Disconnect between planned and autonomous adaptation

The paper highlights a research gap where planned adaptation (public policy) is prioritized over autonomous 'everyday' adaptation. It proposes treating adaptation as a commons issue to analyze the synergies and conflicts between these two forms of adaptation, using climate justice as a lens to ensure equitable outcomes.

• Current academic research focuses heavily on planned adaptation—defined as governed strategies and measures from national or municipal authorities—while largely ignoring ubiquitous, ungoverned societal responses known as autonomous or 'everyday' adaptation.
• Failure to account for the social dimension and the relationship between autonomous and planned adaptation can lead to outcomes that are unequal, unjust, or maladaptive.
• The author proposes an integrated approach that treats adaptation as a commons issue and utilizes dimensions of climate justice to identify institutions and actions that promote equality.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Disconnect between planned and autonomous adaptation. https://www.sei.org/publications/disconnect-between-planned-and-autonomous-adaptation/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Disconnect between planned and autonomous adaptation. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/disconnect-between-planned-and-autonomous-adaptation/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Disconnect between planned and autonomous adaptation |date=28 December 2022 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/disconnect-between-planned-and-autonomous-adaptation/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022disconnect, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Disconnect between planned and autonomous adaptation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/disconnect-between-planned-and-autonomous-adaptation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }