Designing a mechanism for collaborative governance of climate change adaptation planning for water system in Taiwan

Abstract

• According to the Global Risks Landscape 2015 published by World Economic Forum, water crises and failure of climate-change adaptation are perceived as more likely and impactful than many other risks in the next 10 years. Water security is also deemed as cross-cutting issue for many other related policy domains such as energy, agriculture, infrastructure, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction and health. In Taiwan, increased water risk and growing uncertainty about future conditions has also reported by local scientific research, which may exacerbate existing water security challenges and complicate the adaptation planning of water system. • This research focuses on designing a mechanism for collaborative governance of climate change adaptation planning for water system in order to form integrated adaptation responses to climate change. Also, a risk-based framework, which was developed by International Risk Governance Council (IRGC), is also integrated into our mechanism to provide a systematic approach for the analysis, assessment and governance of adapting water systems to climate change, in order to enhance the adaptation planning methodology widely used in Taiwan status quo, such as downscaling techniques and traditional risk assessment methodology.