Overcoming Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation—A Question of Multilevel Governance?

Helene Amundsen, Frode Berglund and Hege Westskog
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Helene Amundsen: CICERO Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research—Oslo, Pb 1129 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Frode Berglund: Statistics Norway, Pb 8131 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway
Hege Westskog: CICERO Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research—Oslo, Pb 1129 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway

Environment and Planning C, 2010, vol. 28, issue 2, 276-289

Abstract: This paper analyses the results from two surveys which were sent to all Norwegian municipalities in 2007 and gives an overview of adaptation measures undertaken by local governments. Our analyses show that municipalities have more often invested in measures related to extreme precipitation and flooding than in measures for securing buildings and infrastructure against climate change. One key factor explaining their efforts is whether they have experienced extreme events. Hence adaptation efforts are mainly reactive. With a changing climate comes a greater demand for proactive adaptation processes, as well as knowledge of how adaptation policies and measures could be implemented successfully. This paper emphasises the importance of enhancing institutional capacity in order to address the challenges of climate change adaptation at the municipal level; and asserts that a multilevel governance framework is a way of advancing proactive adaptation and overcoming the identified barriers to adaptation.

Date: 2010
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