Climate policy innovation: The adoption and diffusion of adaptation policies across Europe |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Earth System Science Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands;3. Public Administration and Policy Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands;4. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom;1. Department of Forestry, Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile;2. Department of Agricultural Economics, Universidad de Talca, Chile;3. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;4. Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;1. IEFE Bocconi University, Italy;2. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Ispra, Italy;3. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Department of the Treasury, International Financial Relations Directorate, Rome, Italy;4. CORE, Chair Lhoist Berghmans, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium;1. Philipps University of Marburg, Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Germany;2. Cairo University, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Egypt;3. Policy Analyst, Monitoring and Analyzing Food and Agriculture Policies (MAFAP) Program, Agriculture Development Economics Division (ESA), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy;1. Earth System Science group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;2. Public Administration and Policy group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;3. Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands;4. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria |
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| Abstract: | Climate change adaptation governance is in flux. Adaptation policies are being adopted by governments at a rapid pace, particularly in Europe. In the period 2005–2010, the total number of recorded adaptation policy measures in the EU grew by some 635%. Despite the plethora of work on adaptation governance, few if any empirical studies have been conducted that explore the driving forces behind the rapid adoption and diffusion of adaptation policies. Working within the theoretical framework of national policy innovation (see Jordan and Huitema, 2014a, Jordan and Huitema, 2014b), we draw on a uniquely systematic database of national climate polices to develop a set of hypotheses on the drivers and barriers surrounding the adoption and diffusion of climate change adaptation policies across 29 European countries. Using an internal/external model we postulate that adaptation is largely being driven by internal factors. Additionally, we look to the possible effects of this policy adoption and diffusion to see if adaptation is emerging into a new and distinct policy field. What we find is that indeed it could be in a handful of countries. |
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| Keywords: | Change adaptation Policy diffusion Innovation Policy field Barriers Drivers |
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