New Levels of Climate Adaptation Policy: Analyzing the Institutional Interplay in the Baltic Sea Region
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- What priorities have been made for adaptation within the studied national and EU-level adaptation policies?
- In what ways will the two EU approaches be able to complement national adaptation developments in the two case countries?
2. Framework and Methodology for Analysis
Factor | Meaning | Organization/ institutionalization mapping | Institutional interplay analysis |
---|---|---|---|
Competence | Legal authority to implement supra-national commitments | Analyze the institutional buildup process of adaptation and the allocation of authority | How does the allocation of authority affect the possibility of implementing EU strategies? What are the potentials of the supra-national strategies to support national adaptation? |
Capacity | Resources for implementing supra-national commitments | Analyze the allocation of resources needed for implementation | How does the allocation of resources affect the ability to implement EU strategies? |
Compatibility | Fit between supra-national and national institutional arrangements | Analyze the aims of adaptation, divided into prioritized issues and policy instruments used | How does the compatibility of the national and supra-national aims for adaptation affect the ability to implement EU strategies? What are the potentials of the supra-national strategies to support national adaptation? |
3. Supra-national Institutionalization of Adaptation
3.1. Central EU Level
3.2. Macro-regional EU Level
4. Analysis and Discussion: National Adaptation and Institutional Interplay
4.1. Competence
4.1.1. Sweden
4.1.2. Finland
4.1.3. How Does the Allocation of Authority Affect the Possibility of Implementing the Two Strategies?
4.2. Capacity
4.2.1. Sweden
4.2.2. Finland
4.2.3. How Does the Allocation of Resources Affect the Ability to Implementing the Two EU Strategies?
4.3. Compatibility
4.3.1. Sweden
4.3.2. Finland
4.3.3. How Does the Compatibility of National and Supra-national Guidance Affect the Ability to Implement EU Strategies?
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleGlaas, Erik, and Sirkku Juhola. 2013. "New Levels of Climate Adaptation Policy: Analyzing the Institutional Interplay in the Baltic Sea Region" Sustainability 5, no. 1: 256-275. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5010256
APA StyleGlaas, E., & Juhola, S. (2013). New Levels of Climate Adaptation Policy: Analyzing the Institutional Interplay in the Baltic Sea Region. Sustainability, 5(1), 256-275. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5010256