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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.10.004
	The right stuff? Informing adaptation to climate change in British Local Government
	Porter J.J.; Demeritt D.; Dessai S.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	35
英文摘要	Local government has a crucial role to play in climate change adaptation, both delivering adaptation strategies devised from above and coordinating bottom-up action. This paper draws on a unique longitudinal dataset to measure progress in adaptation by local authorities in Britain, comparing results from a national-scale survey and follow-up interviews conducted in 2003 with a second wave of research completed a decade later. Whereas a decade ago local authority staff were unable to find scientific information that they could understand and use, we find that these technical-cognitive barriers to adaptation are no longer a major problem for local authority respondents. Thanks to considerable Government investment in research and science brokerage to improve the quality and accessibility of climate information, local authorities have developed their adaptive capacity, and their staff are now engaging with the 'right' kind of information in assessing climate change risks and opportunities. However, better knowledge has not translated into tangible adaptation actions. Local authorities face substantial difficulties in implementing adaptation plans. Budget cuts and a lack of political support from central government have sapped institutional capacity and political appetite to address long-term climate vulnerabilities, as local authorities in Britain now struggle even to deliver their immediate statutory responsibilities. Local authority adaptation has progressed farthest where it has been rebranded as resiliency to extreme weather so as to fit with the focus on immediate risks to delivering statutory duties. In the current political environment, adaptation officers need information about the economic costs of weather impacts to local authority services if they are to build the business case for adaptation and gain the leverage to secure resources and institutional license to implement tangible action. Unless these institutional barriers are addressed, local government is likely to struggle to adapt to a changing climate. © 2015 Z.
英文关键词	Adaptation; Climate change; Climate information; Institutional barriers; Local authorities; Understanding and use of science
学科领域	adaptive management; bottom-up approach; climate change; economic analysis; institutional development; local adaptation; local government; questionnaire survey; vulnerability; United Kingdom
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptive management; bottom-up approach; climate change; economic analysis; institutional development; local adaptation; local government; questionnaire survey; vulnerability; United Kingdom
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117438
作者单位	Sustainability Research Institute and ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, School of Earth and Environment, University of LeedsLS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Department of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Porter J.J.,Demeritt D.,Dessai S.. The right stuff? Informing adaptation to climate change in British Local Government[J],2015,35.
APA	Porter J.J.,Demeritt D.,&Dessai S..(2015).The right stuff? Informing adaptation to climate change in British Local Government.Global Environmental Change,35.
MLA	Porter J.J.,et al."The right stuff? Informing adaptation to climate change in British Local Government".Global Environmental Change 35(2015).