CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Santos, Tieza Mica Halili |
|---|---|
| Title | From silo to nexus: a systems dynamics evaluation of climate change governance systems climate finance absorptive capacity and climate adaptive policies A case study of Viet Nam |
| Summary | Climate change governance is a complex system. It operates within the context of an unpredictable climate condition due to its inherent variability and external systems simultaneously interacting in a constant flux. With future uncertainties, climate change governance requires enhanced capacities among elements that operate within such system. As the nature and character of climate change alters, governance systems must be able to respond respective to the nature of change in consideration of the temporal and spatial variation. This thesis looks into the climate adaptation governance system and examines the interconnection and interaction of elements that comprise such system; the character and behavior of each element within the system influence the capacity of climate adaptation governance system to absorb climate finance and develop climate adaptive policies respective to the nature of change. The research uses Viet Nam as a case study to explore such dynamics and uses a systems theory approach to evaluate the country’s current climate adaptation governance system. It concludes that systems have the capacity to absorb climate finance and to adapt through policy development supported by a learning process or feedback loops within the system. However, thresholds within the system, usually inherent, tend to regulate such process of building capacities and is not necessarily a negative feature. Such thresholds, support the self-regulating process of building appropriate capacities to further absorb finance and resources and develop climate adaptive policies. Such capacities are built through the process of learning and problem-solving, which are also dimensions of capacity in themselves. |
| Supervisor | Pinter, Laszlo |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/santos_tieza.pdf |
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