Integration Page 1 Integration KvR 039/11 Institutions for Adaptation: Do institutions allow society
to adapt to the impacts of climate change? Prof. J. Gupta | Prof. CJAM Termeer E. Bergsma …

In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, societies worldwide have to cope with
the potential impacts of climate change. The central question of this paper is to what extent …

The academic literature has been biased towards depicting adaptation to climate change as
a rational decision-making process, with constraints being mainly available resources and …

A key element of the adaptation to climate change strategy of the Netherlands Government
is changing the roles and responsibilities of different social actors. One aspect is …

The climate change problem calls for a continuously responding society. This raises the
question: Do our institutions allow and encourage society to continuously adapt to climate …

Adaptation is the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected
climatic stimuli or their effects, to moderate harm or capitalize on opportunities. So …

In this paper we summarise the main social barriers to adaptation presented in climate
literature–the inherent uncertainty of climate change, fragmentation, institutional voids, short …

A framework of adaptive capacity and prerequisites for planned adaptation are used to
identify the resources and conditions that have enabled or constrained the development of …

Adaptation as an area of policy intervention has risen rapidly up the international agenda
over the last decade and is now seen as a fundamental piece of any comprehensive …

The challenges for adapting society to the consequences of climate change are many and
stem from inter alia the uncertainty regarding climate change and its potential effects, access …