Exploring the Prospects for Cross-Border Climate Change Adaptation between North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands
Exploring the Prospects for Cross-Border Climate Change Adaptation between North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands
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探索北莱茵-威斯特法伦州与荷兰跨境气候变化适应的前景
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2014
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C. Dieperink
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M.C.J. van Eerd;M. Wiering;C. Dieperink
气候变化将对河流流域产生各种影响：降水量和水温可能会发生变化，洪水和干旱可能会更频繁地发生。这些影响不受人为边界的限制，因此气候适应本身就是一个跨国挑战。适应可以减少自然和人类系统对气候变化影响的脆弱性。在莱茵河流域，北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚和荷兰正在处理国家和跨界两级的气候适应治理问题。本文的目的是更好地了解促进或限制气候变化适应跨界治理的因素。我们的假设是，边界两侧政策安排的一致程度对合作前景有影响。通过运用政策安排的方法，我们发现北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚州和荷兰之间的相似性和差异。这两种安排在以下方面是相似的：多个行动者在多个层面上的参与、决策权力下放的程度、相对强烈的紧迫感（尽管框架不同）以及知识资源的可用性。然而，在荷兰，适应工作主要与水有关，并以部门为基础，而在北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚，重点则更为综合，旨在平衡不同的价值观和利益。其他差异涉及现有财政资源的数额和分配以及行为者的责任。在荷兰，后者是面向公共责任的，而在北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚，处理洪水风险也是平民和其他私人团体的责任。我们的结论是，这两个国家之间的一致性程度是相当高的，并将提出论据，为什么这提供了进一步合作的良好机会。
Climate change will have various effects on river basins: precipitation levels and water temperature may change, floods and also droughts may occur more frequently. These effects do not respect man-made borders, so climate adaptation in itself is a transnational challenge. Adaptation can reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems to climate change effects. Within the Rhine river basin, North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands are dealing with climate adaptation governance, both on the national and on the transboundary level. The aim of this paper is to get a better understanding of factors that stimulate or constrain transboundary governance of climate change adaptation. Our presumption is that the level of congruence between policy arrangements on both sides of the border has an impact on the prospects for cooperation. By applying the Policy Arrangement Approach we found similarities and differences between North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands. The two arrangements are similar in their involvement of multiple actors on multiple levels, the degree of decentralization of policy making, a relatively strong feeling of urgency (though framed differently) and the availability of knowledge resources. However, in the Netherlands adaptation is primarily water related and sector based, while in North Rhine-Westphalia the focus is more integrated, aiming at a balancing of different values and interests. Other differences are related to the amount and division of financial resources available and to actors’ responsibilities. The latter is geared towards a public responsibility in the Netherlands, while in North Rhine-Westphalia dealing with flood risks is also a responsibility of civilians and other private parties. We conclude that the degree of congruence between the two states is fairly high and will present argument as to why this offers good opportunities for further cooperation.