Olazabal, M, Galarraga, I, Ford, J orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-3456 et al. (2 more authors) (2019) Are local climate adaptation policies credible? A conceptual and operational assessment framework. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 11 (3). pp. 277-296. ISSN 1946-3138
Abstract
After the Paris Agreement that put stronger emphasis on the development of climate change adaptation policies and on the definition of financing mechanisms, there is a patent need to track whether actual planning efforts are proving sufficient. This entails the development of assessment methods and metrics as plans are drafted and actions implemented. To this end, this paper explores the concept of credibility as a critical issue in climate policy and develops an Adaptation Policy Credibility (APC) conceptual and operational assessment framework for helping to allocate public funding and private investments, and for implementing and catalysing climate policy. Through a pilot testing in four early-adopting cities (Copenhagen, Durban, Quito and Vancouver), a clear potential for large-n tracking and assessment exercises of local climate adaptation plans is envisaged. The APC approach might also be useful to guide individual cities that aim to improve their adaptation planning and policy-making processes.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | Climate adaptation policy; local climate plans; credibility; adaptation tracking; adaptation metrics |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2019 14:34 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19463138.2019.1583234 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144412 |
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