The aim of this report is to investigate the potential for harnessing key features of Transformative Innovation to improve the design and the implementation of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies, based on empirical analyses. The study draws on the conceptual framework on this question previously defined for the JRC (European Commission, 2024), and the methodology for case studies articulated in the same report. The case study research comprises overall 14 case study reports covering 16 different territories from across the EU and beyond, casing various institutional contexts, a variety of biogeographical regions within different climate risks, different ranges of population sizes, and representing a diversity of approaches to CCA and transformative innovation1 . The framework takes the form of an analytical grid, structured into seven sections, each of them representing a key feature of the ‘transformative innovation’ approach where the features are understood as essential conditions for the design and implementation of CCA strategies with this high level of ambition. Each section sets out the main question(s) to be addressed in relation to its respective transformative innovation feature. This report provides the findings for the region of Emilia Romagna, Italy, as at November 2023, and is the result of a collaboration between the Joint Research Centre (JRC), DG CLIMA and DG RTD.
Authors
Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Haegeman, K, Murzyn, D
- Catalogue number
- KJ-05-24-240-EN-N
- Citation
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Haegeman, K., Murzyn, D., Transformative innovation for better climate change adaptation â Case study â Emilia-Romagna, Italy , Haegeman, K.(editor), Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/790200
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/790200
- ISBN
- 978-92-68-14294-3
- Pages
- 55
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Environment — Ecology , Scientific and technical research
Table of Contents
- FRONT3-5 1
- Emilia Romagna 3-5 3
- Contents 3
- Abstract 5
- Acknowledgements 6
- Executive summary 7
- Policy context 7
- Main findings 7
- Key conclusions 8
- 1 Introduction 9
- 1.1 Profile of the territory 9
- 1.2 Main climate change risks and vulnerabilities 10
- 1.3 State-of-play of CCA and innovation strategies 12
- 2 Analysis against conceptual framework: Transformative Innovation for better Climate Change Adaptation 16
- 2.1 Directionality 16
- 2.1.1 Current Status 17
- 2.1.2 Good Practices 17
- 2.1.3 Recommendations 18
- 2.2 Articulating portfolios 19
- 2.2.1 Current Status 19
- 2.2.2 Good Practices 20
- 2.2.3 Recommendations 24
- 2.3 Cross domain synergies 25
- 2.3.1 Current Status 25
- 2.3.2 Good Practices 26
- 2.3.3 Recommendations 28
- 2.4 Increased breadth and depth of stakeholder involvement 28
- 2.4.1 Current Status 29
- 2.4.2 Good Practices 29
- 2.4.3 Recommendations 32
- 2.5 Multi-level governance 33
- 2.5.1 Current Status 33
- 2.5.2 Good Practices 34
- 2.5.3 Recommendations 36
- 2.6 Room for experimentation 37
- 2.6.1 Current Status 37
- 2.6.2 Good Practices 37
- 2.6.3 Recommendations 38
- 2.7 Policy intelligence, learning and strategic capacity 38
- 2.7.1 Current Status 39
- 2.7.2 Good Practices 39
- 2.7.3 Recommendations 40
- 3 Conclusions and Recommendations 41
- References 43
- List of abbreviations and definitions 46
- List of boxes 50
- List of figures 51
- List of tables 52
- Annexes 53
- Annex 1. List of interviews 53
- Annex 2. List of case studies 53
- BACK cover 54
