Gupta, J.

Klostermann, J.E.M.

Termeer, C.J.A.M.

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EMS8/ECAC7 Abstracts,
Vol. 5, EMS2008-A-00649, 2008
8th Annual Meeting of the EMS / 7th ECAC
© Author(s) 2008
Conceptual framework for assessing climate-proofness
of governance structures
J. Gupta (1), J.E.M. Klostermann (2), C.J.A.M. Termeer (2)
(1) Free University Amsterdam, (2) Wageningen University and Research Centre
(judith.klostermann@wur.nl, 0317-486427)
In the Climate changes Spatial Planning programme, a project is running called ‘In-
stitutions for adaptation’ (also known under the number IC12). The research will in-
vestigate, in a variety of ways, how Dutch society can adapt to climate change. It is
one thing to think of technical solutions, but will the Dutch authorities, companies and
other organisations be able to carry them through? The climate problem has several
specific characteristics:
- It has implications on all scales: global, EU, national, regional and local.
- It has implications over very long time horizons, such as 50, 100 or 200 years into
the future.
- There are still uncertainties about the scale of the impacts of climate change.
Can the present administrative structure in the Netherlands cope with these issues?
Many public authorities are trying to shape their policies in greater consultation with
a range of civil society organisations (‘from government to governance’). Does this
interactive policy style lend itself to a problem such as climate change?
The project has developed a conceptual framework for assessing the adaptive capacity
of a system of national institutions. The six concepts that wil form the basis of the
framework are:
- Requisite variety
- Responsive autonomous change
- Learning capacity
- Leadership
- Resources
- Legitimacy
This framework will be applied to the Dutch administrative system. The research will
look at four sectors: nature, water, agriculture and spatial planning. The result will be
a diagnosis of the adaptive capacity of Dutch institutions. At the conference we will
focus on explaining and discussing the conceptual framework.


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