Work Plan

(a) The stock taking survey provides an overview of how governments in 10 OECD countries address the four governance challenges (to be discussed with Austrian policy makers in a workshop), and it results in a shortlist of potential policy case studies;

(b) The case studies reveal how selected governance approaches addressing all four challenges materialise in concrete adaptation policy cases, and they help to focus the next research step, namely

(c) The extended literature review aims to draw lessons from thematically related policy fields that are characterised by similar governance challenges. Finally,

(d) The case studies are compared (cross-case analysis) in the light of the lessons drawn from the  extended literature review, and policy recommendations are formulated and revised based on a discussion with Austrian policy makers and feedback from the advisory panel.