The Governance of Adaptation to Climate Change (Go-Adapt)

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    The Go-Adapt project is funded by the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund (ACRP programme). It is conducted by a research team at InFER – the Institute of Forest, Environmental, and Natural Resource Policy at BOKU University Vienna, in co-operation with the Environment Agency Austria and supported by a panel of experts.
    Summary:

    Go-Adapt is a political science research project and aims to provide insights on how governments address key governance challenges in the context of climate change adaptation, such as improving horizontal and vertical policy integration, coping with uncertainties, and involving stakeholders.

    The project analyses the ways in which adaptation policies and instruments are developed and implemented by governments in 10 OECD countries at different levels.

    Expected Outputs:

    Go-Adapt aims to:

    a) provide an overview of adaptation governance approaches in 10 OECD countries (stock taking survey);

    b) show how the surveyed approaches actually function in selected adaptation policies (case studies);

    c) draw lessons from experiences with similar governance approaches in related policy fields such as climate change mitigation and sustainable development (extended literature review), and,

    d) provide guidance on how to advance the governance of climate change adaptation, in particular in countries that are at early stages of establishing respective policy frameworks such as Austria (a country in which Go-Adapt partner Umweltbundesamt is strongly involved in all ongoing activities leading to a national adaptation strategy).

    Contacts:

    Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
    Gregor Mendel Straße 33
    A-1180 Wien, Österreich
    Tel. (+43 1) 47654- 0

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation - April 2010 - July 2012
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Austrian Climate and Energy Fund
    Cofinancing Total:
    Information not available

Climate change adaptation in developing countries: issues and perspectives for economic analysis

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-07-05 15:13
Author(s):
Muyeye Chambwera and Jesper Stage
Year:
May 2010
Editor:
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
City:
London
Publisher:
IIED
Pages:
39
Summary:

This paper provides guidance to policy-oriented researchers' work on valuing climate change adaptation in developing countries.

Climate change adaptation in developing countries: issues and perspectives for economic analysis

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-07-05 15:13
Author(s):
Muyeye Chambwera and Jesper Stage
Year:
May 2010
Editor:
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
City:
London
Publisher:
IIED
Pages:
39
Summary:

This paper provides guidance to policy-oriented researchers' work on valuing climate change adaptation in developing countries.

Not If, But When: Adapting to Natural Hazards in the Pacific Islands Region

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-06-21 21:19
Author(s):
Sofia Bettencourt, Richard Croad, Paul Freeman, John Hay, Roger Jones, Peter King, Padma Lal, Alan Mearns, Geoff Miller, Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, Alf Simpson, Nakibae Teuatabo, Ulric Trotz, Maarten Van Aalst
Year:
2006
Publisher:
The World Bank - East Asia and Pacific Region Pacific Islands Country Management Unit
Pages:
60
Summary:

The goal of this Policy Note is to influence policy makers and development partners in the Pacific Islands region to undertake risk management of natural hazards and minimize the future impacts of natural disasters, climate change and sea level rise. As a short-term objective, the Policy Note aims to review the disaster trends and lessons learned from pilot risk management of natural hazards initiatives, and recommend a strategic way forward.

CAPRi Policy and Research Briefs: The Role of Collective Action and Property Rights in Climate Change Strategies

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2010-04-30 02:29
Author(s):
Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Helen Markelova, and Kelsey Moore
Year:
2010
City:
Washington D.C.
Publisher:
CAPRi - CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights
Pages:
4
Summary:

CAPRi Policy and Research Brief: The Role of Collective Action and Property Rights in Climate Change Strategies discusses the importance of institutions in addressing climate change. Moreover, the brief discusses the potential for positive collective action and the intersection with property rights and climate change responses.