Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe
With climate change impacts being felt across Europe, governments have started to invest in designing and implementing adaptation actions. The means through which governments adapt is generally referred to as policy instruments. Although there is a large body of adaptation policy literature emerging...
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| description | With climate change impacts being felt across Europe, governments have started to invest in designing and implementing adaptation actions. The means through which governments adapt is generally referred to as policy instruments. Although there is a large body of adaptation policy literature emerging, our comprehensive understanding of policy instruments is limited nor do we know much about how scholarship on adaptation is addressing critical questions about policy instrument choice and effectiveness to support policy practice. In this article we map academic scholarship on climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe. Using systematic approaches, we identify 184 relevant articles published 2014–2019. Our findings show that research is heavily concentrated on a limited number of western-European countries, with hardly any insights from eastern Europe and smaller countries. Most studies do not connect climate change impacts and risks with policy instruments, making assessment of policy effectiveness difficult, if not impossible. We argue that expanding the geographical scope of future research and enhancing the diversity of study types across Europe is critical for advancing theories on climate change adaptation policy, as well as providing useful recommendations for policy makers to strengthen the solution space and accelerate climate change adaptation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26112ae81308400383026f4a93b1b7be2023-08-09T15:07:58ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262020-01-0115808300510.1088/1748-9326/ab8fd1Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in EuropeRobbert Biesbroek0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2906-1419Aogan Delaney1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1692-5174Wageningen University, Public Administration and Policy , Hollandseweg 1, 6700 EW, Wageningen, The NetherlandsWageningen University, Public Administration and Policy , Hollandseweg 1, 6700 EW, Wageningen, The NetherlandsWith climate change impacts being felt across Europe, governments have started to invest in designing and implementing adaptation actions. The means through which governments adapt is generally referred to as policy instruments. Although there is a large body of adaptation policy literature emerging, our comprehensive understanding of policy instruments is limited nor do we know much about how scholarship on adaptation is addressing critical questions about policy instrument choice and effectiveness to support policy practice. In this article we map academic scholarship on climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe. Using systematic approaches, we identify 184 relevant articles published 2014–2019. Our findings show that research is heavily concentrated on a limited number of western-European countries, with hardly any insights from eastern Europe and smaller countries. Most studies do not connect climate change impacts and risks with policy instruments, making assessment of policy effectiveness difficult, if not impossible. We argue that expanding the geographical scope of future research and enhancing the diversity of study types across Europe is critical for advancing theories on climate change adaptation policy, as well as providing useful recommendations for policy makers to strengthen the solution space and accelerate climate change adaptation.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8fd1climate change adaptationpolicy instrumentsEurope |
| spellingShingle | Robbert Biesbroek Aogan Delaney Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe Environmental Research Letters climate change adaptation policy instruments Europe |
| title | Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe |
| title_full | Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe |
| title_short | Mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Europe |
| title_sort | mapping the evidence of climate change adaptation policy instruments in europe |
| topic | climate change adaptation policy instruments Europe |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8fd1 |
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