S5 Episode 3: Discourse, policy and River Basin Plans in Portugal - Teresa Fidélis
In this episode, we talk with Teresa Fidélis from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, about her co-authored research article ‘The integration of land use and climate change risks in the Programmes of Measures of River Basin Plans–assessing the influence of the Water Framework Directive in Portugal’.
We hear how the analysis found a clear shift in the language used in Portuguese River Basin Plans— how ‘concern about land use topics has reduced in the measures’ described in the plans over time.
Importantly, we discuss how these results were shared with policymakers and how the research team explained to them that ‘the more particular concerns are evident, the easier they are communicated and assimilated by other actors’.