Unpacking multilevel adaptation to climate change in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

摘要: Multilevel governance is regarded as a promising approach to deal with the multidimensional nature of climate change adaptation. However, policy context in which it implemented very often complex and fragmented, characterised by interacting non-climate strategies. An understanding multilevel decision-making particularly important, if desired adaptation outcomes are be achieved. This paper examines how takes place system governance, Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) region. It over one hundred strategies at federal, state, regional local levels terms type, manifestation, purposefulness, drivers triggers, geographic temporal scope. Interactions between investigated both same level across levels. study demonstrates that necessary, but not sufficient condition responding multiscale multisector issues, such Short-term measures; predominant incremental, sectoral, top-down adaptation; lack framework for managing interactions major threats effective GBR Coping will require long-term transformative action, establishing enabling conditions support adaptation, and, most creating maintaining strategic among Coordinating integrating jurisdictions sectors significant challenging tasks region elsewhere.