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Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is a nature-based solution that has gained importance in the context of international climate policy, such as in the EU Adaptation Strategy (2013), which explicitly encourages its adoption and which should continue in The European Green Deal. This study aims to analyze how the EbA concept has been adopted in strategic adaptation planning at the municipal and intermunicipal levels in Portugal after the publication of the European adaptation strategy in 2013. Thus, a quantitative content analysis was carried out, based on EbA keywords, of municipal strategies and intermunicipal plans in Portugal. The term "ecosystem-based" has not been transposed as an explicit objective at the municipal and intermunicipal levels. All strategies and plans have included indirect references to the underlying elements of the EbA concept. This study highlights that although the EU Adaptation Strategy explicitly encourages EbA, this does not mean that it is adopted as a preferred adaptation approach at the local level in Portugal. The EbA seems to be more widely understood by the research community than by municipal technicians or private companies. It is necessary to explore how the EbA concept can be more widely accepted through the generation of co-benefits and by synergies between topics. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses our report to this committee on climate change adaptation and the role strategic federal planning could play in government decision making. Changes in the climate attributable to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases may have significant impacts in the United States and internationally. For example, climate change could threaten coastal areas with rising sea levels. In recent years, climate change adaptation--adjustments to natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climate change--has begun to receive more attention because the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere are expected to continue altering the climate system into the future, regardless of efforts to control emissions. According to a recent report by the National Research Council (NRC), however, individuals and institutions whose futures will be affected by climate change are unprepared both conceptually and practically for meeting the challenges and opportunities it presents. In this context, adapting to climate change requires making policy and management decisions that cut across traditional economic sectors, jurisdictional boundaries, and levels of government. This testimony is based on our October 2009 report, which is being publicly released today, and addresses three issues: (1) what actions federal, state, local, and international authorities are taking to adapt to a changing climate; (2) the challenges that federal, state, and local officials face in their efforts to adapt; and (3) the actions that Congress and federal agencies could take to help address these challenges. We also provide information about our prior work on similarly complex, interdisciplinary issues."

Der Hauptanspruch der Strategischen Regionalplanung besteht darin, Orientierung zu vermitteln und eine langfristige Ausrichtung der Regionalentwicklung zu bewirken. Ein erfolgreicher Planungsprozess bedarf deswegen mehr denn je einer neuen und intensiven Verzahnung von Leitbildern (Zielen), Konzepten (Plänen) und daran orientierten Schritten zu deren Umsetzung. Strategische Regionalplanung als dreistufiger, eng verzahnter Planungsprozess stützt sich dabei auf die Bildung von Netzwerken, umfassende Partizipation, die frühzeitige Schaffung strategischer Partnerschaften (Allianzen) sowie die Unterstützung der Akteure bei der Umsetzung der Konzepte, Pläne und Programme. Grundlage für die Vielzahl der Aktivitäten sind kontinuierliches Monitoring und Controlling.
Mit dieser Thematik hat sich eine interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern beschäftigt. Auf der Basis einer Auswertung nationaler und internationaler Fallbeispiele legt sie mit diesem Band grundlegende Beiträge (Module) für ein fachlich fundiertes, konsistentes Modell einer zukunftsfähigen Strategischen Regionalplanung vor, das Aspekten der Regionalentwicklung besondere Bedeutung beimisst und eine Entwicklungssteuerung gleichermaßen in städtischen wie in ländlichen Regionen ermöglicht.