Experiences of Bottom-up Adaptation Approaches in Europe and Beyond

Publication: Report
Citation: Boteler, Benjamin; Katrina Abhold; Jenny Tröltzsch et al. 2015: Experiences of Bottom-up Adaptation Approaches in Europe and Beyond. BASE Deliverable 4.2.

This report takes stock of adaptation planning and measures to date in Europe and globally. Case studies for assessment were selected based on criteria developed in line with the key principles and objectives of BASE. The report provides a general assessment of 136 selected case studies focusing on aspects including types of measure, stakeholder groups involved, sectors, decision support tools (participatory and economic), and funding sources. A further nine case studies are then explored in more detail in regard to measure selection and methods.

Policy Coordination for National Climate Change Adaptation in Europe: All Process, but Little Power

Year 2020

Publication:Book Section

This book chapter explores how policies and policy-making perform to support climate change adaptation. It is part of the book: Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies which is a scientific synthesis of a four-year project on adaptation activities in Europe (BASE). This book aims at ensuring sustainable solutions in adaptation to climate change. This chapter reflects on different tools which can support decision making for climate adaptation and that have been presented in other chapters of the book. It also discusses how current adaptation measures operate to enhance the capacity to respond to climate change impacts in a coherent manner across sectors. Ecologic Institute's Jenny Tröltzsch and Katriona McGlade contributed to this chapter.

Analyzing the Policy Framework for Climate Change Adaptation

Year 2018

Publication:Book Section

This book chapter provides an overview of climate change adaptation across Europe, from an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on key findings from case study-based research on local climate change impacts and adaptation solutions, including an analysis of participatory, economic, and sociopolitical approaches, methodologies, and tools. Ecologic Institute's Jenny Tröltzsch contributed to this chapter.

The Diversity of Adaptation in a Multilevel Governance Setting

Year 2018

Publication:Book Section

Stelljes, Nico: Using Active Public Participation in the Co-development of Coastal Protection Strategies for a Touristic Beach City. Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. in: Ng, K., Campos, I., Penha-Lopes, G. (Eds.). (2016). BASE adaptation inspiration book: 23 European cases of climate change adaptation to inspire European decision-makers, practitioners and citizens. Lisbon: Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 122-125.

Using Active Public Participation in the Co-development of Coastal Protection Strategies for a Touristic Beach City

Timmendorfer Strand, Germany

Year 2016

Event:Workshop

Concluding four years of interdisciplinary collaboration and research the BASE project brought together representatives working on climate adaptation policy at EU and Member State level, as well as local practitioners for an interactive day on climate change adaptation in Brussels. The main focus of the workshop was a series of policy observations that emerged from research in the BASE project. As a result another policy recommendation was developed which is available for download.

Implementing the EU Adaptation Strategy - Practical Insights and Policy Recommendations

9 June 2016
Brussels, Belgium

Publication:Poster

Tröltzsch, Jenny; Benjamin Boteler; Katrina Abhold (2016): A Global Analysis of Adaptation Case Studies: State of the Art. Poster.

A Global Analysis of Adaptation Case Studies: State of the Art

Year 2016

Event:Conference

Vivienne Parry welcomed approximately 1700 attendees from over 100 countries to the fourth edition of Adaptation Futures 2016, one of the largest conferences ever held on climate change adaptation. The Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies (BASE) project was selected to be featured as a best practice project at the conference. BASE partners, among them Ecologic Institute, presented the project's research and tools in two sessions.

Adaptation Futures 2016

10 - 13 May 2016
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Publication:Policy Brief

BASE Consortium 2016: Key Policy Issues in Implementing and Evaluating the EU Adaptation Strategy. BASE Policy Brief # 4.

Key Policy Issues in Implementing and Evaluating the EU Adaptation Strategy – BASE Policy Brief # 4

BASE Policy Brief No. 4

Year 2016

Publication:Report

This report aims at investigating the participation process in climate change adaptation for 22 European BASE case studies. A description of participatory methods and a further analysis of 9 BASE case studies where there has been a deliberative adaptation process present are given. Based on the results presented, a set of recommendations to policy-makers and practitioners are given. The output from D5.3 will lead up to D5.5, in which a more detailed analytical description of the framework will be given and a meta-analysis of the empirical contents will be delivered.

Participation in Climate Change Adaptation

Year 2015

Language: English
Authorship: Benjamin Boteler

Katrina Abhold

Jenny Tröltzsch

Gil Penha-Lopes

Ana Lúcia Fonseca

Inês Campos

Anders Branth Pedersen

Anne Jensen

Ad Jeuken

Femke Schasfoort

Maaike Maarse

Mark Zandervoort
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Year: 2015
Dimension: 63 pp.
Project: Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies for a Sustainable Europe (BASE)
Project ID: 2716
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Types of climate change adaptation measures
2.1 Grey adaptation measures
2.2 Green adaptation measures
2.3 Soft adaptation measures
3 Methodology
3.1 Case study matrix and general review
3.2 Case study selection and in-depth characterisation
3.2.1 Criteria for inclusion in matrix
3.2.2 Criteria for in-depth assessment
4 Results
4.1 General assessment
4.1.1 Type of measures in reviewed case studies
4.1.2 Stakeholder groups in reviewed case studies
4.1.3 Scale of reviewed case studies
4.1.4 Sectors in reviewed case studies
4.1.5 Decision support tools in reviewed case studies
4.1.6 Funding sources in reviewed case studies
4.2 In-depth assessment
4.2.1 Grey adaptation case studies
4.2.2 Green adaptation case studies
4.2.3 Soft adaptation case studies
4.3 Database assessment
5 Conclusions
References
Keywords: Adaptation

Climate

Governance

Adaptation, climate change, sustainability, Europe, cost-benefit analysis, stakeholder commitment, effectiveness of political instruments, knowledge transfer, bottom-up, top-down, environmental governance

Europe, United States, Singapore, Brazil, Peru

case studies

Further Links

BASE project website

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