overcoming-barriers-to-climate-adaptation-final-9c9e9f0b5f08cccd.pdf

This report, produced as part of the CASCADE project, provides a framework and resources for municipal officers and experts to identify and overcome barriers to climate change adaptation. It categorizes adaptation barriers into eight themes and offers a self-evaluation survey and a guide of resources—including video clips and critical discussion questions—to facilitate local-level risk assessment and adaptation planning.

• Climate adaptation is described as a cyclical process consisting of nine main phases that cover the understanding, planning, and managing of adaptation, where the first six phases are integrated into the climate risk assessment process.
• The report identifies eight primary categories of barriers to climate adaptation: conflicting timescales and conflicts of interest, leadership, resources, science, governance and institutional constraints, lack of awareness and communication, attitudes, values, and motivations, and the adaptation process itself.
• In the Baltic Sea Region, the development of local and regional climate adaptation strategies has been slower than expected and varies by country due to differences in regulation and the specific climate impacts experienced in different areas.
• Workshop results from the CASCADE project indicate that spatial planners generally perceive adaptation barriers as more challenging than emergency management representatives. Spatial planners identified the lack of financial resources as their biggest challenge, while emergency management representatives rated climate skepticism as the highest challenge.
• Financial resource availability for local governments in the Baltic Sea Region is inconsistent; only 5 out of 11 countries provide climate change adaptation funding for local governments, while three others provide partial funding.
• The report emphasizes that stakeholder engagement must go beyond simply informing participants to create a shared vision and trust, which leads to more comprehensive solutions and prevents conflicts.
• The document provides a 39-item barrier identification survey designed for local authorities to use as a self-evaluation tool to pinpoint specific obstacles across the eight identified categories.

APA

-1, Tuhkanen, H., Vilbiks, L., & Piirsalu, E. (2020). overcoming-barriers-to-climate-adaptation-final-9c9e9f0b5f08cccd.pdf. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/overcoming-barriers-to-climate-adaptation-final.pdf

Chicago

-1, Heidi Tuhkanen, Laura Vilbiks, and Evelin Piirsalu. overcoming-barriers-to-climate-adaptation-final-9c9e9f0b5f08cccd.pdf. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2020. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/overcoming-barriers-to-climate-adaptation-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{12020overcomingbarrierstoclimateadaptationfinal9c9e9f0b5f08cccdpdf, author = {-1 and Tuhkanen, Heidi and Vilbiks, Laura and Piirsalu, Evelin}, title = {{overcoming-barriers-to-climate-adaptation-final-9c9e9f0b5f08cccd.pdf}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/overcoming-barriers-to-climate-adaptation-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }