scholarly journals Reflections on the uptake of climate change policies by local governments: facing the challenges of mitigation and adaptation

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hoppe ◽  
Maya M van den Berg ◽  
Frans HJM Coenen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation

Climate Change Surge: Implementing Stringent Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-183
Author(s):  
Kola Odeku ◽  
Edson Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
African Government ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation Strategies

AbstractThis article examines how the South African government, realizing the country's vulnerability to climate change, deemed it necessary to strengthen adaptation and mitigation measures and put in place legal and institutional frameworks to ensure implementation and compliance. Government must take responsibility for industry's inaction by implementing policies on climate change and, more importantly, through a visible change in government policy to hold industry accountable. The stringent policies and strategies being put in place are reducing vulnerability and also enhancing a broad spectrum of capacity in responding to environmental, climatic, resource and economic perturbations. The article further reviews state of the art methods and tools available to strengthen mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures in the areas of the existing frameworks regarding climate change. It also considers various measures by Eskom in particular, and strategies embarked upon by South Africa's national and local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

scholarly journals Arctic Climate Interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-617
Author(s):  
Daniel Bodansky ◽  
Hugh Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate System ◽  
Arctic Climate ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Arctic Ice

Abstract The melting of the Arctic poses enormous risks both to the Arctic itself and to the global climate system. Conventional climate change policies operate too slowly to save the Arctic, so unconventional approaches need to be considered, including technologies to refreeze Arctic ice and slow the melting of glaciers. Even if one believes that global climate interventions, such as injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to scatter sunlight, pose unacceptable risks and should be disqualified from consideration, Arctic interventions differ in important respects. They are closer in kind to conventional mitigation and adaptation and should be evaluated in similar terms. It is unclear whether they are feasible and would be effective in saving the Arctic. But given the importance of the Arctic, they should be investigated fully.

scholarly journals Integration of Forest and Climate Change Policies in Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ganesh Paudel ◽  
Shankar Adhikari ◽  
Prabin Bhusal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Forest Policies ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
User Groups

Climate change poses threats to forest ecosystems, forest dependent communities and society as a whole. Incorporation of climate change in forest policy and vice-versa is essential to effectively deal with climate change impacts while managing forest. Review of climate change and forest policies, incorporating forestry and climate change issues has not been substantially discussed and analyzed yet in Nepal. In this paper we aim to review the climate change and forest policies in terms of its content, relevancy and adequacy. We reviewed five forest policies and three climate change related plans and policies regarding integration of forest and climate change issues in respective policies. Our review reveals that forest policies contain notable provisions in regard to the contribution of forestry to climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, new and emerging issues such as climate refugia and invasive species are least concerned in forest policies. Climate change policies also contain provisions for forest management focusing on the mobilization of forest user groups for carrying out adaptation activities at the local level. However, the implementation of both polices seems poor due to lack of legal framework. Therefore, formulation of legal framework for implementation of these policies is essential. Similarly, we suggest both policies need to be revised incorporating the provisions based on scientific findings and field experience.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Chinese Regulatory Planning in Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change: Comparative Analysis Based on Q Methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9701
Author(s):  
Chengzhi Yin ◽  
Jianhua Xiao ◽  
Tianqi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Plan Implementation ◽  
Master Plans ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
Rate Building

With cities considered the main source of carbon emissions, urban planning could mitigate and help adapt to climate change, given the allocation and regulation of public policies of urban spatial resources. China’s regulatory planning remains the basis for building permission in the original urban and rural planning, and the new territorial spatial planning systems, determining the quality of urban plan implementation. Comprehensive regulatory plans effectively reduce carbon emissions. This study employs Q methodology to compare and analyze urban planners’ and practitioners’ perceptions of China’s regulatory planning in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The findings show that while regulatory planning is key, potential deficiencies include the gaps between regulatory from master plans, capacity shortages of designations and indicators, and unequal rights and responsibilities of local governments. However, mandatory indicators in regulatory planning, especially “greening rate,” “building density,” “land use type,” and “application of renewable energy technologies to the development of municipal infrastructure” could effectively mitigate climate change. “Greening rate” is the core indicator in regulatory planning since it provides empirical evidence for the “green space effect”. This study indicates that local customization of combined regulation of greening rate and green spaces could help mitigate and help China adapt to climate change.

scholarly journals Enlightening the coastal communities of Bengkalis Island on climate change policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 1664-1673
Author(s):  
Afni Zulkifli ◽  
Triono Dul Hakim ◽  
Vita Amelia
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation

Coastal communities are some of the most vulnerable groups to the effects of climate change. The Non-Governmental Organization of the Environmental Malay Youth Institute (LSM IPMPL), a partner of the three villages on Bengkalis Island, has traced the communities’ ignorance of climate change policies to the poor digital literacy of community members. This has had an impact on the involvement of community components and local village governments in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. This community service provides assistance, socialization, and training to improve the literacy of the coastal communities of Bengkalis Island, especially as it concerns their access to climate change policies. The results of this activity show an increase in the communities’ knowledge, abilities, skills, and digital awareness of the government's efforts towards forming a climate-resilient society. Furthermore, the activity produced social impact as it increased peace, improved the community's economy and improved the quality of the community's living environment.

Climate Change Policies—Mitigation and Adaptation at the Local Level

2011 ◽  
pp. 261-287
Author(s):  
Lara Lázaro Touza ◽  
Elena López-Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Environmental Policy Integration ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
Global Energy Consumption

Despite city level involvement in climate change policies since the 90’s existing understanding on how cities address climate change is still limited. Yet cities are key in dealing with climate change as they account for two thirds of global energy consumption, three fourths of CO2 emissions and their mitigation potential is significant. In order to advance current understanding on cities and climate change, semi-structured elite interviews were conducted. Data has been analysed using the Environmental Policy Integration (EPI) framework as a pre-requisite for sustainable development in Madrid, one of the EU cities expected to be significantly affected by climate change. The EPI theoretical framework has been used elsewhere in the literature for the analysis of other national and sectorial environmental issues and is applied in this chapter to the local level for the analysis of climate change policies. The research method is hence deductive in nature. The main findings indicate that progress has been made as regards mitigation. Adaptation is occurring spontaneously in sectors already experiencing impacts; however adaptation is poorly integrated into a comprehensive local climate policy.

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