Delivering organisational adaptation through legislative mechanisms: Evidence from the Adaptation Reporting Power (Climate Change Act 2008)

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dc.contributor.authorJude, Simon R.
dc.contributor.authorDrew, Gillian H.
dc.contributor.authorPollard, Simon J. T.
dc.contributor.authorRocks, Sophie A.
dc.contributor.authorJenkinson, K.
dc.contributor.authorLamb, R.
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-18T12:57:49Z
dc.date.available2016-10-18T12:57:49Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-14
dc.description.abstractThere is increasing recognition that organisations, particularly in key infrastructure sectors, are potentially vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events, and require organisational responses to ensure they are resilient and adaptive. However, detailed evidence of how adaptation is facilitated, implemented and reported, particularly through legislative mechanisms is lacking. The United Kingdom Climate Change Act (2008), introduced the Adaptation Reporting Power, enabling the Government to direct so-called reporting authorities to report their climate change risks and adaptation plans. We describe the authors' unique role and experience supporting the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) during the Adaptation Reporting Power's first round. An evaluation framework, used to review the adaptation reports, is presented alongside evidence on how the process provides new insights into adaptation activities and triggered organisational change in 78% of reporting authorities, including the embedding of climate risk and adaptation issues. The role of legislative mechanisms and risk-based approaches in driving and delivering adaptation is discussed alongside future research needs, including the development of organisational maturity models to determine resilient and well adapting organisations. The Adaptation Reporting Power process provides a basis for similar initiatives in other countries, although a clear engagement strategy to ensure buy-in to the process and research on its long-term legacy, including the potential merits of voluntary approaches, is required.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationS.R. Jude, G.H. Drew, S.J.T. Pollard, S.A. Rocks, K. Jenkinson, R. Lamb, Delivering organisational adaptation through legislative mechanisms: Evidence from the Adaptation Reporting Power (Climate Change Act 2008), Science of The Total Environment, Volume 574, Issue January 2017, pp. 858-871en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.104
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10772
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAdaptationen_UK
dc.subjectClimate changeen_UK
dc.subjectOrganisationen_UK
dc.subjectRisken_UK
dc.subjectResilienceen_UK
dc.titleDelivering organisational adaptation through legislative mechanisms: Evidence from the Adaptation Reporting Power (Climate Change Act 2008)en_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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