Presentation held by Livia Bizikova during the Governance & Institutions Across Scales in Climate Resilient Food Systems Brussels Workshop 9-11 Sept 2014. Workshop held by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Flagship 4.

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Systematic review approach to
identifying key trends in
adaptation governance at the
supranational level
Livia Bizikova, Daniella Echeverria and
Anne Hammill

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Systematic review
• It involves reviewing documents according to clearly
formulated criteria, using systematic and explicit
methods to select and critically appraise relevant
information (Lesnikowski et al. 2011; Berrang-Ford et al.
2011; Ford et al, 2011).
• This approach, common in health sciences, has recently
been applied to climate change studies to assess current
knowledge about climate change impacts and adaptation
measures, human health (Lesnikowski et al. 2011) the
Arctic regions of Canada (Ford and Pearce 2010), and in
general regarding the governance of adaptation
(Biesbroek et al, in press).

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Conducted searchers
• Analyses of climate change adaptation governance, food
security and at the national and supranational levels.
• we used Google Scholar and ScienceDirect
Category Included Excluded
Type Journal papers Books, book chapters,
editorials, grey literature
Publication year 2008 - 2014 Papers published earlier
were excluded
Focus Aspects of agriculture and
food security
Other sectorial focus
Geographic scale National Sub-national; local; farm,
operations-level;
community-level
Regional
Global

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Total no. 369
Sub-national focus no.
223
Supranational focus no.
146
Water and fisheries
13
Disaster
reduction 21
Small- scale agriculture 11
Water and fisheries 21
Adaptation and
mitigation 14
Urban/cities 39
Rural, CBA 24
Sub-national
governance systems 39
Local governance 14
other 59
Water and fisheries 13
Ecosystems/ forestry 19
Regional governance 24
Other 38
Food-focus 52

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Criteria to sort the papers
• 10 major criteria and 74 sub-criteria were used
• Geographic scale
• Geographic location
• Level of development
• Aspect of agriculture & food security addressed
• Other sectoral focus (secondary to agriculture & food):
• Mitigation issues included or do not (+details)
• Climate change impact discussed
• Type of adaptation actions
• Governance aspects
• Identified governance challenges

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Major focus of the reviewed documents
(n = 52)
• 10 papers with global focus only
• Regions: EU (6), Sub-Saharan Africa (6), Caribbean, South
East Asia, Mekong Delta
• Countries: 45 countries included; Australia (6), UK (6), US (4),
Finland (4), Netherlands (3); Bangladesh (2), Mozambique (2),
Spain (2); Mexico (2), Germany (2), Canada (2)
• Development status of the countries: 11 on developed
countries only, 9 only on developing countries, 20 both
developed and developing; LDCs included within these groups

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Focus of the papers
(n = 98)
• Focused on multiple aspects of food security and related
agricultural issues/food system issues
• Natural resources, policy and food availability (shared focus)

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Climate Change Mitigation
• Issues: mitigation in the agriculture and livestock sectors;
biofuel production; policy coordination between A and M,
trade offs for A and M in the context of agriculture

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Climate Change Impacts
• Focus on governance systems, policies, institutions to
respond/prepare for climate change impacts
• Specific impacts: droughts, floods, extreme events

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Types of governance measures discussed
(n = 180)

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Types of governance measures listed
• Connecting key sectors to identify synergies and trade-off
is critical for effective adaptation, mainstreaming and
then by vertical coordination promoting implementation
• Creating a relevant mix of policies (frameworks, review
of current policies and new policies)
• Improving institutions to promote vertical coordination
• Communication about policy actions, encouraging
behavioral change such actions should be core part of
policy making (more important then stakeholders
consultation)
• Adjusting decision-making processes within and between
donor and national institutions. They include impact
assessments, indicator and reporting systems as well as
improvements of the policy dialogue

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Barriers for governance listed
(n = 109)

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Barriers for governance listed
• Policy/ institutional coordination challenges to undertake
integrated approaches (climate change, food system,
health economic, health, social, and environmental
agendas) and complex trade-offs; integration of risks and
related accountability and transparency
• Targeted impact information
• Better coordination between global and regional levels
to help translate issues to the national level sharing a
similar context (role of different levels)
• Integration important ‘bottom-up’ processes with ‘top-down’
high-level policy strategies and visions
• Vague definitions for policy focus (vulnerable groups)

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Some conclusions
• Challenges for governance systems to address
integration of different areas (beyond cross-sectorial
coordination)
• Limited regional focus/role of regional assessments and
then linking with global and national
• Limited focus on some aspects related to food security
(pastoralism, markets, infrastructure)
• Information and communication of specific impacts