A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation

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2022-01Date Online
2021-11Language
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Ulibarri N, Ajibade I, Galappaththi EK, Joe ET, Lesnikowski A, Mach KJ, Musah-Surugu JI, Alverio GN, Segnon AC, Siders AR, Sotnik G, Campbell D, Chalastani VI, Jagannathan K, Khavhagali V, Reckien D, Shang Y, Singh C, Zommers Z, The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team. 2021. A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation. Climate Policy.
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Governments, businesses, and civil society organizations have diverse policy tools to incentivize adaptation. Policy tools can shape the type and extent of adaptation, and therefore, function either as barriers or enablers for reducing risk and vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of academic literature on global adaptation responses to climate change (n = 1549 peer-reviewed articles), we categorize the types of policy tools used to shape climate adaptation. We apply qualitative and quantitative analyses to assess the contexts where particular tools are used, along with equity implications for groups targeted by the tools, and the tools’ relationships with transformational adaptation indicators such as the depth, scope, and speed of adaptation. We find diverse types of tools documented across sectors and geographic regions. We also identify a mismatch between the tools that consider equity and those that yield more transformational adaptations. Direct regulations, plans, and capacity building are associated with higher depth and scope of adaptation (thus transformational adaptation), while economic instruments, information provisioning, and networks are not; the latter tools, however, are more likely to target marginalized groups in their design and implementation. We identify multiple research gaps, including a need to assess instrument mixes rather than single tools and to assess adaptations that result from policy implementation.
CGIAR Author ORCID iDs
Nicola Ulibarrihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6238-9056
Idowu Ajibadehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9767-0435
Eranga Galappaththihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-2206
Elphin Tom Joehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1468-6413
Alexandra Lesnikowskihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-2765
Katharine Machhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-8148
Justice Issah Musah-Suruguhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-169X
Gabriela Nagle Alveriohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7050-3381
Alcade C. Segnonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-120X
A.R. Sidershttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6788-8313
Garry Sotnikhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2422-1110
Donovan Campbellhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-838X
Vasiliki I. Chalastanihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-0682
Kripa Jagannathanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4584-8358
VHALINAVHO PATTERSON KHAVHAGALIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9553-7710
Diana Reckienhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1145-9509
Yuanyuan Shanghttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8405-1352
Chandni Singhhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-6735
Zinta Zommershttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-6279
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PRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSA;Countries
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ACP; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia; Caribbean; Middle Africa; Central America; Central Asia; Eastern Asia; Eastern Africa; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Northern Africa; Northern America; Oceania; Southern Asia; South-eastern Asia; Southern Africa; Sahel; South America; Western Africa; Western Asia; West and Central Africa; Southern Europe; Polynesia; Antarctica; Australia and New Zealand; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Northern Europe; Melanesia; MicronesiaOrganizations Affiliated to the Authors
University of California; Portland State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; World Resources Institute; Concordia University; University of Miami; United Nations University; University of Ghana; Duke University; Université d’Abomey-Calavi; University of Delaware; Stanford University; University of the West Indies; Technical University of Athens; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; University of Twente; The Australian National University; Indian Institute for Human Settlements; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCollections
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