Towards a deeper understanding of barriers to national climate change adaptation policy: A systematic review

Lee, Seunghan; Paavola, Jouni; Dessai, Suraje

doi:10.1016/j.crm.2022.100414

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“…Every factor that the interviewees mentioned as barrier to national adaptation policy is considered a barrier. The barriers are classified 1 following Lee et al (2022), who suggested 8 categories of barriers covering the characteristics of national-level policies as well as related problems based on systematic review of existing research. We assume that the categories are applicable for examining barriers to national adaptation policy in Korea.…”

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“…Although caution is needed in drawing general conclusions from a single case study, this research draws conceptual, methodological, and empirical contributions beyond the existing literature in this research field. First, the idea of analysing barriers, origins, influences, and relationships between them was introduced by Lee et al (2022). By developing the idea into a research methodology and applying it to an empirical case, we provide a theoretical contribution to answering questions that remained long unanswered because of the limitations of previous studies; namely, why barriers occur and how they affect adaptation processes (Biesbroek et al 2013;Eisenack et al 2014;Waters et al 2014;Clissode et al, 2020).…”

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“…Barriers to adaptation are considered a major reason for the adaptation gap (Simoes et al 2017;Clissold et al 2020;Lee et al 2022), and identifying and overcoming them is urgently required to reduce the adaptation gap and enhance adaptative capacity (Eisenack et al 2014;Simoes et al 2017;Bednar et al 2019;Clissold et al 2020Liu et al 2020. Barriers are factors that impede adaptation processes, and they can be overcome with concerted effort, creative approaches, and different use of resources (Moser and Ekstrom 2010;Biesbroek et al 2011;Eisenack et al 2014;Lee et al 2022). Earlier studies have identified barriers to adaptation and classified them into various categories (Agrawala and van Aalst 2005;IPCC 2007IPCC , 2014Adger et al 2009a, b;Berrang-Ford et al 2011;Biesbroek et al 2011;Wise et al 2014;McNamara et al 2017;Hurilimann et al 2018), which offer a broad conceptual and empirical base of the barriers (Eisenack et al 2014).…”

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“…Lastly, only a few studies have provided useful insights into how barriers can be addressed, and this is related to the limited state of the art in explaining the barriers (Eisenack et al 2014). Although some studies have suggested solutions or guidelines to overcome the barriers, they are barely used in the actual adaptation processes because they are too general or normative to apply (Clar et al 2013;Lee et al 2022). Yet, there is a great demand for practical solutions (Biesbroek 2014;Wise et al 2014;Braunschweiger and Pütz 2021).…”

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Deeper understanding of the barriers to national climate adaptation policy: the case of South Korea

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As climate change adaptation has become essential for the sustainable development of nations, national adaptation policies have increasingly been adopted and implemented over the past decade. However, an adaptation gap is observable and getting wider. We investigate the barriers to national adaptation policy and their origins, influence as well as relationships between them in South Korea. We also analyse used and suggested solutions to overcome the barriers. Based on interviews with core stakeholders, we find 49 factors (16 barriers, 14 origins, 19 influences) related to barriers to national adaptation policy and draw a barrier map that shows all factors and relationships between them. We also explain how the barriers occur and how they affect national adaptation policy by mapping the relationships between barriers, origins, and influences. Key barriers to Korea’s national adaptation policy are related to institutions, fragmentation, and resources. With an analysis of used/suggested solutions, we conclude by suggesting a procedure for diagnosing problems of national adaptation policy, understanding related barriers and origins, and devising practical solutions for national policymakers and stakeholders.

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Towards a deeper understanding of barriers to national climate change adaptation policy: A systematic review

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Deeper understanding of the barriers to national climate adaptation policy: the case of South Korea

Deeper understanding of the barriers to national climate adaptation policy: the case of South Korea

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