Policies and regulations
The right policies and regulations can boost action and support implementation of climate adaptation. While regulations take time to develop, it is nevertheless important to share best practices which support adaptation actions. Policies is a long-term endeavour, but key interventions can make a lot of difference triggering adaptation actions.
Why?
Policies and regulations provide important tools for creating an enabling environment for adaptation. They ensure that the rules are in use that regulate behavior that have resilient outcomes.
In general, resilience has not been integrated in many national policy frameworks. Hear more about that in this webinar on resilient policies at the COP 26 in 2021.
For example, a policy in Oslo municipality states that all surface storm water needs to be taken care of by sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) sometimes also called open drainage. This has created many green solutions above ground, improving the urban environment and creating many attractive spaces to live, work and play.
Policies for floating development are often missing in countries, and one solution to that is to look abroad for existing policies. For example the Dutch regulations have been used in other countries, when there was none available.
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