Climate Change Adaptability in Water Governance Institutions and Organisations

Work Package 2 (WP2) of the CADWAGO project investigates how formal and informal institutional arrangements mediate the relationship between society and water resources under the pressure of climate change. Using a social institutions framework, the research employs two primary analytical tools: the context-structure-process-outcomes (CSPO) framework to analyse organisational functioning and the "five capitals" approach (human, social, natural, physical, and financial) to evaluate adaptive capacity. The study utilizes ten international case studies, including specific analyses of flooding in the Baltic Sea Region and along the south-east Queensland coast, to identify governance practices that enable systemic transformation and water security. Led by the University of the Sunshine Coast with partners from Griffith University, the University of Tasmania, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the work involves stakeholder interviews and literature synthesis to provide policy-makers with insights into climate change adaptation regimes.

• WP2 employs two specific frameworks to evaluate water governance: the context-structure-process-outcomes (CSPO) framework for analysing organisational functions and the "five capitals" approach—comprising human, social, natural, physical, and financial capitals—to understand institutional adaptive capacity.
• The research focuses on identifying institutional attributes that either hinder or facilitate water security during climate change, using ten international case studies to distinguish between context-specific elements and universal determinants of adaptive capacity.
• The project highlights the Baltic Sea Region and the south-east Queensland coast as pertinent examples for studying adaptation due to their distinct vulnerabilities to climate-induced flooding.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). Climate Change Adaptability in Water Governance Institutions and Organisations. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/130808-cadwago-wp2.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Climate Change Adaptability in Water Governance Institutions and Organisations. n.d. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/130808-cadwago-wp2.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendclimate, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Climate Change Adaptability in Water Governance Institutions and Organisations}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/130808-cadwago-wp2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }