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Hewitt, Richard James

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Richard James
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Hewitt
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/85479
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Geografía e Historia
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    Climate Change Challenges and Community-Led Development Strategies: Do They Fit Together in Fisheries Regions?
    (Energies, 2021) Furmankiewicz, Marek; Hewitt, Richard James; Kapusta, Andrzej; Solecka, Iga
    Coastal and terrestrial fisheries communities in Europe, often economically marginalised, are likely to face severe impacts as climate change becomes more acute. Although progress on climate mitigation and adaptation from national governments remains slow, local development actions can also address these impacts from the bottom up. In this paper we analyse the Fisheries and Sea Operational Programme 2014–2020 and 36 Local Development Strategies prepared within the framework of this programme for the case of Poland. The strategies, which were prepared by cross-sectoral, area-based partnerships known as Fisheries Local Action Groups, are analysed using a content analysis approach. The aim was to assess the degree to which local stakeholders sought to address the climate challenge. We found that the mitigation of climate impacts and the development of renewable energy did not feature prominently in the analysed documents, suggesting that both central policymakers and local stakeholders in Polish fisheries regions had a low level of awareness about the climate problem and their potentially important role in addressing it. Transformation to a post-carbon society undoubtedly requires additional, targeted support and extensive educational activities at the local level, in Poland and elsewhere.