The regional level as boundary organization? An analysis of climate change adaptation governance in Norway

Dannevig, Halvor; Aall, Carlo

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.001

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“…One shift that could be made can be seen in Dannevig and Aall's (2015) argument that regional-scale governance can be an appropriate level to facilitate communication and coordination, particularly between local contextual knowledge and expert adaptation knowledge. Regional coordination in Vietnam, especially coordination of climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, remains academically underexplored.…”

Section: Health and Climate Changementioning

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Coordination and health sector adaptation to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Gilfillan¹,

Nguyen²,

Pham³

2017

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ABSTRACT. This research examines the impact of three coordination dimensions on health sector adaptation to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: cross-scale, cross-sectoral, and cross-boundary. While tasks are divided up between government ministries and departments in Vietnam, there is little collaboration on issues that span mandates. Similarly, while water flows in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta take resource management and health concerns across provincial boundaries, formal mechanisms for interprovincial collaboration are lacking. While decentralization efforts have sought to devolve authority and decision making to lower levels, there is continued state-centered top-down policy making, and this limits collaborative coordination across scales. All three of these issues inhibit health sector adaptation to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, and though these coordination issues are recognized by the Vietnamese government, to date there has been little success in addressing them. The authors hope to stimulate further debate and discussion of coordination problems, and conclude that despite some significant challenges, the South West Steering Committee could play a facilitating role coordinating climate change responses in health and other sectors across the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. As an analysis of governance, this research is applicable to other areas and sectors in Vietnam, as well as to other parts of South East Asia.

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Section: Health and Climate Changementioning

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Coordination and health sector adaptation to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Gilfillan¹,

Nguyen²,

Pham³

2017

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“…Despite the many international and Norwegian climate change studies, local municipalities lack relevant information in readily comprehensible formats, and many lack local-level capacity to translate such information into practical initiatives (Corfee-Morlot et al, 2011;Guston, 2001;Dannevig and Aall, 2015;Hauge et al, 2017). Due to the inherent uncertainty of climate change models, many find it hard to translate scientific knowledge into practical policies (Orderud and Winsvold, 2012;Hinkel, 2011).…”

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“…Recent decades have seen the establishment of a more egalitarian relationship between governmental levels, in recognition of the need for both universal scientific knowledge and local knowledge derived from the municipalities (Marks and Hooghe, 2004). It is thus important to highlight the multilevel governance dimension in complex and intricate policy fields, such as climate change adaptation (Bouckaert et al, 2010;Christensen and Laegreid, 2011;Dannevig and Aall, 2015;Sørensen and Torfing, 2005;Hanssen et al, 2013;Kern and Bulkeley, 2009). There is growing awareness of the importance of interpreting universal scientific knowledge within local contexts, and of downscaling the climate change scenarios at local levels, as a means to identify robust adaptation strategies (Orderud and Naustdalslid, 2017).…”

Section: Theoretical Framework -Analysing Multilevel Governance Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, it is essential to help municipalities to navigate within the broad landscape of climate-relevant knowledge, providing opportunities for "boundary work" (Dannevig and Aall, 2015;Guston, 2001;Corfee-Morlot et al, 2011). Boundary work, or boundary organization, enables "negotiations between science assessments and decision-making and in the context of regional and local adaptation" (Corfee-Morlot et al, 2011, p. 182).…”

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“…Local municipalities have been delegated overall responsibility and the authority to decide how and to what extent climate change adaptation measures should be implemented. Much information on climate change is available, but local authorities often give scant consideration to such information in their planning and decision-making processes (Hovelsrud and Smit, 2012;Dannevig and Aall, 2015;Hanssen and Hofstad, 2017;Orderud and Naustdalslid, 2017;Multiconsult, 2017).…”

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The regional level as boundary organization? An analysis of climate change adaptation governance in Norway

Cited by 50 publications

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Coordination and health sector adaptation to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Coordination and health sector adaptation to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Multilevel networks for climate change adaptation – what works?

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