Institutions for Climate Change : A Method to assess the Inherent Characteristics of Institutions to enable the Adaptive Capacity of Society
2008
Gupta, J. | Termeer, C.J.A.M. | Klostermann, J.E.M. | Meijerink, S. | Brink, van den, M.A. | Jong, P. | Nooteboom, S.G.
This paper addresses the question: How can the inherent characteristics of institutions to stimulate the adaptive capacity of society to climate change from local through to national level be assessed? On the basis of a literature review and several brainstorm sessions, this paper presents six criteria: Variety, learning capacity, space for planned and innovative autonomous action, leadership, availability of resources and fair governance.
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