DOI: 10.1002/wcc.368
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84945189663
论文题名: The complementarity and comparability of climate change adaptation and mitigation
作者: Watkiss P ; , Benzie M ; , Klein R ; J ; T
刊名: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
ISSN: 17577780
出版年: 2015
卷: 6, 期: 6 起始页码: 541
结束页码: 557
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Technology
; Climate change adaptation
; National policies
; Policy-based
; Research gaps
; Scientific literature
; Climate change
; adaptive management
; climate change
; governance approach
; national planning
; policy implementation
英文摘要: Both mitigation and adaptation can reduce the risks of climate change. This study reviews the complementarity and comparability between the two, looking first at the global level and then at the national-to-local domain. At the global level, the review finds differing definitions and viewpoints exist in the literature. Much of the economic literature reports that global mitigation and adaptation are substitutes (in economic terms). In contrast, the scientific literature considers them to be complementary (in policy terms), as they address different risks that vary temporally and spatially. The degree of complementarity and comparability therefore depends on the perspective taken, although there is a policy space where the two can overlap. However, the governance, institutional, and policy-based literature identifies that even if a global mitigation and adaptation mix could be defined, it would be highly contentious and extremely difficult to deliver in practice. The review then considers the complementarity and comparability of mitigation and adaptation at the national-to-local domain, in national policy and at sector level. The review finds there is greater potential for complementarity at this scale, although possible conflicts can also exist. However, the institutional, governance, and policy literature identifies a number of barriers to practical implementation, and as a result, complementary mitigation and adaptation action is unlikely to happen autonomously. Finally, the lessons from the review are drawn together to highlight policy relevant issues and identify research gaps. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76258
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Paul Watkiss Associates, Oxford, United Kingdom; Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Recommended Citation:
Watkiss P,, Benzie M,, Klein R,et al. The complementarity and comparability of climate change adaptation and mitigation[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2015-01-01,6(6)