Pham, TT, Moeliono, M, Locatelli, B et al. (3 more authors) (2014) Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam. Forests, 5. 2016 - 2036. ISSN 1999-4907
Abstract
Forests play a major role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation, but few policies, if any, integrate these two aspects. Using Indonesia and Vietnam as case studies, we identify challenges at the national level but opportunities at the local level. Although both countries demonstrate political commitment to integrating adaptation and mitigation in their development plans, guidelines for policy and planning treat the two approaches separately. The main challenges identified are lack of knowledge, lack of political will, lack of financial incentives, and fragmentation of mandates and tasks of different government agencies. In contrast, at the local level, integration of mitigation and adaptation is facilitated by subnational autonomy, where mitigation projects might have adaptation co-benefits, and vice versa. Our results also show that many actors have a dual mandate that could bridge adaptation and mitigation if appropriate political and financial incentives are put in place. Successful integration of mitigation and adaptation policies would not only remove contradictions between policies, but also encourage governments that are designing domestic policies to exploit the potential for positive spillovers and realize the benefits of both approaches.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
Keywords: | adaptation; mitigation; synthesis; Indonesia; Vietnam |
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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) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2014 10:42 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2022 15:14 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f5082016 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/f5082016 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80750 |