Variations of Riskification

The study analyzes riskification in climate change adaptation (CCA) across four European cities, finding that while local factors like risk culture and technocratic governance create distinct variations, they collectively tend to depoliticize climate risks. This emphasis on technocratic risk management often overshadows broader societal implications and hinders the transformative, innovative strategies needed to address complex climate challenges.

• Climate change adaptation (CCA) in the four studied cities is influenced by three primary intervening factors: ideational frameworks, the organization of government, and actor networks, the latter of which are critical for measurement, modeling, and monitoring.
• Local variations of riskification are further shaped by risk culture, risk memory, and technocratic governance, which serve to depoliticize climate risks and obstruct transformative societal change.
• The prevalence of technocratic, riskified approaches to CCA, characterized by a lack of urgency, may prevent the implementation of innovative strategies necessary for complex climate challenges.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2024). Variations of Riskification. https://www.sei.org/publications/variations-of-riskification/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Variations of Riskification. 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/variations-of-riskification/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2024variations, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Variations of Riskification}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/variations-of-riskification/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }