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A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation

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Title A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation
 
Creator Ulibarri, Nicola
Ajibade, Idowu
Galappaththi, Eranga K
Joe, Elphin Tom
Lesnikowski, Alexandra
Mach, Katharine J
Musah-Surugu, Justice Issah
Alverio, Gabriela Nagle
Segnon, Alcade C
Siders, A. R
Sotnik, Garry
Campbell, Donovan
Chalastani, Vasiliki I
Jagannathan, Kripa
Khavhagali, Vhalinavho
Reckien, Diana
Shang, Yuanyuan
Singh, Chandni
Zommers, Zinta
The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
adaptation
 
Description Governments, businesses, and civil society organizations have diverse policy tools to incentivize adaptation. Policy tools can shape the type and extent of adaptation, and therefore, function either as barriers or enablers for reducing risk and vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of academic literature on global adaptation responses to climate change (n = 1549 peer-reviewed articles), we categorize the types of policy tools used to shape climate adaptation. We apply qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess the contexts where particular tools are used, along with equity implications for groups targeted by the tools, and the tools’ relationships with transformational adaptation indicators such as the depth, scope, and speed of adaptation. We find diverse types of tools documented across sectors and geographic regions. We also identify a mismatch between the tools that consider equity and those that yield more transformational adaptations. Direct regulations, plans, and capacity building are associated with higher depth and scope of adaptation (thus transformational adaptation), while economic instruments, information provisioning, and networks are not; the latter tools, however, are more likely to target marginalized groups in their design and implementation. We identify multiple research gaps, including a need to assess instrument mixes rather than single tools and to assess adaptations that result from policy implementation.
 
Date 2022-01-14
2021-11-29T13:56:44Z
2021-11-29T13:56:44Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ulibarri N, Ajibade I, Galappaththi EK, Joe ET, Lesnikowski A, Mach KJ, Musah-Surugu JI, Alverio GN, Segnon AC, Siders AR, Sotnik G, Campbell D, Chalastani VI, Jagannathan K, Khavhagali V, Reckien D, Shang Y, Singh C, Zommers Z, The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team. 2021. A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation. Climate Policy.
1469-3062
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116375
https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.2002251
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 77-96
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited