The political economy of climate adaptation

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Linnér, Björn Ola; Goodsite, Michael Evan

doi:10.1038/nclimate2665

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“…Die frühzeitige Berücksichtigung und Herangehensweise kann allerdings nicht alle Probleme lösen, wie Bauer (2015) anschaulich am Beispiel der Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung im Kontext des Netzausbaus herausgearbeitet hat . Von herausragender Bedeutung ist vermutlich zudem die Fähigkeit, dass jegliche Planungsinitiativen auch widerstreitende Interessen bereits in die Planungsphase integrieren (Sovacool/Linnér/Goodsite 2015) . Bauer 2015) .…”

Section: Partizipation Planung Und Verwaltungunclassified

Bürgerenergie in Deutschland

Radtke

2016

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Weltweite Verteilungskämpfe um knappe Energieressourcen und der Klimawandel mit seinen Auswirkungen führen zu globalen, nationalen, regionalen und auch lokalen Herausforderungen, die Gegenstand dieser Publikationsreihe sind. Die Beiträge der Reihe sollen Chancen und Hemmnisse einer präventiv orientierten Energie-und Klimapolitik vor dem Hintergrund komplexer energiepolitischer und wirtschaftlicher Interessenlagen und Machtverhältnisse ausloten. Themenschwerpunkte sind die Analyse der europäischen und internationalen Liberalisierung der Energiesektoren und -branchen, die internationale Politik zum Schutz des Klimas, Anpassungsmaßnahmen an den Klimawandel in den Entwicklungs-, Schwellenund Industrieländern, die Produktion von biogenen Treibstoffen zur Substitution fossiler Energieträger oder die Probleme der Atomenergie und deren nuklearen Hinterlassenschaften.Die Reihe bietet empirisch angeleiteten, quantitativen und international vergleichenden Arbeiten, Untersuchungen von grenzüberschreitenden Transformationsund Mehrebenenprozessen oder von nationalen "best practice"-Beispielen ebenso ein Forum wie theoriegeleiteten, qualitativen Untersuchungen, die sich mit den grundlegenden Fragen des gesellschaftlichen Wandels in der Energiepolitik und beim Klimaschutz beschäftigen.

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Section: Partizipation Planung Und Verwaltungunclassified

Bürgerenergie in Deutschland

Radtke

2016

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“…Therefore understanding policy-making in a wider political context and advancing knowledge of how ideas (or change in ideas) shape governance institutions will enhance reflexivity in policy-making and build up the resilience of strategies aimed at transforming societal institutions (Hotimsky et al 2006). This dissertation thus responds to the broader emerging agenda in the literature that is calling for more research into the domestic politics of climate change in developing countries (Tanner and Allouche 2011;Dodman and Mitlin 2015;Naess et al 2015;Sovacool et al 2015;Newell and H. Bulkeley 2016;Funder et al 2017) and the emergence of new discourses of green transformation in the global South (Arnall et al 2013;Death 2015).…”

Section: The Challenge Of Transformationmentioning

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“…Research on the domestic politics of climate change mitigation and low-carbon development in developing countries has been expanding (Dubash et al 2013;Newell and Bulkeley 2016). The particular focus of these debates is shifting from discussing low-carbon development in technical terms (such as technology transfer or financial mechanisms) towards discussing various aspects of the politics and political economy of climate change and green growth agendas (Lockwood 2013;Tanner and Allouche 2011;Tanner et al 2014;Sovacool 2012;Sovacool et al 2015;Death 2014). Indeed, the complexity of the governance of transformation requires reflection on which institutions, actors, institutional mechanisms and processes govern transformation, shape strategic responses and redefine the roles of domestic institutions (Paavola 2007;Vogler 2003;Lockwood 2015).…”

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Governing Transformation towards Low-carbon Societies: An Ideational Perspective from Developing Countries

Henrysson¹

2018

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Securing a low-carbon future will require a multitude of ‘low-carbon transformations’. The issues are how such transformations are imagined and framed, along which pathways and who steers them, including the very basic question of what decisions are made to transform the present challenges to climate change governance. Understanding of the politics of these governance challenges is important in explaining which pathways are supported or delegitimised and which are ignored and fail to get off the ground. This dissertation focuses on the role of institutions and ideas in the multilevel, multi-actor and multi-factor governance of climate-compatible development. It aims to improve our understanding of potential endogenous sources of transformation by asking how ideas of sustainability influence the governance of a low-carbon society. It investigates the construction of policy problems, the content of policy proposals and the political agenda of present policies and reform imperatives around climate change mitigation and lowcarbon development. The question is addressed using a combination of perspectives, including governance theory and the constructivist institutional approach. Empirically, this dissertation is based on four separate case studies presented in individual articles. Overall, this dissertation contributes to on-going debates over domestic politics and policy-making regarding ‘green transformations’ and adds to the emerging policy field in developing countries contexts. It argues that there is a need to stimulate critical reflection on the existing assumptions regarding mitigation actions. It argues that governance choices, for example, in electricity infrastructure development or energy efficiency in buildings, or a broader range of mitigation actions, are not only defined by technological lockins. Equally important is the persistence of ideas that are used to justify and legitimise reforms by mobilising discourses on energy supply and security and framing energy transitions as part of wider goals to maintain socio-economic stability and pursue green growth development strategies. This dissertation shows that low-carbon development should not only be technically, institutionally and economically feasible, but also politically and ideationally feasible, to translate into action. Measures for institutionalising long-term transformation are unlikely to be effective if ideas about transformation cannot be developed within the parameters set by governance regimes. The key argument of this dissertation is that, for the governance of low-carbon societies, it is crucial to recognise that climate change mitigation actions are more than economic or technological challenges – they are politically charged. Paying attention to problem framings and to the diversity of multi-actor perspectives could facilitate novel responses to climate change and enable more inclusive forms of governance, as well as throwing light on the x fundamental incompatibility between and limited reach of generalised policy solutions and technological fixes.

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“…Research is needed to assess adaptation performance in light of projected climate impacts and societal interactions, including identifying potential maladaptations, the displacement of impacts to other regions/future generations, and impacts on emissions (Bennett et al 2009;Barnett and O'Neill 2010;Snorek et al 2014). All LCLUC-centered adaptations have the potential to generate adverse or unintended effects across scales, including on the regional and global climate, and it is important that these adaptations are comprehensively evaluated to identify sustainable adaptation pathways (Bennett et al 2009;Daily et al 2009;Euliss et al 2010;Jones 2012;Sovacool et al 2015).…”

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Grand Challenges in Understanding the Interplay of Climate and Land Changes

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Half of Earth's land surface has been altered by human activities, creating various consequences on the climate and weather systems at local to global scales, which in turn affect a myriad of land surface processes and the adaptation behaviors. This study reviews the status and major knowledge gaps in the interactions of land and atmospheric changes and present 11 grand challenge areas for the scientific research and adaptation community in the coming decade. These land-cover and land-use change (LCLUC)-related areas include 1) impacts on weather and climate, 2) carbon and other biogeochemical cycles, 3) biospheric emissions, 4) the water cycle, 5) agriculture, 6) urbanization, 7) acclimation of biogeochemical processes to climate change, 8) plant migration, 9) land-use projections, 10) model and data uncertainties, and, finally, 11) adaptation strategies. Numerous studies have demonstrated the effects of LCLUC on local to global climate and weather systems, but these putative effects vary greatly in magnitude and even sign across space, time, and scale and thus remain highly uncertain. At the same time, many challenges exist toward improved understanding of the consequences of atmospheric and climate change on land process dynamics and services. Future effort must improve the understanding of the scale-dependent, multifaceted perturbations and feedbacks between land and climate changes in both reality and models. To this end, one critical cross-disciplinary need is to systematically quantify and better understand measurement and model uncertainties. Finally, LCLUC mitigation and adaptation assessments must be strengthened to identify implementation barriers, evaluate and prioritize opportunities, and examine how decisionmaking processes work in specific contexts.

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The political economy of climate adaptation

Cited by 152 publications

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Bürgerenergie in Deutschland

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Governing Transformation towards Low-carbon Societies: An Ideational Perspective from Developing Countries

Grand Challenges in Understanding the Interplay of Climate and Land Changes

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