Climate change adaptation (CCA) is argued to require coordinated policy responses because it is a complex, long-term, knowledge intensive, cross-sectoral, and multi-level governance challenge that involves many interdependencies and actors with different perceptions, goals, and approaches. This study, therefore, examines approaches of a set of European Union (EU) member states (Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (England)) to pursue a more coordinated approach to CCA policy. It specifically addresses the co-ordination approaches that the selected countries use for the development and implementation of their national CCA policies in the immediate period following the publication of the EU’s 2013 Adaptation Strategy. The analysis demonstrates that while useful coordination processes have been established in the analyzed EU member states, they have difficulty in challenging existing institutional hierarchies and decision rules. Consequently, longer-term opportunities for managing CCA conflicts and synergies among sectoral policies have to date been limited.

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欧洲国家适应气候变化的政策协调：所有过程，但力量很小

气候变化适应 (CCA) 被认为需要协调一致的政策响应，因为它是一个复杂的、长期的、知识密集型、跨部门和多层次的治理挑战，涉及许多相互依存的因素和具有不同看法、目标和方法的参与者. 因此，本研究考察了一组欧盟 (EU) 成员国（丹麦、芬兰、德国、意大利、荷兰和英国（英格兰））为采取更加协调的 CCA 政策而采取的方法。它特别涉及选定国家在欧盟 2013 年适应战略发布后的近期内用于制定和实施其国家 CCA 政策的协调方法。分析表明，虽然在所分析的欧盟成员国中已经建立了有用的协调过程，但它们难以挑战现有的制度等级和决策规则。因此，迄今为止，管理 CCA 冲突和部门政策之间的协同作用的长期机会是有限的。