Adaptation to climate change? Why business-as-usual remains the logical choice in Swedish forestry

Andersson, Elias; Keskitalo, E. Carina H.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.11.004

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“…When reviewing actual adaptations to climate change in forestry, it has been shown that adaptation is relatively low on the agenda of most actors within forestry, including forest owners' associations, which often communicate directly with small-scale forest owners [77]. Moreover, the types of adaptation that have been undertaken are often those in line with Swedish forestry principles and would have been undertaken anyway (coping) or capitalise on climate change to promote uptake [12,77].…”

Section: Development Of Adaptation Policy Within Forestry and Relatedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the types of adaptation that have been undertaken are often those in line with Swedish forestry principles and would have been undertaken anyway (coping) or capitalise on climate change to promote uptake [12,77]. Thus, more costly actions, such as increasing the extent of mixed forest, have been limited (e.g., [78]), while actions that are underpinned by the current production-orientated approach, such as shorter rotations and planting fast-growing non-native species, are more common and practised on a more short-term, event-related basis [77].…”

Section: Development Of Adaptation Policy Within Forestry and Relatedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Adaptation to climate change in Swedish forests may be particularly complex given that many of the adaptation decisions will be made by private small-scale forest owners, often guided, through advisory systems, by forest companies, timber purchasing organisations (e.g., sawmills) and forest owners' associations [12,17,77] or, to some extent, by the Swedish Forest Agency [19]. Awareness and knowledge about adaptation to climate change in general and in forest management in particular is low among all groups of forest owners and forest professionals [19,21,77]. However, in some areas there is growing concern among forest owners, especially in relation to windthrow [17,22,23,79].…”

Section: Structural Positions and Adaptive Spaces Of Forest Ownersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While adaptation in Swedish forests could be seen as crucial given the role that forestry plays in the national economy, the economic importance of forestry may also result in an emphasis on 'business and production as usual' (with potentially major challenges in shifting to more mixed forests rather than high-value but potentially sensitive spruce) [12,77,79,81], resulting in limited active management of risks [82]. The present rationales of Swedish forestry are mainly shaped by sector structure, demand from industry, economics and traditions, the process and meaning of climate change adaptation in forest management [77,79].…”

Section: Structural Positions and Adaptive Spaces Of Forest Ownersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The present rationales of Swedish forestry are mainly shaped by sector structure, demand from industry, economics and traditions, the process and meaning of climate change adaptation in forest management [77,79]. Most of the adaptive measures, i.e., revised guidelines for cleaning, thinning and harvesting operations, are attention-driven by major events/weather-related hazards, mainly storms.…”

Section: Structural Positions and Adaptive Spaces Of Forest Ownersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adaptation to Climate Change in Forestry: A Perspective on Forest Ownership and Adaptation Responses

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Keskitalo

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Adaptation to climate change has often been discussed from the perspectives of social vulnerability and community vulnerability, recognising that characteristics at local level will influence the particular adaptations undertaken. However, the extent to which national-level systemic factors influence and shape measures defined as adaptations has seldom been recognised. Focusing on adaptation to climate change in forestry, this study uses the example of two countries in the northern hemisphere with different forest ownership structures, forestry industry and traditions: Sweden, with strong private, non-industrial ownership, dominant forest industry and long forestry traditions; and Scotland, with forest ownership dominated by large estates and investment forestry based on plantations of exotic conifer species. The study shows how adaptation to climate change is structurally embedded and conditioned, which has resulted in specific challenges and constraints for different groups of forest owners within these two different contexts. This produces a specific set of political spaces and policy tools by rendering climate change in relation to forestry manageable, negotiable and practical/logical in specific ways. It is recommended that the focus of future work on climate-related issues and development of adaptation measures and policy should not be primarily on climate-related factors, but on institutional analysis of structural factors and logics in target sectors, in order to critically explore concepts of agency and power within these processes.

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Section: Development Of Adaptation Policy Within Forestry and Relatedmentioning

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Section: Development Of Adaptation Policy Within Forestry and Relatedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Structural Positions and Adaptive Spaces Of Forest Ownersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Structural Positions and Adaptive Spaces Of Forest Ownersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Structural Positions and Adaptive Spaces Of Forest Ownersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Corporations are primary emitters of greenhouse gases yet are also portrayed as key agents in responding to climate change. This overview article explains corporate responses to the climate crisis at three levels of analysis: (i) political (shaping the climate debate and influencing climate policy); (ii) organizational (enacting strategies and practices to address climate change); and (iii) individual (managers and employees caring about and acting on climate change in their personal and professional lives). Our synthesis of the burgeoning literature on corporations and climate change in the fields of management and organization studies, human geography, and political economy highlights how and why particular corporate responses have been enacted, encompassing managerial as well as more critical and radical understandings of business activities.This article is categorized under: Climate, History, Society, Culture > Disciplinary Perspectives Climate Economics > Economics and Climate Change The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Decarbonizing Energy and/or Reducing Demand Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change > Institutions for Adaptation

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Adaptation to climate change? Why business-as-usual remains the logical choice in Swedish forestry

Cited by 69 publications

References 74 publications

Adaptation to Climate Change in Forestry: A Perspective on Forest Ownership and Adaptation Responses

Adaptation to Climate Change in Forestry: A Perspective on Forest Ownership and Adaptation Responses

Joint knowledge production for improved climate services: Insights from the Swedish forestry sector

Corporations and climate change: An overview

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