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National governments have a crucial role to play in facilitating preparations for the effects of climate change. This chapter provides an overview of adaptation planning and implementation at the national level in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It compares different approaches and discusses emerging lessons learnt and challenges faced based on a survey of OECD countries’ National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and discussions at a workshop with adaptation policy-makers from 25 developed countries, held by the OECD in 2012.
Finland was the first OECD country to publish its strategy in 2005 and, since then, a further 17 OECD countries have published national strategies to coordinate and communicate their approach to climate change adaptation. Of the remaining OECD countries, eight have plans or strategies under development. The OECD workshop revealed three emerging challenges faced by countries as they move from planning to implementation: addressing capacity constraints, securing adequate financing, and measuring the success of adaptation interventions. Addressing these challenges will be essential to ensure that progress in planning translates into being better prepared for the effects of climate change.
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The views expressed in this chapter are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the OECD or the governments of its member countries. This chapter has been adapted from OECD Environment Working Paper “National Adaptation Planning: Lessons from OECD Countries” (http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/national-adaptation-planning_5k483jpfpsq1-en). This report was drafted by Michael Mullan, Nicholas Kingsmill, Shardul Agrawala, and Arnoldo Matus Kramer.
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Mullan, M., Kingsmill, N., Agrawala, S., Matus Kramer, A. (2015). National Adaptation Planning: Lessons from OECD Countries. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38670-1_38
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