Climate policy processes, local institutions, and adaptation actions
Mechanisms of translation and influence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12929567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arun Agarwal (0000-0003-4191-408X, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Nicolas Perrin (0000-0002-7756-6323, World Bank), Ashwini Chhatre (0000-0002-5374-7867, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Catherine Benson (University of Michigan), Minna Kononen (Global Environment Facility) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 565-579 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/wcc.193 |
| OpenAlex | W2125698822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 59 |
This paper reviews and synthesizes the published literature on decentralization of renewable resources and development interventions to identify four key lessons for future adaptation planning at the national level. After presenting an analysis of why studies of decentralization reforms are relevant to adaptation planning, the paper examines priority adaptation projects identified by 47 Least Developed Countries in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs). Our research analyzes the range of institutional instruments and relationships visible in contemporary decentralization reforms. The four major lessons for adaptation planning concern the need for national adaptation planners to: (1) attend systematically to local institutions relevant to adaptation and increase local capacity through transfers of information, financial, and technical resources; (2) empower communities and local governments by increasing local autonomy so as to decentralize adaptation planning and implementation; (3) create mechanisms for information sharing among decision makers across sectors and levels of decision making; and (4) improve accountability of local decision makers to their constituents. WIREs Clim Change 2012, 3:565–579. doi: 10.1002/wcc.193 This article is categorized under: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change > Institutions for Adaptation
Accountability · Adaptation (eye · Autonomy · Business · Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Decentralization · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Psychological intervention · Vulnerability (computing · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 40 |
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| Citations per year | 2,86 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |