ABSTRACT

National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) have been characterized by complex implementation and coordination gaps, related to uneven framings in domestic contexts. This study analyzes these framing processes in Brazil and Colombia by examining the translation of global prescriptions into tangible policy instruments. It combines a policy translation analytical framework with the processes of layering, drift, conversion, and replacement. It draws on semi-structured interviews with institutional actors and it examines (i) agenda-setting and elaboration of the NAPs, (ii) the different roles and interactions of sector-based actors in agriculture and land-use, and (iii) the distinct concepts of adaptation put forward and their subsequent policy outputs in relation to national institutional trajectories. In Brazil and Colombia, the initial ambition of mainstreaming climate adaptation into sector-based policies resulted in a divergent patchwork of policies, which is characterized by limited means, capacity and other resources dedicated to coordination and implementation.

Key policy insights

• The study examines the processes through which international prescriptions influence concrete policy outcomes.

• The ambition of establishing new climate policies resulted in a patchwork of policies, characterized by low levels of coordination and limited means of implementation. In Brazil, adaptation goals were layered in with existing sector-based policies with some operational capacity, while in Colombia the national adoption of several adaptation goals has not translated into implementation.

• The article addresses the politics of policy transfer, knowledge interpretation, and policy change. It considers the possibility of actors interacting to reframe concepts according to their ideas and interests, while also aiming to assure stability.

• Climate policy requires efforts to alter policy priorities at the sector level, to create cross-sectoral balances, and strengthen the means of implementation, actions which intimately relate to power relations and institutional settings.

摘要

国家适应计划 (NAP) 的特点是复杂的实施和协调差距，这与国内环境中框架的不平衡有关。本研究通过研究将全球处方转化为切实的政策工具，分析了巴西和哥伦比亚的这些框架过程。它将策略翻译分析框架与分层、漂移、转换和替换的过程相结合。它利用与机构参与者的半结构化访谈，并审查 (i) 国家行动方案的议程设置和详细阐述，(ii) 部门参与者在农业和土地利用方面的不同作用和相互作用，以及 (iii)提出的不同适应概念及其随后与国家体制轨迹相关的政策产出。在巴西和哥伦比亚，

主要政策见解

• 该研究考察了国际规定影响具体政策结果的过程。

• 制定新气候政策的雄心导致政策错综复杂，其特点是协调水平低和实施手段有限。在巴西，适应目标与现有的具有一定操作能力的基于部门的政策分层，而在哥伦比亚，国家采用的若干适应目标尚未转化为实施。

• 这篇文章讨论了政策转移、知识解释和政策变化的政治。它考虑了参与者根据他们的想法和兴趣进行交互以重新构建概念的可能性，同时还旨在确保稳定性。

• 气候政策需要努力改变部门层面的政策重点，建立跨部门平衡，并加强与权力关系和制度设置密切相关的实施手段和行动。