Variations of Riskification

This research paper examines how 'riskification' influences climate change adaptation (CCA) in four European cities, arguing that technocratic risk management often depoliticizes climate risks and obstructs transformative societal change.

• The study identifies three intervening factors—ideational frameworks, government organization, and actor networks—that influence the speed and scale of riskification in local climate change adaptation. Ideational frameworks determine how climate challenges are responded to, government organization affects funding and strategies, and actor networks shape the monitoring, modeling, and measurement of CCA efforts.
• Local variations of riskification are further shaped by risk culture, risk memory, and technocratic governance. These factors lead to the depoliticization of climate change risks, which hides broader societal impacts and prevents the adoption of transformative approaches.
• The prevalence of riskified CCA approaches characterized by technocratic methods and a lack of urgency may obstruct the innovative strategies necessary to solve complex climate change adaptation 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} }