A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation

Ulibarri, N and Ajibade, I and Galappaththi, E K and Joe, E T and Lesnikowski, A and Mach, K J and Musah-Surugu, J I and Alverio, G N and Segnon, A C and Siders, A R and Sotnik, G and Campbell, D and Chalastani, V I and Jagannathan, K and Khavhagali, V and Reckien, D and Shang, Y and Singh, C and Zommers, Z (2021) A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation. Climate Policy, 22 (1). pp. 77-96. ISSN 1752-7457

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Abstract

Governments, businesses, and civil society organizations have diverse policy tools to incentivize adaptation. Policy tools can shape the type and extent of adaptation, and therefore, function either as barriers or enablers for reducing risk and vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of academic literature on global adaptation responses to climate change (n = 1549 peer-reviewed articles), we categorize the types of policy tools used to shape climate adaptation. We apply qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess the contexts where particular tools are used, along with equity implications for groups targeted by the tools, and the tools’ relationships with transformational adaptation indicators such as the depth, scope, and speed of adaptation. We find diverse types of tools documented across sectors and geographic regions. We also identify a mismatch between the tools that consider equity and those that yield more transformational adaptations. Direct regulations, plans, and capacity building are associated with higher depth and scope of adaptation (thus transformational adaptation), while economic instruments, information provisioning, and networks are not; the latter tools, however, are more likely to target marginalized groups in their design and implementation. We identify multiple research gaps, including a need to assess instrument mixes rather than single tools and to assess adaptations that result from policy implementation.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : West & Central Africa
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Climate change adaptation, policy instruments, systematic review, Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative (GAMI), transformational adaptation, equity
Subjects:	Others > Climate Change
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	23 May 2023 06:36
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 06:36
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12098
Official URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693...
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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