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Local governments as key agents in climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for institutional capacity-building in Mexico
Climate Policy ( IF 6.056 ) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 , DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2163972
Abril Cid, Amy M. Lerner

ABSTRACT

Institutional capacity is one of the dimensions of adaptive capacity that determines the level and pace of climate change adaptation at the local level. Local governments are key actors in climate change adaptation because they have the responsibility to translate top-down risk information to vulnerable populations and can scale bottom-up initiatives of communities in adaptation planning. There is a need for integrated approaches for adaptive capacity building that incorporate specific capacities to tackle multiple climate risks and generic capacities to address basic needs for human development. In this analysis, we assess the institutional capacity profiles of local governments in Mexico through a cluster analysis to understand how different aspects of generic and specific capacities, which operate through bottom-up or top-down approaches, coincide in local governments. Our results show that local governments in Mexico can be grouped by type and level of institutional capacity, as follows: those that (1) engage in intergovernmental coordination; (2) focus on safety-first; (3) exhibit high capacities in transparency and citizen participation; and (4) are in a poverty trap. These groups reflect challenges for local governments in Mexico, including the need to resolve short-term crises, the lack of climate change awareness, and a low capacity to access and mobilize economic resources for adaptation. Conversely, horizontal and vertical coordination, transparency, and citizen participation are found to be key elements able to strengthen institutional capacities for adaptation. In the context of multiple climate risks and underdeveloped enabling conditions for adaptation, there is a need for strategic investment in capacities that are contextually relevant and that can reduce the adaptation gap for climate action in Mexico. Further analysis will be needed to evaluate how the mobilization of the institutional capacities by local governments in each group influences climate change adaptation outcomes, particularly differentiated for urban and rural contexts, as well as for metropolitan scales.

Key policy insights

  • - Local governments in Mexico are faced with the challenge of resolving urgent and short-term issues, making it difficult to face climate change adaptation.

  •  - Intergovernmental coordination is a key attribute that local governments can develop to address and overcome deficiencies in institutional capacities for climate change adaptation

  •  - Administrative capacity, transparency, accountability, and public participation are critical elements for local governments and will assist them to access and mobilize economic resources for climate change adaptation.



中文翻译:

地方政府作为适应气候变化的主要代理人:墨西哥机构能力建设的挑战和机遇

摘要

机构能力是适应能力的维度之一,它决定了地方层面适应气候变化的水平和速度。地方政府是气候变化适应的关键参与者,因为他们有责任将自上而下的风险信息转化为弱势群体,并可以扩大社区在适应规划中自下而上的举措。适应性能力建设需要采用综合方法,其中包括应对多种气候风险的具体能力和满足人类发展基本需求的通用能力。在此分析中,我们通过聚类分析评估墨西哥地方政府的机构能力概况,以了解通过自下而上或自上而下的方法运作的通用能力和特定能力的不同方面,在地方政府中一致。我们的结果表明,墨西哥的地方政府可以按机构能力的类型和水平进行分组,如下所示: (1) 参与政府间协调;(二)注重安全第一;(3) 在透明度和公民参与方面表现出高能力;(4) 陷入贫困陷阱。这些群体反映了墨西哥地方政府面临的挑战,包括需要解决短期危机、缺乏气候变化意识以及获取和调动经济资源以适应气候变化的能力低下。相反,横向和纵向协调、透明度和公民参与被发现是能够加强机构适应能力的关键因素。在多重气候风险和不发达的适应有利条件的背景下,需要对与背景相关的能力进行战略投资,这可以减少墨西哥气候行动的适应差距。需要进一步分析以评估地方政府在每个群体中动员机构能力如何影响气候变化适应结果,特别是在城市和农村背景以及大都市范围内有所不同。

关键政策见解

  • - 墨西哥地方政府面临着解决紧迫和短期问题的挑战,难以应对气候变化。

  •  - 政府间协调是地方政府可以发展的一个关键属性,以解决和克服适应气候变化的机构能力不足

  •  - 行政能力、透明度、问责制和公众参与是地方政府的关键要素,将帮助他们获得和调动经济资源以适应气候变化。

更新日期:2023-01-11
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