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http://dx.doi.org/10.7545/ajip.2020.9.1.036

A Conceptual Approach to Evaluating the Reliability of a Climate Change Adaptation System

Park, ChangKeun (Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Cho, Dongin (MUREPA Korea)

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Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy / v.9, no.1, 2020 , pp. 36-55 More about this Journal

Abstract

Climate change is one of the most discussed issues in international for a today. Evaluating the effect of climate change at a regional level and setting up an appropriate policy to address the issues associated with climate change require a proper evaluation process on the climate change and adaptation projects already implemented. Although various evaluation approaches to climate change adaptation programs have been proposed, it is rare to find a proper systematic approach to evaluating the reliability of those climate change adaptation programs. In the current situation regarding the system to evaluate climate change adaptation programs, the purpose of this study is to suggest a theoretical and standardized evaluation system on the reliability of climate change adaptation schemes. The new approach suggested in this paper will be appropriate when requiring a confidence level for adaptation programs that are specially localized and categorized. Using various quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods with the inherent reality mechanism, we provide a conceptual framework to measure the reliability of climate change adaptation programs with a flexible adjustment process. With the proposed framework, it is possible to provide the level of confidence on the results collected from the evaluation systems and construct a standardized, system-wide assessment procedure toward climate change adaptation policies. By applying this approach based on scientific evidence on the reliability of climate change adaptation policies, appropriate and efficient climate change adaptation programs will be properly designed for and implemented in Korea.

Keywords

Climate change; adaptation; reliability; evaluation method; inherent reality mechanism;

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