Science-policy linkages in climate change adaptation in Europe
| Autor: | Lisa Westerhoff, Sirkku Juhola |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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ta222 Political economy of climate change media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development ta1171 Climate change Public policy Management Monitoring Policy and Law Development government policy environmental management Quality (business) Adaptation (computer science) ta513 Finland media_common ta113 ta212 Global and Planetary Change business.industry Corporate governance Environmental resource management climatology governance Italy Scale (social sciences) Science policy business |
| Zdroj: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES AND MANAGEMENT. 2(3):222-241 |
| ISSN: | 1756-8692 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance of resolving the disconnect between issues of quality, timing and uncertainty in climate projections and the need for swift, informed and appropriate climate change adaptation decisions.Design/methodology/approachThe paper utilises results from a multi‐level study of adaptation policy conducted in early 2009 to assess the different approaches to climate change, the production of climate information, and its application at national and select sub‐national levels in Italy and Finland. Data were collected via a preliminary review of relevant documents as well as 23 interviews in Italy and 21 interviews in Finland conducted with climate change and environmental policy actors at each scale of administration.FindingsThe paper shows while the different extent and processes of climate research and their linkages to policy can be seen as determinants of the development of adaptation measures, the multi‐scalar adaptation decision‐making processes and the ways in which climate change and climate information are framed and used render climate research and its application a complex process.Originality/valueThe paper contributes further understanding of the linkages between science and policy with regards to adaptation, and the nature of science‐policy linkages in local decision‐making processes in particular. The findings are of importance to climate scientists and policy‐makers alike. |
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