Scaling up local climate action: A survey of climate policy priorities in the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities region
| dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, Ekaterina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Krawchenko, Tamara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pearce, Katherine | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shaw, Karena | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-14T22:27:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-14T22:27:58Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2021 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Regional planning can help functionally-connected communities share expertise and the costs of climate action and amplify collective concerns and needs to upper-level governments. Understanding communities’ climate impacts, policies and barriers to action is foundational to the development of regional-scale climate planning. In support of a nascent climate strategy in the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities region of British Columbia, our study employs a web-based survey of local government officials (n=106) to identify the existing climate impacts, policy priorities, barriers, and opportunities that guide climate policy-making in the region, including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that nearly all communities have experienced climate-related impacts and have implemented a variety of climate policies. However, local governments face substantial barriers—including a lack of financial resources, authority and staffing capacity—to pursue climate action and planning. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rhodes, E., Krawchenko, T., Pearce, K., & Shaw, K. (2021). Scaling up local climate action: A survey of climate policy priorities in the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities region. Canadian Planning and Policy Journal, 2021(1), 36-69. https://doi.org/10.24908/cpp-apc.v2021i01.14469. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.24908/cpp-apc.v2021i01.14469 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12850 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Canadian Planning and Policy Journal | en_US |
| dc.subject | regional climate planning | |
| dc.subject | climate policy priorities | |
| dc.subject | climate policy barriers | |
| dc.subject | survey of local government | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Public Administration | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Environmental Studies | |
| dc.title | Scaling up local climate action: A survey of climate policy priorities in the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities region | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |