期刊名称：Barents Studies: Peoples, Economies and Politics
电子版ISSN：2324-0652
出版年度：2014
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：University of Lapland
摘要：The Finnish Ministry of the Environment published a report at the end of the year 2012 on regional climate change strategies in the Barents region. The report addresses a topic that is gaining increasing interest among both academics and polic y-makers: the sub-national – and particularly the regional – level in climate adaptation and mitiga- tion work. The report emphasizes the important fact that climate change is not only an environmental issue, but it has also economic and social impacts that deserve attention. Regional climate change strategies are seen, from a top-down perspective, as essential in achieving national and international (e.g. the EU's) goals on climate change issues. On the other hand, in regional climate strategies also issues that are specific for each region can be addressed
