Prepared for climate change? A method for the ex-ante assessment of formal responsibilities for climate adaptation in specific sectors

Prepared for climate change? A method for the ex-ante assessment of formal responsibilities for climate adaptation in specific sectors

Climate change-related risks encompass an intensification of extreme weather events, such as fluvial and pluvial flooding, droughts, storms, and heat stress. A transparent and comprehensive division of responsibilities is a necessary—but not the only—precondition for being prepared for climate chang...

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Published in:Regional environmental change Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 1389 - 1400
Main Authors: Runhaar, H. A. C., Uittenbroek, C. J., van Rijswick, H. F. M. W., Mees, H. L. P., Driessen, P. P. J., Gilissen, H. K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-06-2016
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Adaptability
Adaptation to climate change
Assessment method
Climate adaptation
Climate Change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Critical infrastructures
Drought
Droughts
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental impact
Environmental policy
Extreme weather
Geography
Global temperature changes
Governance
Heat tolerance
Internet
Methods
Nature Conservation
Oceanography
Original Article
Regional/Spatial Science
Responsibilities
Adaptation to climate change
Responsibilities
Internet
Governance
Critical infrastructures
Assessment method
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Summary:Climate change-related risks encompass an intensification of extreme weather events, such as fluvial and pluvial flooding, droughts, storms, and heat stress. A transparent and comprehensive division of responsibilities is a necessary—but not the only—precondition for being prepared for climate change. In this paper, we present, and preliminarily test, a method for the ex-ante assessment of the division of public and private responsibilities for climate adaptation in terms of comprehensiveness, transparency, legitimacy, and effectiveness. This method proofs particularly suited for the assessment of adaptation responsibilities in combination with a sectoral approach. It helps identifying a number of shortcomings in divisions of responsibilities for climate adaptation. We conclude that this method is useful as a diagnostic tool for identifying the expected climate change preparedness level, and recommend to combine this with ex-post analyses of real-life cases of extreme events in order to assess the actual preparedness for climate change. Besides the scientific purpose of providing a generally applicable assessment method, with this method, we also intend to assist policy-makers in developing and implementing adaptation plans at various levels.
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ISSN:1436-3798
1436-378X
DOI:10.1007/s10113-015-0866-2