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02.10.2015

Drawing up a National Climate Change Adaptation Policy: Feedback from Five European Case Studies

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) introduced the adaptation issue at the international level as far back as 1992. At that time, it was specified that the aims of such policies were to minimise the impacts of climate change on countries’ economies and public health systems, and on the quality of their  environment. 


The paper addresses the issues involved in defining a climate change adaptation policy from three different angles, using comparative analysis of national policies in five European countries (Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom). It examines the role of research and the way in which adaptation policies are structured to guide the decision-making process. 

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  • Climate change adaptation
  • policy