Networking climate change in Peru: coalitions and synergies between adaptation and mitigation

The wicked problem of climate change encompasses multiple interactions between mechanisms of global climate governance and complex policy processes at the country level. One example is the tension (and synergies) between global mitigation goals and various national priorities related to adaptation and socio-economic development in different sectors. How related policy networks emerge and evolve in member countries of the UNFCCC remains an open but important research question. Understanding the interactions and power struggles among the many actors that influence, and are influenced by, national adaptation and mitigation policy processes can contribute to a better understanding of the different factors that can hinder or foster transformative global governance for addressing climate change. As an emerging economy that hosts the fourth largest extent of tropical rainforest cover and some of the most vulnerable areas to climate hazards in the world, Peru is a critical country in the global climate governance challenge. This paper explores the power relations and policy coalitions behind national climate change policy processes in Peru, and discusses their implications in terms of synergies between regional and local adaptation, global climate change mitigation and national socio-economic development. We employ a policy network analysis approach with social network tools. We complement the discussion of the results of interviews with 76 policy actors with structured policy document analysis, looking at the coherence between adaptation, mitigation and land-use governance policy outputs at the national level. (Texte intégral