Mainstreaming climate adaptation: taking stock about “what works” from empirical research worldwide

H Runhaar, B Wilk, Å Persson, C Uittenbroek… - Regional environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Adaptation to a changing climate is unavoidable. Mainstreaming climate adaptation
objectives into existing policies, as opposed to developing dedicated adaptation policy, is …

A survey of governance approaches to ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction: Current gaps and future directions

A Triyanti, E Chu - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change will increase the unpredictability, magnitude, and frequency of both slow
and rapid onset disaster events. Although large-scale engineered interventions have been …

Collaborative governance for climate change adaptation: mapping citizen–municipality interactions

E Brink, C Wamsler - Environmental Policy and Governance, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing climate change impacts are a major threat to sustainable urban development,
and challenge current governance structures, including actors' responsibilities for dealing …

Adapting or maladapting: Building resilience to climate-related disasters in coastal cities

E Torabi, A Dedekorkut-Howes, M Howes - Cities, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the increasing risks associated with climate-related hazards, urban development in
many coastal cities continues to take place on low-lying, high-risk land. Resilience is a key …

Shaping local response–The influence of transnational municipal climate networks on urban climate governance

H Busch, L Bendlin, P Fenton - Urban climate, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, many cities have joined transnational municipal climate networks (TMCNs),
which were set up in response to climate change. Despite the fact that some of these TMCNs …

[HTML][HTML] Principles for supporting city–citizen commoning for climate adaptation: From adaptation governance to sustainable transformation

C Wamsler, S Raggers - Environmental Science & Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper examines whether or not specific forms of adaptation governance that involve city
administrations and citizens can help (or hinder) creating a foundation for more sustainable …

Integrating the ecosystem-based approach into municipal climate adaptation strategies: The case of Germany

T Zölch, C Wamsler, S Pauleit - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change impacts are a key challenge for sustainable urban development. To address
this challenge, ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), ie, the use of ecosystem services and …

Local authority responses to climate change in South Africa: The challenges of transboundary governance

H Leck, D Simon - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Recent progress and innovation are testament to the willingness of municipal authorities to
address climate change. However, urban regions worldwide exhibit an immense diversity of …

Implementation of the ecosystem services approach in Swedish municipal planning

P Schubert, NGA Ekelund, TH Beery… - … policy & planning, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
While ecosystem-based planning approaches are increasingly promoted through
international and national policies, municipalities are still struggling with translating them …

Mainstreaming adaptation: a content analysis of political agendas in Colombian cities

F Koch - Climate and Development, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates how climate adaptation measures are mainstreamed in the larger
political agenda of cities in the Global South. Based on a content analysis of the …