Climate Change Challenges and Community-Led Development Strategies: Do They Fit Together in Fisheries Regions?

Marek Furmankiewicz, Richard J. Hewitt, Andrzej Kapusta and Iga Solecka
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Marek Furmankiewicz: Institute of Spatial Management, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland
Richard J. Hewitt: Transport, Infrastructure and Territory Research Group (t-GIS), Geography Department, Faculty of Geography and History, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Andrzej Kapusta: Department of Ichthyology, Stanisław Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecology, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Iga Solecka: Institute of Spatial Management, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-21

Abstract: Coastal and terrestrial fisheries communities in Europe, often economically marginalised, are likely to face severe impacts as climate change becomes more acute. Although progress on climate mitigation and adaptation from national governments remains slow, local development actions can also address these impacts from the bottom up. In this paper we analyse the Fisheries and Sea Operational Programme 2014–2020 and 36 Local Development Strategies prepared within the framework of this programme for the case of Poland. The strategies, which were prepared by cross-sectoral, area-based partnerships known as Fisheries Local Action Groups, are analysed using a content analysis approach. The aim was to assess the degree to which local stakeholders sought to address the climate challenge. We found that the mitigation of climate impacts and the development of renewable energy did not feature prominently in the analysed documents, suggesting that both central policymakers and local stakeholders in Polish fisheries regions had a low level of awareness about the climate problem and their potentially important role in addressing it. Transformation to a post-carbon society undoubtedly requires additional, targeted support and extensive educational activities at the local level, in Poland and elsewhere.

Keywords: neo-endogenous development; Community-Led Local Development; fisheries regions; Fisheries Local Action Groups; climate change mitigation and adaptation; renewable energy; Europeanisation of climate policy; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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