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Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change Within Risk Management? The Case of Insurance System Signals and Policy Responses in Hawaii
Author(s) -
StarominskiUehara Marvin,
Keskitalo E. Carina H.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
risk, hazards and crisis in public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1944-4079
DOI - 10.1002/rhc3.12067
Subject(s) - climate change , adaptation (eye) , climate change adaptation , political economy of climate change , business , environmental resource management , risk management , environmental planning , geography , economics , finance , ecology , biology , physics , optics
Climate change is a stress requiring the integration of long‐term risks into planning systems at local, regional, and national levels. In policy‐making processes, however, climate change competes against other political priorities for funding resulting in the insufficient integration of long‐term risks into adaptation strategies. This study reviews the development of policies in relation to insurance programs relevant to climate change‐related risks in Hawaii and its county Kauai. The study shows that the integration of climate change adaptation into policy‐making processes at different administrative levels is limited by limited disclosure and competing priorities, affecting insurance coverage and resulting in the increase of exposure of local communities to climate change‐related risks.