Climate Change Adaptation in The Swedish Forestry Sector : A Technological Innovation System Analysis

Abstract: This study applies the fundamentals of the Technological innovation systems framework to analyze the systemic conditions of the Swedish forestry’s capabilities to facilitate and generate innovation for climate change adaptation. Documentation, together with primary data from two surveys sent to a variety of actors operating inside the system, was assessed and analyzed to get an understanding of the organizational and institutional challenges this industry meets in the new era of the Anthropocene. The study concludes that there are both structural hinders in actors, networks, and institutions that, in combination with emerging tensions, and the slow nature of the value chain leave important innovation functions unevolved.