Cities around the world are confronted with the need to put in place climate adaptation policies to protect citizens and properties from climate change impacts. This article applies components of the framework developed by Moser and Ekström (2010) onto empirical qualitative data to diagnose institutional barriers to climate change adaptation in the Municipality of Beirut, Lebanon. Our approach reveals the presence of two vicious cycles influencing each other. In the first cycle, the root cause barrier is major political interference generating competing priorities and poor individual interest in climate change. A second vicious cycle is derived from feedbacks caused by the first and leading to the absence of a dedicated department where sector specific climate risk information is gathered and shared with other departments, limited knowledge and scientific understanding, as well as a distorted framing or vision, where climate change is considered unrelated to other issues and is to be dealt with at higher levels of government. The article also highlights the need to analyze interlinkages between barriers in order to suggest how to overcome them. The most common way to overcome barriers according to interviewees is through national and international support followed by the creation of a data bank. These opportunities could be explored by national and international policy-makers to break the deadlock in Beirut.

世界各地的城市都需要制定气候适应政策，以保护公民和财产免受气候变化的影响。本文将 Moser 和 Ekström (2010) 开发的框架组件应用于实证定性数据，以诊断黎巴嫩贝鲁特市气候变化适应的制度障碍。我们的方法揭示了两个相互影响的恶性循环的存在。在第一个周期中，根本原因障碍是主要的政治干预导致竞争优先事项和个人对气候变化的兴趣不佳。第二个恶性循环源于第一个引起的反馈，导致没有专门的部门来收集特定部门的气候风险信息并与其他部门共享，有限的知识和科学理解，以及扭曲的框架或愿景，气候变化被认为与其他问题无关，应由更高级别的政府处理。文章还强调需要分析障碍之间的相互联系，以便提出如何克服它们的建议。据受访者称，克服障碍的最常见方法是通过国家和国际支持，然后建立数据库。国家和国际政策制定者可以探索这些机会，以打破贝鲁特的僵局。文章还强调需要分析障碍之间的相互联系，以便提出如何克服它们的建议。据受访者称，克服障碍的最常见方法是通过国家和国际支持，然后建立数据库。国家和国际政策制定者可以探索这些机会，以打破贝鲁特的僵局。文章还强调需要分析障碍之间的相互联系，以便提出如何克服它们的建议。据受访者称，克服障碍的最常见方法是通过国家和国际支持，然后建立数据库。国家和国际政策制定者可以探索这些机会，以打破贝鲁特的僵局。