Examining climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviours among public sector organisations in the USA
Examining climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviours among public sector organisations in the USA
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检查美国公共部门组织的气候变化减缓和适应行为
DOI：
10.1080/13549839.2010.490828
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
A. Vedlitz
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文献类型：
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作者：
S. Brody;Himanshu Grover;E. Lindquist;A. Vedlitz
气候变化已成为美国各级政府政策议程上一个更为突出的问题。越来越多的经验证据和对其对人类潜在风险的识别，提高了媒体、公众和决策者的兴趣。然而，我们对地方决策的认识存在差距，这就提出了几个问题：社区领导人是否决定采取行动应对气候变化行动，如果是，解决方案的重点是什么——减缓还是适应？我们的研究通过报告对地方、区域和州决策者的全国调查结果，解决了文献中的这一空白，这些决策者的组织将解决社区对气候变化威胁的反应。我们发现，总的来说，这些机构没有参与气候变化政策，这个问题也不在他们的议程上。在考虑政策对策的组织中，机构类型和解决办法类型之间存在差异，缓解与适应之间存在差异。
Climate change has become a more salient issue on the US policy agenda at all levels of government. Increasing empirical evidence and identification of its potential risks to human populations have increased media, public, and policy-maker interest. There is a gap, however, in our knowledge of sub-national decision-making which suggests several questions: Are community leaders deciding to take action in response to climate change action, and, if so, what is the solution focus – mitigation or adaptation? Our study addresses this gap in the literature by reporting the results of a national survey of local, regional, and state decision-makers whose organisations will be addressing community responses to the threat of climate change. We find that, in general, these agencies are not engaged in climate change policy, nor is the issue on their agendas. Among organisations considering policy responses, there is variation between types of agency and type of solution, mitigation versus adaptation.