Policy Coordination for National Climate Change Adaptation in Europe: All Process, but Little Power

Russel, Duncan; Castellari, Sergio; Capriolo, Alessio; Dessai, Suraje; Hildén, Mikael; Jensen, Anne; Karali, Eleni; Mäkinen, Kristiina; Nielsen, Helle Ørsted; Weiland, Sabine; Uyl, Roos den; Tröltzsch, Jenny

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“…Kansainvälisessä tutkimuksessa on osoitettu, että vastuiden jakautuminen on epäselvää hallinnontasojen sisällä, sekä myös niiden välillä, ja se on hidastanut sopeutumistoimien toimeenpanoa (Amundsen et al 2010;Clar 2019;Juhola 2019). Sopeutumisen strateginen ohjaus ja koordinointi kansallisella tasolla sektoripolitiikoihin integroimalla ei kansainvälisen tutkimuksen mukaan ole edistänyt sopeutumisen toimeenpanoa EU-maissa (Clar 2019;Russel et al 2020). Eurooppalaisessa vertailussa Suomen sopeutumispolitiikan kentän kehittymisen on arvioitu perustuneen pääasiallisesti useiden toimijoiden samanaikaiseen toimintaan, ja hallintaa keskitetysti toteuttavien tahojen merkitys on ollut vähäisempi (Massey & Huitema 2016).…”

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Ilmastonmuutokseen sopeutumisen ohjauskeinot, kustannukset ja alueelliset ulottuvuudet

Gregow

Mäkelä

Tuomenvirta

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The new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change highlights the urgency of adaptation measures while bringing forth adaptation as vitally important as a response to climate change as mitigation. In order to provide information on how adaptation to climate change has been promoted in Finland and what calls for attention next, we have compiled a comprehensive information package focusing on the following themes: adaptation policy, impacts of climate change including economic impacts, regional adaptation strategies, climate and flood risks in regions and sea areas, and the availability of scientific data. This report consists of two parts. Part 1 of the report examines the work carried out on adaptation in Finland and internationally since 2005, emphasising the directions and priorities of recent research results. The possibilities of adaptation governance are examined through examples, such as how adaptations steering is organised in of the United Kingdom. We also examine other examples and describe the Canadian Climate Change Adaptation Platform (CCAP) model. We apply current information to describe the economic impacts of climate change and highlight the related needs for further information. With regard to regional climate strategy work, we examine the status of adaptation plans by region and the status of the Sámi in national adaptation work. In part 2 of the report, we have collected information on the temporal and local impacts of climate change and compiled extensive tables on changes in weather, climate and marine factors for each of Finland's current regions, the autonomous Åland Islands and five sea areas, the eastern Gulf of Finland, the western Gulf of Finland, the Archipelago Sea, the Bothnian Sea and the Bay of Bothnia. As regards changes in weather and climate factors, the changes already observed in 1991-2020 are examined compared to 1981-2010 and future changes until 2050 are described. For weather and climate factors, we examine average temperature, precipitation, thermal season duration, highest and lowest temperatures per day, the number of frost days, the depth and prevalence of snow, the intensity of heavy rainfall, relative humidity, wind speed, and the amount of frost per season (winter, spring, summer, autumn). Flood risks, i.e. water system floods, run-off water floods and sea water floods, are discussed from the perspective of catchment areas by region. The impacts of floods on the sea in terms of pollution are also assessed by sea area, especially for coastal areas. With regard to marine change factors, we examine surface temperature, salinity, medium water level, sea flood risk, waves, and sea ice. We also describe combined risks towards sea areas. With this report, we demonstrate what is known about climate change adaptation, what is not, and what calls for particular attention. The results can be utilised to strengthen Finland's climate policy so that the implementation of climate change adaptation is strengthened alongside climate change mitigation efforts. In practice, the report serves the reform of the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan and the development of steering measures for adaptation to climate change both nationally and regionally. Due to its scale, the report also serves e.g. the United Nations’ aim of protecting marine life in the Baltic Sea and the national implementation of the EU strategy for adaptation to climate change. As a whole, the implementation of adaptation policy in Finland must be speeded up swiftly in order to achieve the objectives set and ensure sufficient progress in adaptation in different sectors. The development of binding regulation and the systematic evaluation, monitoring and support of voluntary measures play a key role.

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Ilmastonmuutokseen sopeutumisen ohjauskeinot, kustannukset ja alueelliset ulottuvuudet

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“…The EU supports the MLG approach by promoting transnational cooperation in project partnerships and involving (in various initiatives) partners who differ in legal status and interests, objectives, and backgrounds. The European cooperation concretizes (i) the coordination and involvement of actors from multiple sectors, from the local to the regional and national level [45], and (ii) the promotion of network in policy implementation [46,47].…”

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Intermediary Organizations in Nature Conservation Initiatives: The Case of the EU-Funded LIFE Programme

2022

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This study was aimed to identify intermediary organizations active in nature conservation initiatives by adopting a multi-level (ML) and network governance (NG) framework and using social network analysis (SNA). We identified 256 coordinating beneficiaries and 1090 associated beneficiaries connected through 8310 project relations and financed through the EU-funded LIFE Programme from 2014 to 2020. Our results evidence a central component of the network where organizations from Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom play a central role. In contrast, peripheral components return a framework of partnerships mainly constituted by actors of the same country (68%). Moreover, the characterization by type of actor confirms the widespread implementation of a multi-level governance approach in LIFE-Nature (NAT) projects, evidencing the significant presence of non-governmental organizations and foundations, mainly at a national level, in nature conservation initiatives. Our findings reveal that the intermediary capacity of key actors should be further reinforced, particularly toward the promotion of transnational cooperation and cross-sector alliances, by encouraging the involvement of stakeholders operating at the ground level (i.e., provincial and municipal levels).

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“…planning, transport, recreation, nature conservation) and require integrated policy approaches (see, e.g. Adelle & Russel, 2013;Russel et al, 2020). Crucially, while interdisciplinary approaches are recognised as at the forefront of integrated environmental decision making to address such issues (Perz et al, 2010), there is a historic and growing body of scholarly studies seeking to address interdisciplinary governance challenges (e.g.…”

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Urban governance and policy mixes for nature-based solutions and integrated water policy

Kirsop-Taylor

Russel

Jensen

2021

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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This paper explores how varied systems of governance work at the European city level to deliver different policy mixes for implementing nature-based approaches which support integrated water management and policy. Urban systems provide unique insights here due to the concentration of consumption, economic activities and excessive land-use pressures. However, few studies are providing generic insights, rooted in policy and political theory perspectives, on the dynamic impact of urban governance systems on different mixes of policies to integrate urban nature and water management approaches. The paper fills this gap through an extensive literature review. It first draws on analysis that focuses on institutional logics of operation to understand how urban institutional arrangements of governance shape the framing of the policy problem and how this influences the choice of policy approaches. It then explores the related administrative processes including decision support tools, participatory approaches, and funding regimes. These administrative approaches deliver, potentially, different policy responses that take into account integrated nature-based policy approaches to urban water governance.

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Policy Coordination for National Climate Change Adaptation in Europe: All Process, but Little Power

Cited by 30 publications

References 31 publications

Ilmastonmuutokseen sopeutumisen ohjauskeinot, kustannukset ja alueelliset ulottuvuudet

Ilmastonmuutokseen sopeutumisen ohjauskeinot, kustannukset ja alueelliset ulottuvuudet

Intermediary Organizations in Nature Conservation Initiatives: The Case of the EU-Funded LIFE Programme

Urban governance and policy mixes for nature-based solutions and integrated water policy

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