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2019 | 19 | 1 | 113-135

Article title

Climate policy integration in the land use system with ecological thresholds

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PL
Integracja polityki klimatycznej w systemie użytkowania gruntów z progami ekologicznymi

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EN
The land use sector is an area with high potential to pursue mitigation and adaptation goals alike. However, due to the complexity derived from managing landscapes with multiple objectives and the lack of tools to assess the outcome, this potential is presumably subtilized in practice. In order to contribute to filling in this knowledge gap, this paper analyses climate policy integration – the joint implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures – in the presence of ecological thresholds. Based on a hypothetical, yet realistic, economic-ecological system, the synergic properties of different isolated and integrated policy configurations were analysed using a dynamic optimization framework and simulation tools. The results indicate that, regardless of specific circumstances (e.g. observing or not noticing a regime shift), the configuration which better complied with the definition of a synergy, corresponded to a cross sectorial approach: an intervention involving coordination between agriculture and forestry. This result suggests that harmonization among the elements that compose the land use sector is the main source of an enhanced policy outcome. Thus, effective integration requires looking at the land use sector as an entity (e.g. a landscape) rather than isolated components (e.g. agriculture and forestry sectors).
PL
Sektor użytkowania gruntów jest obszarem o dużym potencjale do realizacji i łagodzenia celów. Jednak ze względu na złożoność wynikającą z zarządzania krajobrazem z wieloma celami i brakiem narzędzi do oceny wyników, potencjał ten jest prawdopodobnie wysubtelniony w praktyce. Aby przyczynić się do wypełnienia tej luki w wiedzy, niniejszy artykuł analizuje integrację polityki klimatycznej - wspólne wdrażanie środków łagodzących i dostosowawczych - w obecności progów ekologicznych. Opierając się na hipotetycznym, realistycznym oraz ekonomiczno-ekologicznym systemie, analizowano synergiczne właściwości różnych izolowanych i zintegrowanych konfiguracji polityk przy użyciu dynamicznej struktury optymalizacji i narzędzi symulacyjnych. Wyniki wskazują, że niezależnie od konkretnych okoliczności (np. Obserwacja lub niezauważenie zmiany reżimu), konfiguracja, która lepiej odpowiadała definicji synergii, odpowiadała podejściu międzysektorowemu: interwencji obejmującej koordynację między rolnictwem a leśnictwem. Wynik ten sugeruje, że harmonizacja elementów składających się na sektor użytkowania gruntów jest głównym źródłem ulepszonych wyników polityki. Skuteczna integracja wymaga zatem spojrzenia na sektor użytkowania gruntów jako podmiot (np. Krajobraz), a nie pojedyncze elementy (np. Sektory rolnictwa i leśnictwa).

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19

Issue

1

Pages

113-135

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published
2019-03-01

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  • Uniwersytet Warszawski

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
1642-2597
EISSN
2081-8319

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-ed6f2899-2370-4cd3-ba2d-fbaf0f4626e8
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