适应海平面上升:地中海脆弱地区的参与性,以解决方案为导向的政策工具
Xenia I Loizidou1, Demetra L Orthodoxou1, Michael I Loizides1
1Isotech Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Environment systems & decisions
|June 26, 2023
概括
地中海海岸面临着由于气候变化而导致海平面上升 (SLR) 的重大威胁. 这项研究要求利益相关者制定实际的政策工具,以便在2100年之前使脆弱的沿海地区适应SLR.
科学领域:
- 沿海地形学和气候变化适应科学.
- 在脆弱地区的环境政策和利益相关者参与.
背景情况:
- 地中海沿海地区极易受到气候变化的影响,包括海平面上升 (SLR),海岸侵蚀和洪水.
- 预计到2100年,高达1米的SLR需要为低的沿海平原,三角洲和湖制定紧急的适应战略.
研究的目的:
- 制定定制的,以解决方案为导向的政策工具,以适应地中海脆弱沿海地区的海平面上升.
- 让各种各样的利益相关者参与结构化的参与过程,以确保适应行动的相关性和可实施性.
主要方法:
- 一个结构化的参与过程,涉及四个高度脆弱的地中海沿海地区的选定的利益相关者.
- 通过利益相关者的互动和共识建设,开发具体案例和特定地点的政策工具.
- 分析利益相关者的参与,以确定SLR适应政策制定和科学传播的关键问题.
主要成果:
- 成功为威尼斯湖,梅塔邦托回收区,巴森托河口,埃布罗河三角洲和查拉斯特拉沿海平原制定了相关,有效和可实施的政策工具.
- 确定了SLR适应政策的关键因素,包括弥合知识差距和促进社会学习.
- 证明了结构化科学传播在促进利益相关者对SLR适应的理解和共识方面的价值.
结论:
- 参与性利益相关者参与对于为面临海平面上升的沿海地区制定有效和集体接受的适应战略至关重要.
- 开发的政策工具为具体行动提供了基础,以提高地中海脆弱沿海社区对未来危害的抵御力.
- 这种方法促进了社会学习,并可以为更广泛的公众参与气候适应规划提供信息.
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