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Creating legislative frameworks for adaptation
Adapting to the impacts of climate change requires a mix of strategies ranging from the technological, to the social and behavioural, to the managerial. Aspects of the adaptation agenda will require a legal foundation in order to give them legitimacy and enforceability. It is important not to overstate the potential role of law vis-à-vis other interventions, while also recognising that legal instruments can contribute to societal adaptation in significant ways. This chapter examines the need for, constraints on, and characteristics of legal and, specifically, legislative frameworks for adaptation. The following section identifies the circumstances in which adaptation is enhanced or facilitated by a legislative foundation. Section 12.3 outlines some of the challenges to adaptation law-making, while section 12.4 distils from the Australian experience of coastal adaptation planning some common elements and characteristics of effective legislative frameworks.
History
Publication title
Climate Adaptation FuturesEditors
J Palutikof, SL Boulter, AJ Ash, MS Smith, M Parry, M Waschka and D GuitartPagination
126-132ISBN
978-0-470-67496-3Department/School
Faculty of LawPublisher
Wiley-BlackwellPlace of publication
Chichester, UKExtent
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Copyright 2013 John Wiley & Sons, LtdRepository Status
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