Governing climate change adaptation is affected by various challenges relating to the multifaceted,
interconnected and uncertain character of climate change. The characteristics of climate change ask
for an approach incorporating more than just one scale. In a multi-scale world of governing climate
adaptation, alignment has become increasingly important as a means to achieve policy coherence and
policy integration. In this research, alignment is defined as the process of linking policy-related means
such as ambitions, frames or policy outcomes. Despite the extensive alignment activities in practice,
limited research on alignment has been done. However, further insights on alignment are necessary
for successful adaptation to climate change.
Author: Amy Kurver