<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> International and national documents related to climate change and restriction of its effects emphasize the significant role of local authorities in adaptation to climate change. New tasks resulting from the necessity to adapt to climate change rest with a commune as the basic unit of local authority and a government community, which is an organized territorial system implementing particular tasks, having its own structure and applying appropriate procedures. This paper is focused on presenting and discussing the statutory tasks of communes with regard to adaptation to climate change, identified within the frame of the KLIMADA research project “Elaborating and implementation of a strategic plan of adaptation for sectors and areas sensitive to climate change</p></abstract>

International and national documents related to climate change and restriction of its effects emphasize the significant role of local authorities in adaptation to climate change. New tasks resulting from the necessity to adapt to climate change rest with a commune as the basic unit of local authority and a government community, which is an organized territorial system implementing particular tasks, having its own structure and applying appropriate procedures. This paper is focused on presenting and discussing the statutory tasks of communes with regard to adaptation to climate change, identified within the frame of the KLIMADA research project “Elaborating and implementation of a strategic plan of adaptation for sectors and areas sensitive to climate change

Adaptation to climate change as a task for local authorities / Adaptacja do zmian klimatu jako zadanie władz lokalnych

Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11d St., 00-548 Warsaw

Association First Warsaw Agenda 21, 1 Stycznia 36b St., 02-134 Warsaw

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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International and national documents related to climate change and restriction of its effects emphasize the significant role of local authorities in adaptation...

Adaptation to climate change as a task for local authorities / Adaptacja do zmian klimatu jako zadanie władz lokalnych

Data publikacji: 08 wrz 2015

Zakres stron: 42 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2015-0015

Słowa kluczowe
climate change, adaptation, local communities, local government

© by Magdalena Głogowska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Adaptation to climate change as a task for local authorities / Adaptacja do zmian klimatu jako zadanie władz lokalnych

Data publikacji: 08 wrz 2015

Zakres stron: 42 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2015-0015

Słowa kluczoweclimate change, adaptation, local communities, local government

© by Magdalena Głogowska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
climate change, adaptation, local communities, local government