Climate Policy

Climate Policy

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Online ISSN: 1752-7457

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Understanding vulnerability and building resilience in small-scale fisheries: the case of Davao Gulf, Philippines

September 2023

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8 Citations

Edison D Macusi

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Erna S Macusi

Global fisheries face a significant crisis, including overexploitation of fishing grounds, marine pollution, and climate change impacts. This paper aims to assess the effects of climate change impacts and the resilience of small-scale fishers (SSF) in Davao Gulf. It investigates the effects of climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, and resilience of small-scale fishers in Governor Generoso, Lupon, Malita, Sta Maria, Don Marcelino, and Davao City using focus group discussion (FGDs) (N = 9) to identify and understand climate change resilience among participants (N = 135). The results showed that all small-scale fishing communities experienced at least two to three climate hazards i.e. northeast monsoon (Amihan), southwest monsoon (Habagat), and typhoons, which bring fierce winds and heavy rains that cause flooding. Moreover, due to the availability of an alternative non-fishing income such as driving and construction work, carpentry, or other manual labour opportunities, fishers are able to recover and recoup the days lost fishing due to climate-related hazards. The policy analysis suggests that the government should provide social benefits, such as free medical checkups , medicines, decent housing, and water, to keep fishers and fishing communities productive and healthy. In addition, local government should create seasonal jobs and replacement of fishing gear should be given to fishers to increase their resilience. ARTICLE HISTORY Highlights. Small-scale fishing communities experienced two to three climate-related hazards annually e.g. northeast monsoon (Amihan), southwest monsoon (Habagat), and typhoons; these hazards bring flooding which can result in illness e.g. dysentery, leptospirosis;. Fishing communities are disrupted by these hazards and clamour for alternative jobs to ensure their livelihoods, and more inclusive social benefits from the government could deliver large benefits. Community resiliency can be enhanced as a solution to cope with climate change impacts by raising awareness, training and disaster preparedness; stronger local policies can empower affected people and communities to act in a timely way.

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Figure 1. Sampling strategy for periods 3 (2012-2015) and 4 (2016-2021).
Figure 2. Proportion of articles by Area of Study (A) and Policy Mode (B).
The history of net zero: can we move from concepts to practice?

June 2023

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International journal publishing high quality research and analysis on all aspects of climate policy, including mitigation and adaptation.

  • Climate Policy is a world-leading peer-reviewed academic journal, publishing high quality research and analysis on all aspects of climate policy, including mitigation and adaptation.
  • Climate Policy aims to make high-quality research accessible and relevant, not only to academics, but also to policymakers and practitioners.
  • The journal provides a platform for new ideas, innovative approaches and research-based insights that can help advance an effective response to climate change in practice.
  • Climate Policy covers the following topics: Adaptation, mitigation, governance, and negotiations; Policy design, implementation and impact; Economic, social and…

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How to govern carbon dioxide removal: an assessment framework for policy instruments
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February 2025

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Figure 1. Factors enabling or impeding the institutionalization of CCM in municipalities.
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Institutionalizing CCM (multivariate probit estimation with p-values in parentheses).
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Factors enabling or impeding the institutionalization of climate change mitigation in municipalities: findings from a survey in Germany
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January 2025

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This paper investigates factors that enable or impede the strategic and organizational institutionalization of climate change mitigation (CCM) in municipalities in Germany. Institutionalization refers to the formalization of CCM and involves its integration into the strategies and administrative structures of municipal governments and their administrations. Empirically, we distinguish three indicators to measure strategic institutionalization, i.e. adopting a CCM plan, setting a CCM target, and compiling an inventory of CO2 emissions. To measure organizational institutionalization, we use two indicators, i.e. dedicating a budget to CCM and creating a unit dedicated to CCM. The econometric analyzes are based on an original sample of 550 municipalities with 5,000–500,000 inhabitants combined with secondary data from external databases. The findings suggest that municipalities are more likely to institutionalize CCM if they frequently exchange climate-related information with other municipalities, civil society actors, and companies (relational factor), have higher shares of votes for the Green party (political factor), and are more urbanized (structural factor). In general, similar factors are associated with the strategic and organizational institutionalization of CCM. Observed differences pertain to some structural factors. For strategic, but not for organizational institutionalization, we find some evidence that an expected higher level of environmental awareness among the local civil society is conducive.






Institutional services towards climate action: A case of climate change adaptation of agropastoralists in the drylands of Nigeria

January 2025

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The agro-pastoral sector is highly vulnerable to climate change. Animal growth and milk production are affected by a reduced availability and quality of fodder and forage. Water shortages for livestock also pose a significant threat to the sector's sustainability. To adapt, farmers depend on supportive environments that recognise the crucial role of institutional services in promoting climate action. This study analysed the effect of access to institutional services on climate change adaptation strategies of agro-pastoralists in the dry zone of Nigeria. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire to elicit information from 360 agro-pastoralist farmers, and a multivariate probit regression model was used for the analysis. The results revealed that crop residue-hay conservation, irrigation, and destocking adaptations were positively influenced by extension services, climate change, and livestock-related information. Destocking is negatively influenced by access to credit, climate change, and livestock-related information. Dissemination of climate change information, provision of credit, and construction of water-efficient irrigation facilities are essential to support agro-pastoralists in adapting to climate challenges. Appropriate institutional services from governmental and non-governmental actors through site-specific support and the creation of an enabling environment will enable agro-pastoralists to adopt water-efficient irrigation and improved pasture preservation practices that will make the sector more resilient to the changing environment. Key policy insights. Promoting climate-smart practices like water-efficient irrigation and better pasture conservation is key to improving agro-pastoralists' resilience to climate change. These can be supported through targeted extension services and climate information sharing. Improved access to institutional services like credit and water resources is vital for agro-pastoralists to adopt capital-intensive adaptation such as supplementary feeding and irrigation during climate stress. Providing timely and accurate weather forecasts from meteorological institutions can play a key role in enabling agro-pastoralists to make informed decisions and to better prepare for and respond to climate variability, reducing the negative impacts on their livelihoods.












The impact of emissions trading systems on technological innovation for climate change mitigation: a systematic review

December 2024

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Figure 1. Main explanations for policy stability and change according to three policy process theories
Giving up land? Explaining planned retreat in times of climate change

December 2024

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Transformational adaptation to climate change becomes increasingly urgent. Experiencing a severe hazard event is insufficient to enable a transformational response. Yet, there is no solid theoretical or empirical evidence on what policy and other social explanations enable transformational adaptation to climate-induced hazards. Our article addresses this gap by critically examining empirical evidence on theory-grounded explanations for transformational responses to the most costly and devastating climate-induced hazard: flooding. After systematically collecting empirical research, we compare transformational responses to floods, focuzing specifically on managed retreat and planned relocation. Our analysis combines qualitative data analysis and network analysis and covers 54 articles describing over 105 cases in more than 31 countries worldwide. By differentiating levels of change, we find that transformational adaptation is reported in the literature as occurring via various types of policy change: from incremental steps to a paradigm shift. Most studies pay attention to shocks like floods that trigger transformational adaptations (45 out of 54 articles). Notably, specific combinations of social explanations are reported to enable transformations as a series of steps (i.e. economic/financial and socio-behavioral factors facilitate first-order policy changes), complemented by changes in the legal system (for second-order policy changes). Empirical evidence confirms that the paradigmatic third-order policy change additionally necessitates policy entrepreneurs and advocacy coalitions. Our analysis calls for interdisciplinary efforts to link case-study insights with theoretically embedded explanations from policy and legal studies, and the economic and socio-behavioral domain to systematically reveal generic combinations of explanations that enable transformational adaptation. Key policy insights: - Transformational climate change adaptation (TCCA) could be realized via incremental steps, from a change of policy instruments, and via a paradigm shift that transforms place-based human ecosystems. - For incremental change, behavioral and economic explanations are especially important but are either underexplored or not specified in empirical literature. - Besides shocks, the most reported policy-change explanations for TCCA are policy entrepreneurship, advocacy coalitions and framing. - As climate-related hazards intensify, policymakers might anticipate these windows of opportunity for policy changes to mobilize transformations. - Besides policy change scholarship, other social science theories are needed to account for financial/economic and behavioral drivers explaining TCCA.







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