Rhine low water crisis: From individual adaptation possibilities to strategical pathways

Gobert, Julie; Rudolf, Florence

doi:10.3389/fclim.2022.1045466

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“…. The Upper Rhine case: integrating TRIZ into IC-based CRVA for participatory identification of adaptation measures in contradictory situations Related publication: (Coulibaly et al, 2022;Gobert and Rudolf, 2022).…”

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Research advancements for impact chain based climate risk and vulnerability assessments

Petutschnig,

Rome,

Lückerath

et al. 2023

Front. Clim.

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As the climate crisis continues to worsen, there is an increasing demand for scientific evidence from Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (CRVA). We present 12 methodological advancements to the Impact Chain-based CRVA (IC-based CRVA) framework, which combines participatory and data-driven approaches to identify and measure climate risks in complex socio-ecological systems. The advancements improve the framework along five axes, including the existing workflow, stakeholder engagement, uncertainty management, socio-economic scenario modeling, and transboundary climate risk examination. Eleven case studies were conducted and evaluated to produce these advancements. Our paper addresses two key research questions: (a) How can the IC-based CRVA framework be methodologically advanced to produce more accurate and insightful results? and (b) How effectively can the framework be applied in research and policy domains that it was not initially designed for? We propose methodological advancements to capture dynamics between risk factors, to resolve contradictory worldviews, and to maintain consistency between Impact Chains across policy scales. We suggest using scenario-planning techniques and integrating uncertainties via Probability Density Functions and Reverse Geometric Aggregation. Our research examines the applicability of IC-based CRVAs to address transboundary climate risks and integrating macro-economic models to reflect possible future socio-economic exposure. Our findings demonstrate that the modular structure of IC-based CRVA allows for the integration of various methodological advancements, and further advancements are possible to better assess complex climate risks and improve adaptation decision-making.

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Research advancements for impact chain based climate risk and vulnerability assessments

Petutschnig,

Rome,

Lückerath

et al. 2023

Front. Clim.

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“…We distinguish three main strategies: reactive adaptation, transformative infrastructural adaptation, and radical system transformation. Each strategy is based on specific technical, organizational, institutional modalities and a certain degree of knowledge and know-how: that is why we firstly display the possible strategies and secondly the organizational and technical solutions which may be mobilized by the different strategies (Gobert and Rudolf, 2023).…”

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Think global—act local: the challenge of producing actionable knowledge on transboundary climate risks at the sub-national level of governance

Aall,

Holm,

Cauchy

et al. 2023

Front. Clim.

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A growing number of countries are putting transboundary climate risks on their national adaptation policy agenda. The designation of subnational governments as key actors in climate change adaptation policy appears to be appropriate when the risks associated with climate change are defined as “local.” In this study we have investigated whether local authorities can plausibly play an equally central role when it comes to transboundary climate risks. Three cases have been studied: Paris in France and the topic of migration and integration, Klepp in Norway and the topic of agriculture and livestock production, and the river harbors in the Upper Rhine region of France and the topic of freight transportation and river regulation. Even if the sub-national actors involved in the three cases showed strong interest in analyzing and addressing transboundary climate risks, it remains an open question whether such authorities can and should play an equally central role in addressing transboundary climate risks as they do in the case of local climate risks. On the other hand, assigning responsibility for managing transboundary climate risks exclusively to national authorities may increase the risk of conflicts between measures to reduce local climate risks (frequently developed and implemented by sub-national authorities) and transboundary climate risks. The authors of this paper therefore advocate a strong partnership between the different levels of governance, and between public and private-sector stakeholders, in adaptation to transboundary climate risk. It is therefore crucial that national governments explicitly account for transboundary climate risks in their national adaptation agendas and, as part of their process in determining “ownership” of such risks, decide on the role sub-national authorities should play. This choice will also affect the role of local authorities in managing local climate risks due to the interlinkages between them.

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Rhine low water crisis: From individual adaptation possibilities to strategical pathways

Cited by 2 publications

References 62 publications

Research advancements for impact chain based climate risk and vulnerability assessments

Research advancements for impact chain based climate risk and vulnerability assessments

Think global—act local: the challenge of producing actionable knowledge on transboundary climate risks at the sub-national level of governance

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