Identifying Policy Actions Supporting Weather-Related Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in Finland

Heikki Tuomenvirta, Hilppa Gregow, Atte Harjanne, Sanna Luhtala, Antti Mäkelä, Karoliina Pilli-Sihvola, Sirkku Juhola, Mikael Hildén, Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio, Ilkka T. Miettinen and Mikko Halonen
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Heikki Tuomenvirta: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Hilppa Gregow: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Atte Harjanne: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Sanna Luhtala: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Antti Mäkelä: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Karoliina Pilli-Sihvola: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Sirkku Juhola: Ecosystems and Environment Research Program and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Mikael Hildén: Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Latokartanonkaari 11, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland
Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Latokartanonkaari 9, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland
Ilkka T. Miettinen: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio, Finland
Mikko Halonen: Gaia Consulting Oy, FI-00120 Helsinki, Finland

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 13, 1-15

Abstract: Climate change adaptation (CCA) policies require scientific input to focus on relevant risks and opportunities, to promote effective and efficient measures and ensure implementation. This calls for policy relevant research to formulate salient policy recommendations. This article examines how CCA research may contribute to policy recommendations in the light of idealized set of knowledge production attributes for policy development in Finland. Using general background information on the evolution of CCA research and a case study, we specifically examine how the set of attributes have been manifested in research serving CCA and discuss how they have affected the resulting policy recommendations. We conclude that research serving CCA can be improved by more explicit reflection on the attributes that pay attention to the context of application, the methods of teamwork and a variety of participating organizations, transdisciplinarity of the research, reflexivity based on the values and labour ethos of scientists and novel forms of extended peer review. Such attributes can provide a necessary, although not sufficient, condition for knowledge production that strives to bridge the gap between research and policy.

Keywords: climate change; climate risks; weather risks; climate change adaptation; disaster risk management; national adaptation policy; policy implementation; policy recommendations; knowledge attributes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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