DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1078-3
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84901237891
论文题名: What drives national adaptation? A global assessment
作者: Berrang-Ford L. ; Ford J.D. ; Lesnikowski A. ; Poutiainen C. ; Barrera M. ; Heymann S.J.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2014
卷: 124, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 441
结束页码: 450
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Developing countries
; Societies and institutions
; Adaptation policies
; Adaptive capacity
; Climate change adaptation
; Climate policy
; Good governances
; Institutional capacities
; Key determinants
; National institutions
; Public policy
; environmental policy
; institutional development
; institutional framework
; national planning
; national strategy
; social policy
英文摘要: That the climate is changing and societies will have to adapt is now unequivocal, with adaptation becoming a core focus of climate policy. Our understanding of the challenges, needs, and opportunities for climate change adaptation has advanced significantly in recent years yet remains limited. Research has identified and theorized key determinants of adaptive capacity and barriers to adaptation, and more recently begun to track adaptation in practice. Despite this, there is negligible research investigating whether and indeed if adaptive capacity is translating into actual adaptation action. Here we test whether theorized determinants of adaptive capacity are associated with adaptation policy outcomes at the national level for 117 nations. We show that institutional capacity, in particular measures of good governance, are the strongest predictors of national adaptation policy. Adaptation at the national level is limited in countries with poor governance, and in the absence of good governance other presumed determinants of adaptive capacity show limited effect on adaptation. Our results highlight the critical importance of institutional good governance as a prerequisite for national adaptation. Other elements of theorized adaptive capacity are unlikely to be sufficient, effective, or present at the national level where national institutions and governance are poor. © 2014 The Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84983
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B9, Canada; Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; School of Community and Regional Planning, The University of British Columbia, #433-6333 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E. Young Drive S., Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, United States
Recommended Citation:
Berrang-Ford L.,Ford J.D.,Lesnikowski A.,et al. What drives national adaptation? A global assessment[J]. Climatic Change,2014-01-01,124(2018-01-02)