Adaptation to climate change has become an integral part of climate change
policies across the world. Based on the limited literature on the governance
of climate change adaptation, the paper first highlights four key challenges
governments face in this context, i.e. (i) how to better integrate adaptation
policies horizontally across policy sectors and (ii) vertically across levels
of government, (iii) how to integrate knowledge in adaptation policy
decisions, and (iv) how to involve stakeholders in adaptation decisions. The
paper then shows how selected OECD countries address these challenges when
developing and implementing adaptation policies and instruments. We identify
the most important governance mechanisms on the national level which
constitute a distinct governance structure in each surveyed country, and
highlight their objectives and specific foci on one or more governance
challenges. The paper analyses dominant modes of emerging interaction patterns
in the respective governance arrangements.Draft pape
