A framework for facilitating dialogue between policy planners and local climate change adaptation professionals: cases from Sweden, Canada and Indonesia

This research paper proposes an analytical framework to bridge the gap between local climate change adaptation case studies and higher-level public policy, using examples from Sweden, Canada, and Indonesia.

• The paper identifies a gap in climate change adaptation research regarding how public policy can learn from contextual, community-based adaptation and the specific role case study research should play in this process.
• The authors introduce a framework based on 'sense-making perspectives' to analyze how case study research supports local adaptation and connects it to higher-level policy, highlighting how methodological choices affect the interface between regulatory policy and self-organized stakeholder adaptation.
• The authors argue that case study research can serve as a platform to leverage stakeholder competencies to inform social structures, implement political objectives, and drive the improvement of institutions, provided there is high transparency to allow local professionals to determine their interests.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2012). A framework for facilitating dialogue between policy planners and local climate change adaptation professionals: cases from Sweden, Canada and Indonesia. https://www.sei.org/publications/a-framework-for-facilitating-dialogue-between-policy-planners-and-local-climate-change-adaptation-professionals-cases-from-sweden-canada-and-indonesia/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. A framework for facilitating dialogue between policy planners and local climate change adaptation professionals: cases from Sweden, Canada and Indonesia. 2012. https://www.sei.org/publications/a-framework-for-facilitating-dialogue-between-policy-planners-and-local-climate-change-adaptation-professionals-cases-from-sweden-canada-and-indonesia/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2012framework, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{A framework for facilitating dialogue between policy planners and local climate change adaptation professionals: cases from Sweden, Canada and Indonesia}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2012}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/a-framework-for-facilitating-dialogue-between-policy-planners-and-local-climate-change-adaptation-professionals-cases-from-sweden-canada-and-indonesia/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }