural Futures: The Case of Kaikōura, Aotearoa-New Zealand

2018

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On 14 November 2016, a magnitude (M w ) 7.8 earthquake struck the small coastal settlement of Kaikōura, Aotearoa-New Zealand. With an economy based on tourism, agriculture, and fishing, Kaikōura was immediately faced with significant logistical, economic, and social challenges caused by damage to critical infrastructure and lifelines, essential to its main industries. Massive landslips cut off road and rail access, stranding hundreds of tourists, and halting the collection, processing and distribution of agricultural products. At the coast, the seabed rose two metres, limiting harbour-access to high tide, with implications for whale watching tours and commercial fisheries. Throughout the region there was significant damage to homes, businesses, and farmland, leaving owners and residents facing an uncertain future. This paper uses qualitative case study analysis to explore post-quake transformations in a rural context. The aim is to gain insight into the distinctive dynamics of disaster response mechanisms, focusing on two initiatives that have emerged in direct response to the disaster. The first examines the ways in which agriculture, food harvesting, production and distribution are being reimagined with the potential to enhance regional food security. The second examines the rescaling of power in decision-making processes following the disaster, specifically examining the ways in which rural actors are leveraging networks to meet their needs and the consequences of that repositioning on rural (and national) governance arrangements. In these and other ways, the local economy is being revitalised, and regional resilience enhanced through diversification, capitalising not on the disaster but the region's natural, social, and cultural capital. Drawing on insights and experience of local stakeholders, policy-and decision-makers, and community representatives we highlight the diverse ways in which these endeavours are an attempt to create something new, revealing also the barriers which needed to be overcome to reshape local livelihoods. Results reveal that the process of transformation as part of rural recovery must be grounded in the lived reality of local residents and their understanding of place, incorporating and building on regional social, environmental, and economic characteristics. In this, the need to respond rapidly to realise opportunities must be balanced with the community-centric approach, with greater recognition given to the contested nature of the decisions to be made. Insights from the case examples can inform preparedness and recovery planning elsewhere, and provide a rich, real-time example of the ways in which disasters can create opportunities for reimagining resilient futures.

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“…They move discussion away from the effects of supposedly linear hierarchies to the political powers at different points in complex systems and the influence of their associated actors (Bache & Flinders, 2004). The case for higher level policy continues to be made internationally, for instance in relation to difficulties in moving towards climate change objectives experienced in federal systems due to a lack of comprehensiveness in strategy (Ohlhorst, 2015), or a lack of leadership at local levels as seen for instance in New Zealand (Harker et al, 2017). However, MLG studies emphasize the essential inefficiency of policy at the higher scales, as national and international strategies do not necessarily in themselves produce delivery on their goals (Hooghe & Marks, 2003).…”

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Major Wind Energy & the Interface of Policy and Regulation: A Study of Welsh NSIPs

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Planning Practice & Research

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This article examines how sub-national policy is applied in consenting decisions for major wind energy infrastructure. The study focuses on the Welsh tier of governance and the perspective of the public, building on existing work on 'territorial politics' and public participation. It looks explicitly at the regulatory stage of decision-making, which is critical to understanding multi-level governance contexts for energy infrastructure. Two cases of 'Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects' (NSIPs) in the UK are assessed and findings show how conflict is fuelled by the ways in which different tiers of policy and regulation interact.

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Multi-level governance and climate change mitigation in New Zealand: lost opportunities

Cited by 32 publications

References 26 publications

What role can African cities play in low-carbon development? A multilevel governance perspective of Ghana, Uganda and South Africa

What role can African cities play in low-carbon development? A multilevel governance perspective of Ghana, Uganda and South Africa

Transformations for Resilient Rural Futures: The Case of Kaikōura, Aotearoa-New Zealand

Major Wind Energy & the Interface of Policy and Regulation: A Study of Welsh NSIPs

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