scholarly journals Synergies in the Land Use Sector: What Is the Best Policy Approach When Co-benefits and Trade-offs Are Involved?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (53) ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
Martin Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Welfare Gains ◽  
Deep Uncertainty ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Welfare Implications

AbstractMitigation and adaptation are the main strategies to address climate change. Both of them are interrelated instruments and key elements of an integral approach to tackle the phenomenon. This interrelation is particularly strong in the land use sector, an area in which practically any policy has a significant effect on the goals of both strategies. Yet, in practice, mitigation and adaptation are treated as two different instruments. A poor understanding about the interactions between the mentioned strategies remains as a barrier to implement the integrated approach. To contribute to fill-in this knowledge gap, a hypothetical ecologic-economic system simulated under deep uncertainty was used to test environmental and welfare implications of different policy configurations. Taking the unregulated economy as a benchmark, the outcomes of the mentioned interventions were classified as synergies or different forms of trade-offs. Results indicate that measures based on internalization of externalities overcame monetary compensation schemes. Moreover, when externalities were corrected, synergies were more frequent and associated to higher environmental and welfare gains. Furthermore, the policy configuration that exhibited best synergic properties was an intervention integrating mitigation and adaptation measures. This indicates that synergies may be more accessible than previously considered, however, current policy approach and incentives may not be the best tools to trigger them.

scholarly journals Adaptation can help mitigation: an integrated approach to post-2012 climate policy

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Bosello ◽  
Carlo Carraro ◽  
Enrica De Cian
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Integrated Assessment Model ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Optimal Mix

AbstractThis paper analyzes the optimal mix of adaptation and mitigation expenditures in a cost-effective setting, in which countries cooperate to achieve a long-term stabilization target (550 CO2-eq). It uses an Integrated Assessment Model (AD-WITCH) that describes the relationships between different adaptation modes (reactive and anticipatory), mitigation and capacity building to analyze the optimal portfolio of adaptation measures. Results show that the optimal intertemporal distribution of climate policy measures is characterized by early investments in mitigation followed by large adaptation expenditures a few decades later. Hence, the possibility of adapting does not justify postponing mitigation. Moreover, a climate change policy combining mitigation and adaptation is less costly than mitigation alone. In this sense mitigation and adaptation are shown to be strategic complements rather than mutually exclusive.

scholarly journals Conflict or Coordination? The Interactions between Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
huiqin jiang ◽  
Miao-miao Chen ◽  
Yixuan Li ◽  
Xinxiao Shao ◽  
Jianqiang Bao
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Coordination Model ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Panel Vector Autoregression ◽  
Coordination Degree

Abstract As two important strategies to reduce adverse climate effects, mitigation and adaptation actions can interact, resulting in synergies or trade-offs. Using data from 30 Chinese provinces from 2008 to 2017, this study employs a panel vector autoregression (PVAR) model to study the interactive relationships between mitigation and adaptation. Moreover, based on the coupling coordination model, this paper investigates the coordination degree of mitigation and adaptation in China. The results show that 1) there is Granger causality between mitigation and adaptation, and the positive impact of mitigation on adaptation is greater than the negative impact of adaptation on mitigation. Therefore, an integrated approach that considers these interactions can help enhance synergy and create a win-win situation. 2) The dynamic relationship between mitigation and adaptation in China has reached a barely balanced stage, and there are large regional differences. 3) Compared with the mitigation evaluation value, the adaptation evaluation value has a more positive effect on promoting an increase in the coordination degree. These findings can contribute to the formulation of effective regional sustainable development strategies.

Megaregulator as a Result of Evolution of Financial Regulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-74
Author(s):  
Oleg Buklemishev ◽  
Yuriy Danilov ◽  
Rostislav Kokorev
Keyword(s):  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Main Trend ◽  
Twin Peaks ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Regulatory Mandates ◽  
Natural Result

Current transition to mega-regulation is the main trend of the financial regulatory reform. The paper examines this transition in a historical context as a natural result of evolution of the industrial organisation under globalization and conglomeration of financial sector. Alternative models of mega-regulation are dicussed: the “integral” approach, under which regulatory functions are concentrated within a single body, and the model of “twin peaks”, when regulatory mandates are distributed between two institutions on the functional principle (macro stability and consumer financial protection). We prove that despite current bias towards integrated approach, demerging of regulators within the framework of the “twin peaks” model has a key advantage of eliminating intra-institutional regulatory trade-offs.

scholarly journals Negotiating Land for Flood Using an Environmental Citizenship Approach

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir ◽  
Hadjichambis ◽  
Paraskeva-Hadjichambi
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Environmental Citizenship ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Difference

Flooding is a wide-range natural hazard that noticeably damages property, people, and the environment. In the context of climate change, the integration of spatial planning with flood-risk management has gained prominence as an approach to mitigating the risks of flooding. Land use is regulated through various mixes of top-down laws, regulations and governance structures and sets of locally based practices that can vary widely across localities and contexts. These under-researched aspects can often make the difference between success and failure in implementing new insights and proposals for better nature-based and diverse technological solutions for flood storage. Generally, water management has first dealt with technical and hydrological issues before addressing land management, and then found implementation to be hampered by the lack of land management approaches. Land owners/users are often regarded as mere recipients of water management, not as key stakeholders. Most existing research initiatives on water-related risks focus on technical or hydrological aspects, forecasting, disaster management, or institutional governance aspects. Approaches for collaborating with private land users to realize mitigation and adaptation measures on private land are lacking both in theory and practice. The absence of dialogue tools and collaborative approaches, lack of access to integrated and high-quality information and technologies and tools to use information, are among the factors that impede this integration. Limited research has been conducted to develop a framework and to investigate the interplay between involvement, information and technologies in this integration. These shortcomings could be resolved through an integrated approach which can be based on the features and characteristics of an environmental citizenship. Based on the definition provided by ENEC, an environmental citizen has the necessary knowledge, skills, values, and beliefs to effective public participation and stakeholders’ engagement in solving controversial environmental problems and therefore to negotiate land for flood within a sustainable context. Starting from the definitions of environmental citizen and environmental citizenship, this paper will try to provide an approach for smoothening the process of negotiating land for flood as a key tool for mitigating the risk of flooding through sustainable cooperation with land users.

Managing catchments for multiple objectives: the implications of land use change for salinity, biodiversity and economics

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Bathgate ◽  
Julian Seddon ◽  
John Finalyson ◽  
Ron Hacker
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Woody Perennials ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Farm Profit ◽  
The Impact

Policy developed for the management of natural resources in agricultural landscapes in recent years has emphasised the need for an integrated approach. Operationally however, natural resource objectives have been pursued independently with little consideration of the link between components of ecosystems and therefore the possibility of trade-offs between components. In the absence of this information, decision makers cannot adequately assess the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for improving the condition of the natural resource base. The aim of this study is to assess the extent of trade-offs between multiple catchment objectives viz. biodiversity, stream salinity, stream yield, salt load, sequestration of carbon and farm profit in the Little River Catchment in Central New South Wales. Seven scenarios describing different land use alternatives for the catchment were assessed using spatial datasets of catchment characteristics. A suite of models was used to determine the impact of land use change on these characteristics over a 50-year timeframe. The results of the analysis indicate that changes in farm production methods may deliver small improvements in some indicators of catchment health. However, significant improvements would require the establishment of large areas of woody perennials and this is only likely to occur with significant public investment, given the consequent large reduction in farm profit. Trade-offs between several catchment indicators were identified. Significantly the benefits of reducing stream salinity were outweighed by the losses resulting from reduced stream flow. Generally, the financial benefits of improving the indicators of resource condition were low relative to the investment required. It was concluded therefore that the environmental value of these improvements would need to be substantial to justify the investment.

scholarly journals Carbon Dynamics in the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau from 1990 to 2030 Using Landsat Land Use/Cover Change Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingye Li ◽  
Jian Gong ◽  
Jean-Michel Guldmann ◽  
Shicheng Li ◽  
Jie Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Sharp Decrease ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Qinghai Lake ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Ecosystem Carbon ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Impact

Land use/cover change (LUCC) has an important impact on the terrestrial carbon cycle. The spatial distribution of regional carbon reserves can provide the scientific basis for the management of ecosystem carbon storage and the formulation of ecological and environmental policies. This paper proposes a method combining the CA-based FLUS model and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model to assess the temporal and spatial changes in ecosystem carbon storage due to land-use changes over 1990–2015 in the Qinghai Lake Basin (QLB). Furthermore, future ecosystem carbon storage is simulated and evaluated over 2020–2030 under three scenarios of natural growth (NG), cropland protection (CP), and ecological protection (EP). The long-term spatial variations in carbon storage in the QLB are discussed. The results show that: (1) Carbon storage in the QLB decreased at first (1990–2000) and increased later (2000–2010), with total carbon storage increasing by 1.60 Tg C (Teragram: a unit of mass equal to 1012 g). From 2010 to 2015, carbon storage displayed a downward trend, with a sharp decrease in wetlands and croplands as the main cause; (2) Under the NG scenario, carbon reserves decrease by 0.69 Tg C over 2020–2030. These reserves increase significantly by 6.77 Tg C and 7.54 Tg C under the CP and EP scenarios, respectively, thus promoting the benign development of the regional ecological environment. This study improves our understanding on the impact of land-use change on carbon storage for the QLB in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP).

scholarly journals Comments about Urban Bioclimate Aspects for Consideration in Urban Climate and Planning Issues in the Era of Climate Change

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 546
Author(s):  
Andreas Matzarakis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Urban Heat

In the era of climate change, before developing and establishing mitigation and adaptation measures that counteract urban heat island (UHI) effects [...]

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document