Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation

The paper examines the effectiveness of integrating climate adaptation objectives into existing policies rather than creating standalone adaptation policies. It identifies a significant 'implementation gap' where policy outputs do not consistently lead to policy outcomes, a trend particularly pronounced in developing countries, although the effectiveness of outcomes themselves does not vary by country. The authors call for more unified frameworks and explicit definitions to improve future research and policy recommendations.

• While adaptation policy outputs are frequently identified, they rarely translate into actual policy outcomes, creating an 'implementation gap' that is most prominent in developing countries.
• There is no observed difference between countries regarding the effectiveness of adaptation outcomes.
• Current knowledge regarding the effectiveness of adaptation mainstreaming is fragmented and scarce, necessitating more explicit definitions and unified research frameworks.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2017). Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation. https://www.sei.org/publications/mainstreaming-climate-adaptation/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation. 2017. https://www.sei.org/publications/mainstreaming-climate-adaptation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2017mainstreaming, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/mainstreaming-climate-adaptation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }