Sustainable Distribution of Responsibility for Climate Change Adaptation

Åsa Knaggård, Erik Persson and Kerstin Eriksson
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Åsa Knaggård: Department of Political Science, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
Erik Persson: Department of Philosophy, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
Kerstin Eriksson: Safety and Transport, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, 223 70 Lund, Sweden

Challenges, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: To gain legitimacy for climate change adaptation decisions, the distribution of responsibility for these decisions and their implementation needs to be grounded in theories of just distribution and what those affected by decisions see as just. The purpose of this project is to contribute to sustainable spatial planning and the ability of local and regional public authorities to make well-informed and sustainable adaptation decisions, based on knowledge about both climate change impacts and the perceptions of residents and civil servants on what constitutes a sustainable distribution of responsibility. Our aims are: (1) a better understanding of the practical implications of theories about just distribution of responsibility for the choice of local and regional climate adaptation measures; (2) knowledge about what residents and civil servants consider a sustainable distribution of responsibility for climate adaptation measures; and (3) a better understanding of conflicts concerning the distribution of responsibilities and systematic knowledge about the possibilities to manage them. In this interdisciplinary project, we study six municipalities and their residents, and two county administrative boards, all in Sweden, using mixed methods: value theory, document studies, interviews, focus groups, and surveys.

Keywords: climate change adaptation; distribution of responsibility; municipal planning; climate ethics; focus groups; mixed methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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