National Adaptation Planning: Lessons from OECD Countries

Mullan, Michael; Kingsmill, Nicolas; Agrawala, Shardul; Kramer, Arnoldo Matus

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38670-1_38

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“…Additionally, information regarding potential adaptation research funding (grants) offered by the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada for climate change adaptation is advertised and easy to find on the agency’s official website. Over the period from 2011 to 2016, Canada has allocated $149 million to support adaptation implementation and capacity building [113]. Nonetheless, Canada has yet to publish a national-level adaptation plan.…”

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A Review of National-Level Adaptation Planning with Regards to the Risks Posed by Climate Change on Infectious Diseases in 14 OECD Nations

Panic

Ford

2013

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Climate change is likely to have significant implications for human health, particularly through alterations of the incidence, prevalence, and distribution of infectious diseases. In the context of these risks, governments in high income nations have begun developing strategies to reduce potential climate change impacts and increase health system resilience (i.e., adaptation). In this paper, we review and evaluate national-level adaptation planning in relation to infectious disease risks in 14 OECD countries with respect to “best practices” for adaptation identified in peer-reviewed literature. We find a number of limitations to current planning, including negligible consideration of the needs of vulnerable population groups, limited emphasis on local risks, and inadequate attention to implementation logistics, such as available funding and timelines for evaluation. The nature of planning documents varies widely between nations, four of which currently lack adaptation plans. In those countries where planning documents were available, adaptations were mainstreamed into existing public health programs, and prioritized a sectoral, rather than multidisciplinary, approach. The findings are consistent with other scholarship examining adaptation planning indicating an ad hoc and fragmented process, and support the need for enhanced attention to adaptation to infectious disease risks in public health policy at a national level.

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A Review of National-Level Adaptation Planning with Regards to the Risks Posed by Climate Change on Infectious Diseases in 14 OECD Nations

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2013

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“…However, public perceptions of the risk posed by climate change and support for adaptation policies vary between countries. Our review focuses on public perceptions of climate change risk and adaptation in the United Kingdom because of the advanced and pioneering nature of climate adaptation research and policy in this country (Mullan et al, 2013). The UK was the first country in the world to adopt climate change legislation that covered both adaptation and mitigation (Climate Change Act 2008).…”

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Public perception of climate risk and adaptation in the UK: A review of the literature

Taylor

Dessai

Bruin

2014

Climate Risk Management

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a b s t r a c tLike other countries, the United Kingdom faces the unavoidable challenge of adapting to a changing climate. However, public perceptions of the risk posed by climate change and support for adaptation policies vary between countries. This article provides a UK-specific review of climate change beliefs, risk perceptions regarding potential climate change impacts, and attitudes towards climate change adaptation. We report on differences between expert and public conceptualisations of climate change risks. We also examine the effects of psychological distancing, climate change awareness, and hazard experience on both concerns about climate change and perceptions of the weather-related risks posed by climate change. Additionally, we review the effects of emotion, agency, perceived responsibility, place attachment, personal values and uncertainty on the willingness of UK residents to support and engage with climate change adaptation. We outline the implications of these factors for climate risk communication and highlight key areas for future research.

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“…The needs and capabilities of decision-makers were not well-aligned with available and usable information on the natural environment. This is a common issue in the field of climate change adaptation both in lowand high-income regions, with continuing improvements in the technical quality and usability of information on the natural environment, including appropriateness of spatial and temporal scale, and capacity building efforts highlighted as key areas for improvement (Mullan et al, 2013;Vincent et al, 2017).…”

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“…This is a particular problem in SISs as environmental issues such as land degradation, biodiversity loss, and marine pollution are exacerbated by climate change (Betzold, 2015). The regulatory component is essential due to the diversity of sectors and stakeholders across all tiers of the multi-level governance system impacted by and responding to climate change (Mullan et al, 2013). There is however a gap between consideration of environmental issues in regulatory legislation, and experienced climate change impacts.…”

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“…urgently require financial support and capacity development to increase technical knowledge and processoriented skills such as inclusive facilitation and monitoring and evaluation of policies and measures (WeAdapt, 2017). Financial support and capacity development are key challenges, or even bottlenecks, to the implementation of climate change adaptation, and funding requirements are rarely openly discussed in strategies and plans set by National Government (Mullan et al, 2013). This would also be important to reflect in the policy planning process for actioning Table 1, as implementation and monitoring are common barriers to effective climate change adaptation at the local level.…”

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Identifying local governance capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius

Williams

Rosendo

Sadasing³

et al. 2020

Climate Policy

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The IPCC 1.5°C Report lists identifying local capacity needs as key for enabling multilevel governance to effectively respond to climate change. Mauritius, as a Small Island State, is disproportionately affected by climate change, primarily due to its exposure to impacts, as well as various constraints in size and resources. Identifying and integrating local capacity needs into recommendations for policy measures is therefore urgently required to support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its National Adaptation Plan process. This study carries out a local governance assessment based on evaluative criteria to identify local capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius. Results from the assessment indicate that local governance suffers from issues inherent to Small Island States, such as lack of technical know-how, financial and human resources, stringent legislation and effective monitoring mechanisms, preventing effective climate change adaptation. Through participatory, bottom-up stakeholder engagement with local and national government representatives, eight recommendations for policy formulation were then co-developed to address the identified capacity needs, and to improve cooperation between local and national institutions for more effective implementation of climate change adaptation. Key policy insights. Local climate change adaptation needs have to be integrated into policy formulation for an effective response to climate change impacts.. Roles and responsibilities of government levels for climate change adaptation in Mauritius are currently in need of clarification.. Capacity building measures at the local level for implementing climate change actions from national government are urgently required.. Stringent legislation and effective monitoring mechanisms need to be implemented to ensure planning regulations are adhered to.. Increased collaboration between local and national levels of government in Mauritius is necessary for synthesizing a common approach to climate change adaptation.

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National Adaptation Planning: Lessons from OECD Countries

Cited by 20 publications

References 10 publications

A Review of National-Level Adaptation Planning with Regards to the Risks Posed by Climate Change on Infectious Diseases in 14 OECD Nations

A Review of National-Level Adaptation Planning with Regards to the Risks Posed by Climate Change on Infectious Diseases in 14 OECD Nations

Public perception of climate risk and adaptation in the UK: A review of the literature

Identifying local governance capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius

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