Aiding multi-level decision-making processes for climate change mitigation and adaptation |
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Authors: | Katherine A Daniell María A Máñez Costa Nils Ferrand Ashley B Kingsborough Peter Coad Irina S Ribarova |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for Policy Innovation, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia;(2) UMR G-EAU, Cemagref, 361 rue JF Breton BP 5095, 34196 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;(3) Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QY Oxford, United Kingdom;(4) Hornsby Shire Council, PO BOX 37, Hornsby, NSW, 1630, Australia;(5) Faculty of Hydrotechnics, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodezy, 1 Hr. Smirnenski blvd, 1046 Sofia, Bulgaria;(6) Department Economics and Policy, Climate Service Center (CSC), Bundesstrasse 45a, 20146 Hamburg, Germany |
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Abstract: | Progress towards climate change aware regional sustainable development is affected by actions at multiple spatial scales and
governance levels and equally impacts actions at these scales. Many authors and policy practitioners consider therefore that
decisions over policy, mitigation strategies and capacity for adaptation to climate change require construction and coordination
over multiple levels of governance to arrive at acceptable local, regional and global management strategies. However, how
such processes of coordination and decision-aiding can occur and be maintained and improved over time is a major challenge
in need of investigation. We take on this challenge by proposing research-supported methods of aiding multi-level decision-making
processes in this context. Four example regionally focussed multi-level case studies from diverse socio-political contexts
are outlined—estuarine management in Australia’s Lower Hawkesbury, flood and drought management in Bulgaria’s Upper Iskar
Basin, climate policy integration in Spain’s Comunidad Valenciana and food security in Bangladesh’s Faridpur District—from
which insights are drawn. Our discussion focuses on exploring these insights including: (1) the possible advantages of informal
research-supported processes and specifically those that provide individual arenas of participation for different levels of
stakeholders; (2) the complexity of organisation processes required for aiding multi-level decision-making processes; and
(3) to what extent progress towards integrated regional policies for climate change aware sustainable development can be achieved
through research-supported processes. We finish with a speculative section that provides ideas and directions for future research. |
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