CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Czunyi, Sarah |
|---|---|
| Title | Who the Cap Fit: Enhancing Institutional Effectiveness for Climate Change Adaptation |
| Summary | Adaptation to climate change is an emerging governance challenge, characterized by complexities and uncertainties. International institutions have started to implement adaptation activities, particularly targeted at vulnerable populations. However, to be effective these measures must take be inherently context-specific to suit the ecological conditions and socio-economic aspects of any given locale. This raises the question of how international institutions are able to translate their often broadly defined global mandates, and downscale them to suit the specific adaptation needs of given populations and ecosystems. This thesis takes a case study approach to investigate the climate change adaptation experiences of selected UN-led programmes, investigating their responses to context-specific needs, and highlighting the opportunities and challenges found in these experiences. Through the use of the 5C+ Protocol theoretical framework, the experiences of these programmes were compared along a number of themes to determine which factors were of greatest significance to their work. The research concludes that the most significant challenges of implementing climate change adaptation measures are: early inclusion of stakeholders to enable support and ownership of activities; meaningful participation of all levels to identify relevant problems and solutions; and the coordination of activities across affected sectors and governance levels. Remediation of these challenges can allow for greater programme effectiveness, and the strengthening of adaptive capacities to respond to long-term threats of climate change. However, to be effective, such adaptation measures must also incorporate longer time frames and deliberate learning processes, to respond to the changing circumstances and potential non-linearities associated with the effects of climate change. |
| Supervisor | Pinter, Laszlo |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/czunyi_sarah.pdf |
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