PEER project 1A: A comparative analysis of national adaptation strategies in European Countries
Year: 2008
Type: book
Abstract: In the late 1990s, European countries started the development of adaptation responses to climate change, spearheaded by a few frontrunners such as Finland and the United Kingdom. From 2005, activities accelerated in various other countries, several of which do now have national adaptation strategies. In this new and rapidly evolving area it is useful to learn from each other¿s approaches and experiences. The paper reports on the preliminary results of a comparative analysis of national adaptation action in a dozen EU countries, a project performed by the Partnership of European Environmental Research institutions (PEER). It looks specifically at a number of dimensions, such as the balance between a government-driven top-down approach and a stakeholder-driven bottom-up approach, the way scientific information is developed and made available to adaptation planning, and the problem of multi-level governance. Some illustrative cases are described.
Authors: Robbert Biesbroek, Rob Swart
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1500548746