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Cambridge University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1817 - 1928

Published: June 22, 2023

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Language: Английский

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Navigating through an energy crisis: Challenges and progress towards electricity decarbonisation, reliability, and affordability in Italy

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 96, P. 102934 - 102934

Published: Jan. 6, 2023

Language: Английский

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Enabling Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

Earth s Future, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(8)

Published: Aug. 1, 2023

Abstract Climate change poses increasingly severe risks for coastal ecosystems and communities all around the globe. This condition requires implementing climate adaptation policy advancing scientific knowledge to adapt current future risks. However, in areas is still its infancy. paper provides insight into 650 peer‐reviewed empirical research studies on from past two decades, providing global evidence status quo distilling six relevant gaps: (a) minimal contribution implementation phase of cycle; (b) geographical imbalance toward specific ecoregions sub‐systems; (c) less attention regional scale; (d) lack sectoral integration; (e) poor contextualization within governance instruments management arrangements; (f) limited economic financial focus. Therefore, this identifies where can help fill gaps improve communities' ability change. increased will enhance resilience social‐ecological systems face environmental challenges.

Language: Английский

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Addressing the Climate Change Adaptation Gap: Key Themes and Future Directions

Climate, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 24 - 24

Published: Feb. 8, 2024

Climate change adaptation is a critical response to the challenges posed by climate and important for building resilience. Progress in efforts has been made globally, nationally, locally through international agreements, national plans, community-based initiatives. However, significant gaps exist knowledge, capacity, finance. The Adaptation Gap Report 2023, published United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), examines status of globally. report highlights widening finance gap deepening crisis. We analyse key themes incorporate an analysis wider literature insights from COP28 substantiate points identify where more work needed develop understanding adaptation. This paper focuses on underfinanced underprepared state global efforts, gap, slow progress adaptation, gender equality social inclusion issues, addressing loss damage. provide way forward offer recommendations future actions.

Language: Английский

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Empirical research on policy integration: a review and new directions

Policy Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 56(1), P. 29 - 48

Published: Jan. 9, 2023

Abstract Research on policy integration has become an important part of public scholarship by analyzing how policymakers create linkages between subsystems to deal with complex problems. To develop this research program further, it is crucial know relates broader theoretical and methodological developments in the field studies. This article reviews empirical literature last 10 years focusing concepts, theories, design, methods, drawing upon a sample 413 articles. Results show no systematic patterns these four dimensions combine research. Above all, stages theories process appear be incorporated studies only very limited extent. These findings point new directions for research: (1) Striking balance conceptual richness consolidation regarding “policy integration”; (2) An increased focus evaluation integrated policies; (3) More attention actor-oriented explanatory theories; (4) The potential combining qualitative quantitative methods data analysis.

Language: Английский

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The importance of calibration in policy mixes: Environmental policy integration in the implementation of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy in Germany (2014–2022)

Environmental Policy and Governance, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 34(1), P. 16 - 30

Published: March 7, 2023

Abstract Environmental policy integration (EPI), that is, the incorporation of environmental concerns in non‐environmental areas, has been widely adopted public policies. However, EPI research found much discrepancy between objectives and actual implementation. This paper argues analyzing context mixes with multiple objectives, instruments their calibrations helps to better understand unavoidable tensions limitations. We develop a framework assess at these three levels output, synthesizing mix literatures. further distinguish four analytical dimensions calibrations: stringency, specificity, flexibility, temporality. A case study national implementation European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Germany 2014–2022 is used elaborate conceptual argument. The CAP saliently incorporated while implementation, including most within predetermined corridors, left member states. systematic meta‐review 142 texts evaluating 2014–2022, focusing on Germany, several link farm income support pro‐environmental behavior. These could potentially have high effectiveness efficiency. But delivered weak due low stringency flexibility temporal accommodation farmers' needs might by increasing acceptance. Weak resulted from instrument face trade‐offs competing objectives. Our results demonstrate can significantly affect strength adoption, priorities more generally.

Language: Английский

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Integrating human rights in the sustainability governance of global supply chains: Exploring the deforestation-land tenure nexus

Environmental Science & Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 154, P. 103690 - 103690

Published: Feb. 5, 2024

In contemporary discourse, the need to address urgent environmental issues with a social perspective is widely acknowledged. While theories on policy integration have primarily focused national scale, limited attention has been given merging of and human rights considerations in global supply chain sustainability governance. Drawing theories, we develop an analytical framework for studying Human Rights Environmental Integration (HREI) within governance, specifically examining deforestation-land tenure nexus soy chains from Brazil Europe. Our empirical analysis focuses key instruments, including Soy Moratorium, Working Group Cerrado, Round Table Responsible (RTRS), EU Regulation deforestation-free products (EUDR). extensive fieldwork Brazil, assess land these revealing general weakness this aspect. Nonetheless, grassroots organizations played crucial role advocating enhanced HREI, urging inclusion instruments addressing deforestation. research highlights that, although may not entirely compensate deficiencies domestic policies, they should, at very least, strive comprehensively complex problems prevent actions that could worsen existing or give rise new problems. conclusion, our study contributes more nuanced understanding opportunities structural constraints associated integrated approaches interconnected issues.

Language: Английский

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Machine learning evidence map reveals global differences in adaptation action

One Earth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(2), P. 280 - 292

Published: Jan. 12, 2024

Climate change adaptation policies are urgently needed, but the large volume and variety of evidence limits ability practitioners to make informed decisions. Here, we create an map policy research, selecting categorizing 8,691 documents using state-of-the-art transformers-based machine learning models. We combine policy-relevant categories, such as NATO-typology governance levels, with automatically extracted locations a structural topic model provide detailed global assessment tools governments address climate risks impacts. find that international-level policies, well in North America much Global South, emphasize financial instruments, whereas national particularly Europe Oceania, favor authority-based legislation. Collaborative approaches most common at local level. Despite rapidly expanding base overall, note persistent geographic inequalities limited on information-based implementation, reforms.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating policy coherence and integration for adaptation: the case of EU policies and Arctic cross-border climate change impacts

Climate Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25(1), P. 59 - 75

Published: April 5, 2024

The impacts of climate change materialize in different ways and are varying magnitudes at locations around the world. Adaptation is a global policy challenge because some those propagate across borders. presence borders influences responses that may aim preventing, alleviating, or exploiting impacts. Yet dynamics to cross-border have not been explored research on coherence. We extend analysis coherence integration cover adaptation policies enacted but interacting geographical locations, proposing conceptual approach how do this. illustrate our with examples European Union (EU) related ramifications originating Arctic. Our example highlights interconnections between foreign, security trade policies. Since transmitted through systems cross borders, policymakers EU elsewhere should recognize links domains potential significance responding these propagating recipient region risk such limited by jurisdictional By explicitly recognizing elements coherence, more effective actions can be developed. Seeking other regions, intertwined together via networks relations, fundamental goal for EU.

Language: Английский

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Implementing climate change adaptation through mainstreaming at the local level—a comparative case study of two municipalities in the Netherlands

Regional Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(2)

Published: March 19, 2024

Abstract Governments face increasing urgency to adapt climate change. However, there is a persistent gap between needed and implemented adaptation. The implementation of adaptation often takes place at the local level, making municipalities crucial actors, particularly regarding mainstreaming into various sectors. While has potential bring many benefits, it does not necessarily result in Its contribution process over time resulting level remain poorly understood, exacerbating gap. To advance understanding for implementation, we synthesize emerging debates on with literature environmental policy integration offer framework towards nuanced conceptualization mainstreaming. Our results from case study two Dutch show that managerial actions precede acceleration built environment point learning curve. Furthermore, focuses water sector, green infrastructure, little attention paid intersection heat stress drought other sectors, while differences cases hint influence context. We conclude no blueprint implement adaptation, preferences determine sectors where occur, consideration long-term future change lacking both cities’ implementation. allowed identifying pitfalls level.

Language: Английский

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