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Climate Change Governance: The Challenge for Politics and Public Administration, Enterprises and Civil Society Kapitel lesen Erstes Kapitel lesen

Climate Change Governance

herausgegeben von: Jörg Knieling, Walter Leal Filho

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buchreihe : Climate Change Management

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Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which is closely related to state and public administrative systems and the behaviour of private actors, including the business sector, as well as the civil society and non-governmental organisations. Questions of climate change governance deal both with mitigation and adaptation whilst at the same time trying to devise effective ways of managing the consequences of these measures across the different sectors. Many books have been produced on general matters related to climate change, such as climate modelling, temperature variations, sea level rise, but, to date, very few publications have addressed the political, economic and social elements of climate change and their links with governance. This book will address this gap. Furthermore, a particular feature of this book is that it not only presents different perspectives on climate change governance, but it also introduces theoretical approaches and brings these together with practical examples which show how main principles may be implemented in practice.

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Frontmatter
Climate Change Governance: The Challenge for Politics and Public Administration, Enterprises and Civil Society
Abstract
Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which is closely related to state and public administrative systems and the behaviour of private actors, including the business sector, as well as the civil society and non-governmental organisations. Questions of climate change governance deal both with mitigation and adaptation whilst at the same time trying to devise effective ways of managing the consequences of these measures across the different sectors.
Jörg Knieling, Walter Leal Filho

Theoretical and Conceptual Framing of Climate Change Governance

Frontmatter
Conceptualising Climate Change Governance
Abstract
The projected impacts of climate change, not only flooding and the urban heat island, but also gradual changes, such as biodiversity loss or a reduction in the groundwater level, can become societal problems. The complex inter-relationships between stakeholders and societal coordination can be included under the term “governance”. The attributes of climate change governance will be outlined in this chapter. Attention is focused on societal scopes for designing and regulating climate change. Firstly, the specific demands for climate change governance are presented. Subsequently, the term governance is introduced, together with its various applications, and the different approaches and concepts regarding climate change governance are discussed. The conceptualisation of climate change governance is based on this spectrum. As this paper discusses, climate change governance is not an entirely new concept, but one that has many parallels with existing models for governance in other settings. Nevertheless, a re-evaluation of its role in this context still appears reasonable since climate change-related measures are characterised by specific features requiring their own regulatory framework. This includes the cooperation of different institutions and actors in addition to hierarchical forms of regulation, and describes the development of self-organising structures. Climate change governance can therefore be described as a broad range of options of coordination concerning climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Jannes Fröhlich, Jörg Knieling
Governance of Wicked Climate Adaptation Problems
Abstract
Climate change adaptation has been called a “wicked problem par excellence.” Wicked problems are hard to define because ‘the formulation of the problem is the problem; they are considered a symptom of another problem; they are highly resistant to solutions and extremely interconnected with other problems. Climate change problems are even more complex because they lack a well-structured policy domain, and knowledge about climate change is uncertain and contested. Given the wicked characteristics of the climate issue and its particular challenges, the question is which theories are useful starting points for the governance of climate adaptation? The chapter distinguishes between theories and concepts that focus on reflexivity, on resilience, on responsiveness and on revitalisation. Instead of integrating these theories in one overarching governance approach, the chapter suggests an approach of theoretical multiplicity. It proposes that exploiting the variety of concepts and strategies based on the different theories can increase the governance capacity to deal with climate change. Finally, it addresses the moral dimension of wicked problems, which suggests that it is unacceptable to treat a wicked problem as though it were a tame one. Governance scholars nowadays risk raising expectations far beyond their ability to deliver, and thus enhance confusions over whether wicked problems are in fact tame ones.
Catrien Termeer, Art Dewulf, Gerard Breeman
Normative Principles for Adaptation to Climate Change Policy Design and Governance
Abstract
Recognising climate change as a highly complicated and basically unstructured problem, the purpose of this paper is to suggest a theoretical frame supplemented with practical elements for adaptation to climate change policy design in the context of the requirements of sustainable development normative principles and criteria. The paper attempts to break the business-as-usual approach to policy design and decision-making practice concerning complicated and unstructured problems. The first recommendation for achieving that purpose is the application of a systemic and analytical approach to the elaboration process of adaptation policy, required by the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and reflecting the systemic nature of climate systems and climate change. The second recommendation touches on sustainable development principles, as well as appropriate criteria to be taken into account when proceeding from one policy cycle stage to another. Analysis of experiences from international and Latvian climate change and adaptation policy led to the conclusion of the necessity for a more systemic approach to exploring and managing the risks and benefits related to climate change. It also concluded that an adequate database should be established for assessing socio-economic effects and improving the system of forecast models, including systems related to natural ecosystems and human welfare. Addressing adaptation to climate change from the social dimension and emphasising the national (state) level as the foundation for resolving the issue in a systemic way (minimising risks and maximising benefits), the paper suggests a new approach for practical analysis and preparation of a set of policies employing cause and effect cognition.
Ieva Bruneniece, Maris Klavins
Multi-Level Climate Governance: Strategic Selectivities in International Politics
Abstract
This chapter deals with the challenge of policy definition, cooperation and coordination in a complex system of multi-level governance faced by decision-makers in international politics today, using the example of international climate governance. The practical, as well as the analytical challenge, of said system of multi-level governance lies in its dynamic structure, which includes the vertical (i.e. domestic and foreign; subnational, national, and international) and horizontal levels (structure of decision-making processes in international institutions) of international politics, the participation of non-state actors, and the inter-linkages and interdependencies between all policy fields and levels involved. More often than not, intentions and interests on the different levels are disparate and difficult to harmonise, which can result in less than ideal policy strategies, are likely to “get lost” in the multi-level governance system. International climate governance and the difficulties with institutionalising an all-encompassing climate protection strategy can be seen as an example of a policy field that is “lost in multi-level governance.” This will be illustrated in the following chapter by analysing five dimensions of climate governance and how they hamper successful climate governance—and thus climate protection—at the international level.
Achim Brunnengräber
Cities and Governance: Coming to Terms with Climate Challenges
Abstract
If cities are to meet the challenges of climate change, effective solutions must be anchored in an empowered city governance approach. Empowered city governance depends on building effective decision-making in this volatile policy field, in developing evidence-based policy-making, and in building strong city governments capable of performing as new sites of governance in global negotiations on climate change. The objectives of this paper are twofold: first, to map the core risks for cities associated with climate change; second, as a governance response, to build a more informed set of planning norms and practices, more effective infrastructure investment and urban management, and a more inclusive urban governance.
Patricia McCarney
Local Climate Governance and the Role of Cooperatives
Abstract
Global climate change and its consequences have led to a wide-ranging re-evaluation process in political and business circles. Two prominent reports––the Stern Review from 2006 and the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007)––underscore the fact that the impact of global warming can no longer be contained at an acceptable level unless emissions are reduced dramatically. Hence, the pressure to act is quite high: comprehensive technical, political and societal innovations have to be implemented within a very short timeframe at global, regional and local levels. But this can only happen if a fundamental re-orientation also takes place within society. At the same time, and due to recent economic crises, sustainable forms of entrepreneurship have returned to the public agenda. One promising form of sustainable social and economic organisation is the cooperative (Genossenschaft): for their members, cooperatives represent an opportunity to shape their local communities and environments while sharing resources, knowledge and economic power to their benefit. With a rising number of new cooperatives in the sectors of energy/water, housing/construction, consumption and mobility explicitly referring to climate protection, climate-related activities, in turn, have the potential to inject new life into the cooperative movement and to provide innovative, collective approaches to local climate governance. This following article analyses and discusses the current and potential future roles of cooperatives in the development of local, climate-friendly governance strategies. After a short description of the concept of local climate governance and an introductory definition of cooperatives, the authors will outline research gaps in both fields, and finish with some thoughts on the future role of cooperatives. In addition, the authors aim to make a substantial contribution to discussions about the importance of the role of bottom-up strategies in the transition towards a climate-friendly society.
Carolin Schröder, Heike Walk
Forecasting the Adoption of Emerging Energy Technologies: Managing Climate Change, Governance and Evolving Social Values
Abstract
With the link between fossil fuel use and climate change now almost universally accepted, tackling greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) has become a subject of great social urgency and technological challenge. A variety of models exist, or are under development, for analyzing the role of more sustainable systems, such as renewable energy technologies, in mitigating climate change. However, the direct cost of these technologies is generally higher than that of fossil fuel systems. Methods are needed to more fully account for external factors, societal impacts, and social values associated with fossil fuels versus sustainable energy systems. This paper presents a conceptual model targeted at informing energy policy in order to bring about improvements to inform the management of energy resources so that they can be optimized for climate change. This would then yield a set of governance actions. The model builds on Linstone’s multiple perspectives: technical, organizational, and personal, by attempting to forecast technology development along these perspectives. Thus, factors enabling faster and better adoption by consumers, and faster and more efficient development by organizations are evaluated by taking the potential technological improvements into account.
Tugrul Daim, Kelly Cowan, Wayne Wakeland, Hosein Fallah, Patricia Holahan

Case Studies I: Policy-related and Governmental Approaches

Climate Change Issues and Malaysian Initiatives
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to describe Malaysian climate change experiences, to highlight the lack of Malaysian initiatives in drafting a national policy on climate change, the structures, activities and national agenda of climate change issues. A description of possible climate change impacts on Malaysia, some facts and figures together with activities, structures and the national agenda are provided in this study. This study emphasises that sustainable long-term economic policy requires a workable framework for climate change and vulnerabilities that have not yet been covered in the national economy. Malaysia must visualise appropriate futures and frameworks on climate change issues, potential changes and national initiatives for planning strategies to reduce vulnerabilities. This study draws attention to the fact that Malaysia ranked 52 out of 57 in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) in 2009. Malaysian climate protection performance still lags behind other countries in the region. This study evaluates and discusses current information about on-going policy preparations on climate change issues, and provides a critical review to improve Malaysian climate change-related initiatives.
Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Abdul Hamid Jaafar, Mohammad Nurul Azam, Fatimah Kari, Syed Omar Syed Agil
Climate Change and the Role of Spatial Planning in England
Abstract
The evidence gathered from academic literature and policy sources leave little doubt that the planning system has a major part to play in climate change policy agenda. However, the extent to which spatial planning in England has leverage in tackling climate change depends largely on how broadly it is defined and what level and types of interventions, tools and resources are available to it. Adopting a broader definition of spatial planning, its place-shaping role can be practised in three interrelated ways: proactive interventions in the way places are developed; regulatory interventions in how others undertake their own activities; and strategic coordination, which enables participation and policy integration. Over the past decade, national policy expectations from planning to respond to climate change have grown considerably, and the role of planning has been elevated from promoting climate protection to ensuring policy delivery. However, less attention has been paid to how its role can be framed. The bewildering array of tasks allocated to planning in both policy documents and academic literature can take away the urgency of the response and the need to focus on critical climate policies in which planning can be most effective. Hence, by classifying climate policies into the three key areas of energy supply, energy demand and adaptation, this chapter aims to identify policy areas that are most relevant to planning intervention for each category. Based on this approach, the chapter provides a conceptual framework by mapping the three policy areas against the three types of planning interventions mentioned above.
Simin Davoudi
The Need for Adaptive Water Governance: Lessons from Canada and Chile
Abstract
This chapter assesses institutional learning and water governance in both Chile and Canada. This chapter is based on the findings of vulnerability assessments and interviews with key stakeholders and people employed in water governance in Chile and Canada. In order to support adaptive water governance, learning must be nurtured. This requires better vertical and horizontal institutional coordination and integration to facilitate dissemination of findings and data as well as improved clarity of roles in water governance. Government has an important role to play; this cannot be left to private actors. This chapter presents findings from an institutional adaptation to climate change project conducted in both Chile and Canada. This study is important as Chile and Canada have very different water governance regimes; the former is privatized and the latter publicly owned and privately licensed.
Harry P. Diaz, Margot Hurlbert
Climate Change Adaptation: Institutional Approaches for Developing Countries
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the institutional development approaches that may be adopted to enhance the capacity of developing countries to adapt to the consequences of climate change. The approach of the chapter is to reflect on the impacts of climate change on developing countries in the context of their peculiar vulnerabilities as a step towards identifying the institutional development approaches which could adequately respond to those vulnerabilities and support climate change adaptation mechanisms in those countries. The chapter argues that the impact of climate change in the developing world would be exacerbated by excessive reliance on natural resources, poverty, weak technical and organisational capacity and a potential socio-cultural resistance to scientific and technical adaptation mechanisms. To respond to these challenges, the chapter dwells on experiences in Ghana to discuss national- and local-level institutional reforms as well as international cooperation that could be adopted by developing countries to enhance their resilience to the impacts of climate change, with an emphasis on sustainable agriculture and food security. The chapter would be a useful guide to governments in the developing world in preparing their nations to adapt to climate change, as well as non-governmental and international organisations involved in supporting developing countries in that pursuit.
Peter Appiah Obeng, Joseph Boateng Agyenim
Climate Adaptive Planning for Preventing Heat-related Health Impacts in New York City
Abstract
This paper explores the formal planning processes used by cities and local governments to adapt to and mitigate the hazards associated with current climate variability and expected climate change. Increased rates of mortality and morbidity due to summertime heat are a significant problem in New York City (NYC) and for many cities around the world, and are expected to increase with a warming climate. Populations may be at increased risk because of greater heat exposure—for example, due to the urban heat island (UHI)—or by virtue of demographic, social, or medical risk factors. Those at greater risk for heat-related health impacts in American cities include the elderly, low-income and communities of color, those with limited mobility and little social contact, those with pre-existing health conditions, and those lacking access to public facilities and public transportation. A case study describes the initial work of the NYC Climate Adaptation Task Force and the formal planning undertaken by the city to prevent heat-related health effects from excessive summertime heat. A community-based adaptation planning process may help address the social justice dimension of the impacts of extreme events and climate change in NYC while increasing the effectiveness of adaptive programs and policies. This paper represents primary research into the climate adaptation strategies of municipalities and could be useful for a range of urban actors.
Joyce Klein Rosenthal, Dana Brechwald
Governance Tools for Local Energy Autonomy
Abstract
Central to the very idea of ‘climate change governance’ is the aim of mitigation through the removal of fossil fuel content in energy supplies, the source of 85 % of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (IPCC 2007). An understanding that all societal institutions are historically formed is also useful to this concept. Public administrative institutions, too, reflect their times and circumstances; to adapt them effectively, they must first be appreciated as social constructs, in turn serving to determine social reality. The past century of institutional evolution developed in a time of escalating and now near-total reliance on seemingly abundant fossil fuels and uranium, another non-renewable and destructive energy source. Energy issues were of little relevance at local level until the age of oil crises and climate change. Today, local and regional autonomy in renewable and broadly carbon-free energy supplies emerges as a central aim in the struggle to escape fossil fuel and nuclear dependency, with national and supra-regional renewable supply networks serving as support. This chapter examines major ways in which local communities can act through their government and administrative apparatus—effectively, efficiently and persuasively. We learn here from three successful attempts to gain substantial levels of local renewable energy autonomy.
Anis Radzi, Peter Droege
Climate Change, Sustainability and Urban Policy: Examining the Validity and Function of Best Practices
Abstract
Interest has been growing in recent decades about how governments learn from the experience of others, variously discussed in relation to policy transfer or ‘lesson-drawing’. During the same period, there has also been a substantial increase in the identification and promotion of ‘best practices’ in most areas of policy, including climate change. Underlying these best practices is a frequently encountered assumption that these are effective mechanisms of promoting learning amongst policy-makers and of contributing to improvements and efficiencies of policy-making and practice (Bulkeley, Environ Plan A 38(6):1029–1044, 2006). However, the reality seems to be that best practices, especially examples from afar (and from different contexts), often have only a limited role in policy-making processes: other influences are more important (Wolman and Page, Governance 15(4):477–501, 2002). This paper critically examines the use of best practices in relation to climate change, sustainability and urban policy. It begins by reviewing recent European policy documents, and examines the importance that these documents attach to the identification and dissemination of best practices. Next, the paper identifies some of the main reasons why governments have been increasingly active in developing (or claiming) innovative policies that represent best practice: reasons include image, prestige, power and funding. The paper then reviews literature on how best practices are actually viewed and used by government officials, and examines the extent to which best practices are influential in changing the direction of policy. Information from the four case study cities is then presented and compared against the findings from a similar study carried out by Wolman and Page (Governance 15(4):477–501, 2002), which tried to uncover how local policy officials found out about policy experiences of other local authorities, how they assessed this information, and the extent to which they utilised it in their own decision-making processes.
Dominic Stead

Case Studies II: Business-related and Technical Approaches

A Decision Support Approach Fostering Technology Transfer Towards Sustainable Energy Development in Kenya
Abstract
The exploration of the contribution of energy-related technology transfer (TT) to a developing country’s sustainable development (SD) is thought to be of significant importance. Kenya has several renewable and energy efficiency options with significant potential for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are “waiting” to become financially and economically competitive. The aim of this paper is to assist Kenya’s decision-making in finding ways to encourage the TT of energy technologies that would contribute to low-carbon sustainable energy development and poverty alleviation. This paper presents a decision support methodological approach that enhances the previously applied technology needs assessments (TNAs) and results obtained from stakeholders’ assessments conducted in Kenya. In addition, the adopted approach contains a number of steps identified from a literature study of TNA approaches, developed and applied by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).Kenya’s high-priority energy needs and the sustainable energy technologies that could meet them were identified to foster energy TT towards low-carbon sustainable energy development. In addition, stakeholder perceptions of the sustainability benefits to be delivered by the selected technologies were assessed. The paper provides useful results that could facilitate Kenya’s Designated National Authority (DNA) and future project investors to implement the most suitable sustainable energy technologies, based on the country’s SD needs and priorities, for TT via the clean development mechanism (CDM). The above is particularly important to Kenya because recent coal discoveries and a lack of supporting incentives and enabling structures for the market could cause the country to become “locked” in a high-carbon future.
Charikleia Karakosta, Haris Doukas, John Psarras
Climate Change Governance and the Triple Bottom Line Model of Reporting: Delivering Accountability
Abstract
This chapter is designed to assess the mechanisms that allow companies to manage and then report on their climate change activities and emissions. This is to allow stakeholders to examine company disclosure to determine whether companies are applying a governance approach to this and whether this leads to accountability. The chapter is a review of current processes in climate change management and reporting. It discusses some of the options available to companies, particularly in Europe and North America. In particular, it assesses the notion of a triple bottom line. Companies have a range of options available to them which may not deliver stakeholder accountability. A set of questions is posed—encompassing emphasis, value of reporting and potential audiences for reporting—to enable stakeholders to critique both reporting in general and actual individual reports. The chapter brings together discussions concerning both management and accounting, and sets these in a governance context.
Kumba Jallow
Climate Change Strategies of Selected Greek Businesses: An Empirical Investigation
Abstract
This paper explores the strategies adopted by a sample of Greek businesses in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation issues. In particular, the voluntary initiatives of a sample of Greek businesses with respect to climate change issues are examined, such as voluntary involvement in national and international associations on climate change, emission trading, the installation of low-carbon intensive equipment and carbon reduction management. An analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports is presented. Specifically, the methodology used in this study is based mainly on a synthesis of methodologies previously used in other academic articles focusing on business climate change. The sample of businesses was selected using the following criteria: the existence of published CSR reports; the impact on the environment of the industry in which the selected businesses operate; and the environmental protection practices undertaken on climate change issues. It was discovered that the selected Greek businesses adopt either political or strategic actions to face climate change problems. The findings show that over half of the businesses adopt political actions, while the total sample implemented various types of strategies to respond to climate change problems. This paper represents primary research into the climate change strategies of a selected number of Greek businesses, and could be useful for a range of other national and international businesses and academics.
Nikolaou E. Ioannis, Evangelinos I. Konstantinos, Walter Leal Filho
Facilitators and Inhibitors of Technologies to Tackle Climate Change: Opinions of Government and Private Actors
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the facilitators and inhibitors of investing in environmentally friendly technologies from the Spanish hotel perspective as well as to describe the governance initiatives pertaining to this issue. A description of the actions implemented by different Spanish governance institutions is given. Additionally, a survey is conducted to compile information provided by hotel managers on facilitators and inhibitors regarding investments in environmentally friendly information and communication technology (ICT). The results are compared across hotel categories. National governance bodies focus on providing tourist companies with preferential credits, assuming that the main reason for investing in ICT is financing, while hotels point out the importance of several inhibitors against implementing technologies. Differences are found across hotel categories. Additional governance actions are inferred from the results of our research to pursue the sustainability of the Spanish hospitality industry.
Irene Gil-Saura, María-Eugenia Ruiz-Molina, Gloria Berenguer-Contrí
Metadaten
Titel
Climate Change Governance
herausgegeben von
Jörg Knieling
Walter Leal Filho
Copyright-Jahr
2013
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Electronic ISBN
978-3-642-29831-8
Print ISBN
978-3-642-29830-1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29831-8

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