Journal article

The relevance of a coproductive capacity framework to climate change adaptation: Investigating the health and water sectors in Cambodia

KJ Bowen, FP Miller, V Dany, S Graham

Ecology and Society | Published : 2015

Abstract

Multiple active partnerships in the health and water sectors in Cambodia exist to address climate change adaptation, operating beyond typical sectoral and organizational divides. Decisions around national adaptation policy are made predominantly by the relevant lead ministry, contrasting with where funding originates from (i.e., major donors, multilaterals, United Nation agencies). Adaptation policy is thus the result of a process of coproduction by state and nonstate actors. The research we present sought to understand the relationships that exist between knowledge- and decision-makers with respect to climate change adaptation in the health and water sectors in Cambodia, and the factors tha..

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Grants

Awarded by AusAID Australian Development Research Awards (ADRA)


Funding Acknowledgements

The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge that the research this paper is based upon has been made possible through an AusAID Australian Development Research Awards (ADRA) grant (ADRA0800117) for the project entitled Evaluating the Connections and Contributions of Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments to Adaptation Strategies in the Health and Water Sectors: A Three-Country Study in the Asia-Pacific Region. The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and should not be regarded as reflecting AusAID policy.