Adapting to Climate Change: Transforming Development?

Godfrey-Wood, Rachel; Næss, Lars Otto

doi:10.19088/1968-2016.131

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“…There is an intellectual effort here to shift the adaptation debate away from what are seen as technical/managerial approaches to climate change that deflect attention from the social and political root causes of vulnerability (Wisner et al, 2004;Ribot, 2011) and that arguably perpetuate dominant versions of development (Godfrey-Wood and Naess, 2016). It looks to empower actors to challenge the conditions that generate risk and to promote different forms of development (O'Brien et al, 2014), especially through a broadening and opening-up of processes for decisionmaking, learning and action (Moser and Ekstrom, 2010;Sharpe, 2016).…”

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“…Transformation as a term in current use has all of these meanings. Indeed, it could be argued that multiple interpretations are an expectation not a definitional problem; perhaps the issue lies instead with critical academics using a non-controversial word when their interpretation of it means something that is inherently controversial and challenging to embedded values (O'Brien et al, 2014;Chung Tiam Fook, 2015;Godfrey-Wood and Naess, 2016)?…”

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“…On the one hand this has led to a rich exchange of ideas and perspectives on what constitutes and promotes transformation, and what can be described as "transformational" or "transformative" adaptation. On the other hand, and almost inevitably, it has also given rise to a confusing plurality of interpretations surrounding the terms, leading to confusion in the way the ideas are being or can be applied in policy and practice (Feola, 2015;Godfrey-Wood and Naess, 2016), with the risk of the term becoming an unhelpful and potentially deleterious buzzword.…”

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Transformation, adaptation and development: relating concepts to practice

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In recent years there has been a growing number of academic reviews discussing the theme of transformation and its association with adaptation to climate change. On the one hand this has stimulated exchange of ideas and perspectives on the parameters of transformation, but it has also given rise to confusion in terms of identifying what constitutes a non-incremental form of adaptation on the ground. What this article aims to do instead is help researchers and practitioners relate different interpretations of transformation to practice by proposing a typological framework for categorising forms of change that focuses on mechanisms and objectives. It then discusses how these categorisations link to the broader conceptions and critiques noted above, with the idea that this will enable those who seek to analyse or plan adaptation to better analyse what types of action are potentially constitutive of transformation. In doing so, it should equally assist in the identification and specification of critical questions that need to be asked of such activity in relation to issues of sustainability and equity.

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“…Of course, adaptation need not be depicted in this manner and the threat of climate change can raise profound questions about existing paradigms of development (Godfrey‐Wood and Naaess, ). Mark Pelling () identifies three levels at which adaptation can influence development: (i) adaptation to build resilience through implementing changes that do not question the underlying assumptions or power asymmetries in society; (ii) a transitional stage of adaptation that encourages only incremental changes in rights and responsibilities without advocating a fundamentally different regime; and (iii) transformational adaptation that advocates radical reform of the economic and political systems and the cultural discourses on which they are based.…”

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Remaking the world in our own image: vulnerability, resilience and adaptation as historical discourses

Bankoff

2018

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A warming climate and less predictable weather patterns, as well as an expanding urban infrastructure susceptible to geophysical hazards, make the world an increasingly dangerous place, even for those living in high‐income countries. It is an opportune moment, therefore, from the vantage point of the second decade of the twenty‐first century, to review the terms and concepts that have been employed regularly over the past 50 years to assess risk and to measure people's exposure to such events in the light of the wider geopolitical context. In particular, it is useful to examine ‘vulnerability’, ‘resilience’, and ‘adaptation’, the principal theoretical concepts that, from an historical perspective, have dominated disaster studies since the end of the Second World War. In addition, it is valuable to enquire as to the extent to which such discourses were ideological products of their time, which sought to explain societies and their environments from the stance of competing conceptual frameworks.

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“…Intuitively, climate information might appear to provide inputs primarily for incremental adaptation, i.e., the consideration of future climatic conditions in present-day decision-making processes. Transformation, by contrast, entails more fundamental alterations in existing governance structures Manuel-Navarrete 2011, Godfrey-Wood andNaess 2016), raising issues that go beyond mere availability of information. However, climate information also has a role to play in transformational adaptation.…”

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Archetypical opportunities for water governance adaptation to climate change

Gotgelf¹,

Roggero²,

Eisenack³

2020

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We explore opportunities for climate adaptation in the context of water governance. We focus on opportunities linked to the provision of climate information, raising the question of whether they are limited to incremental adaptation, or can also bring about transformational adaptation. We address this question through an archetype analysis based on 26 peer-reviewed articles. In each article, opportunities are identified, coded using the social-ecological system framework, and then bundled into archetypes that encompass similar opportunities reappearing across multiple cases. Results suggest that the provision of climate information can constitute an opportunity for adaptation that goes beyond purely incremental adjustments to a changing climate. Specifically, two of the six archetypes identified enable transformational adaptation by bringing long-term implications of current impacts into focus and by addressing the issue of capacity of existing institutions to respond to climate change. However, there is a high degree of heterogeneity in the characterization of opportunities, and the six archetypes only cover about one in three of the opportunities identified. This indicates the need for further research to develop more streamlined conceptualizations. In this respect, the archetypes identified herewith suggest some avenues for further conceptual development. We also explore policy implications, raising questions regarding the current development of climate services.

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Adapting to Climate Change: Transforming Development?

Cited by 22 publications

References 15 publications

Transformation, adaptation and development: relating concepts to practice

Transformation, adaptation and development: relating concepts to practice

Remaking the world in our own image: vulnerability, resilience and adaptation as historical discourses

Archetypical opportunities for water governance adaptation to climate change

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