20.500.12556/RUL-171035 Combating new challenges with old political solutions? Policy responses to climate change and climate- induced disturbances in European forests This study focuses on the role of external events – in the form of climate change and climate-induced disturbance – for policy forest development. The aim is to explore the evolution of European forest policy through a longitudinal analysis of Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and Sweden, assessing how climate change and climate-induced disturbances are considered in policy goals, problem perceptions, governance approaches, and preferred management solutions. First, we map and analyze policy development within each country over a period of two decades. Second, we discuss how these findings relate to climate change and climate-induced disturbances. Third, and finally, we reflect on the similarities and differences of the four countries. The empirical results provide an overview of forest policy development and show how responsive the governance systems have been to the new challenges posed by a rapidly changing climate. While much stability has characterized European forest policy, revisions and substantial changes, partly motivated by increasing climate change and climate-induced disturbances, are evident in different ways and to varying degrees in the countries studied. The magnitude and consequences of these disruptive events, existing institutional structures, and present advocacy coalitions are suggested as explanations for variations among countries. The lessons about past responsiveness may predict the pace of implementation of new forest policies and adaptation to disturbances in the future. climate changes climate-induced disturbances external events forest policy forest politics policy change policy stability podnebne spremembe naravne motnje zunanji dejavniki gozdarska politika gozdne politike javnopolitične spremembe stabilnost politike true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-07-28 10:56:54 2025-07-28 10:57:00 2025-07-29 03:57:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 13 str. art. [103561] Vol. 178 Sep. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*90 1872-7050 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103561 241058307 RAZ_Sandstrom_Annica_2025.pdf RAZ_Sandstrom_Annica_2025.pdf 1 38AF0D530AC0D879DE87324EE2C7710A 3202233eb70006eb569f745cc5dbb471f7b69ea564e0f0e439d12fa372cce2fa ff016e80-6b91-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=213362 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934125001406 1 cae1ddc3-6b90-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=213361 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0