Climate Injustice and Development: A capability perspective

Comim, Flávio

doi:10.1057/dev.2008.36

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“…In instances where climatic changes and climate change related disasters require migration, national and international aid is an ethically responsible response to prevent wide-scale social costs associated with forced migration. This is particularly important in circumstances where populations who have traditionally emitted low concentrations of carbon and other greenhouse gas are experiencing disproportionately adverse effects of climatic changes 1 (Posner and Sunstein, 2008;Comim, 2008), and in some cases the 'double inequity' of high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity (Fü ssel, 2010). This case study is an early example of the difficulties of multi-scaled response to critical climate change that force relocation.…”

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The long history of environmental migration: Assessing vulnerability construction and obstacles to successful relocation in Shishmaref, Alaska

Marino

2012

Global Environmental Change

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The long history of environmental migration: Assessing vulnerability construction and obstacles to successful relocation in Shishmaref, Alaska

Marino

2012

Global Environmental Change

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“…Fraser (2008) argues that there are three dimensions to a relational approach to justice: recognition, representation and redistribution. In international contexts, climate justice is widely understood to encompass both 'distributive' and 'procedural' mechanisms (Bulkeley et al, 2013;Comim, 2008;Grasso, 2009;Paavola and Adger, 2006). Distributive justice describes the allocation of costs and benefits.…”

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Using climate finance to advance climate justice: the politics and practice of channelling resources to the local level

2017

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Adaptation finance is primarily allocated to multilateral entities and national governments, rather than local organisations. This means that some of the same social, political and economic processes that create and sustain inequalities within a country will be the same processes that determine how adaptation finance is used. Using an urban lens, we consider the obstacles currently faced by local governments and local civil society groups in accessing adaptation finance, and show that these are a function of systemic power imbalances between levels of government, and between government and vulnerable communities. We argue that even relatively small amounts of adaptation finance could have a catalytic effect on the capacities and impacts of local organisations, contributing to greater levels of both distributive and procedural justice. We analyse different financial intermediaries and planning systems that could be used to make disbursements from multilateral climate funds fairer and more effective. This could potentially create political opportunities both to respond to direct climate threats and to address underlying drivers of vulnerability, such as marginalisation and exclusion. In this way, channelling adaptation finance to the local level could deliver more just processes and outcomes. Policy insights1. More multilateral climate funds should establish direct access modalities, and introduce "fit-for-purpose" accreditation procedures and approval processes. Those that have already established such enabling frameworks should prioritise providing readiness support to local organisations, and incentivise state and citizen collaboration in adaptation projects. 2. National governments should consider clearly enshrining the rights and responsibilities of local authorities in National Adaptation Plans, and help them to collect the information, build the capacities and acquire the resources needed to plan and implement adaptation measures. National governments should further encourage local authorities to adopt participatory planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation procedures to encourage citizen participation. 3. Local civil society groups should identify or establish collective entities that can seek accreditation with multilateral funds and then disburse money to their members. Collaboration between groups can facilitate up-scaling through replication (particularly where peer-to-peer learning is embedded in the network) and reduce the transaction costs associated with myriad small projects.

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“…Research has begun to reflect these empirical realities (e.g., [18,87]). However, barriers to procedural justice currently ostracise legitimate social justice claims at international, national [88] and local levels [30].…”

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Socially Just Triple-Wins? A Framework for Evaluating the Social Justice Implications of Climate Compatible Development

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Climate compatible development (CCD) aims to help people improve their lives in the face of climate threats without exacerbating these threats for current and future generations. It is proving an attractive concept to both academics and practitioners. However, the social justice implications of CCD have not yet been comprehensively explored and an absence of adequate evaluation frameworks has led to multiple, legitimate cross-scalar social justice claims being marginalised. This article develops a framework to guide holistic social justice evaluation of CCD initiatives across levels and scales. Underpinning this framework is a social justice approach that embraces particularism, pluralism and procedural justice. Drawing on existing research, the framework is used to explore the implications of the Clean Development Mechanism for recognition, participation and distribution in the Least Developed Countries. Findings show that achieving social justice through CCD is not a given; rather, the social justice implications of CCD differ within and between levels and scales. We conclude by suggesting ways in which our framework can be applied to augment knowledge on CCD. Understanding the processes through which social justices and injustices are created is integral to considerations of whether and how CCD should be used to underpin a new development landscape.

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Climate Injustice and Development: A capability perspective

Cited by 31 publications

References 1 publication

The long history of environmental migration: Assessing vulnerability construction and obstacles to successful relocation in Shishmaref, Alaska

The long history of environmental migration: Assessing vulnerability construction and obstacles to successful relocation in Shishmaref, Alaska

Using climate finance to advance climate justice: the politics and practice of channelling resources to the local level

Socially Just Triple-Wins? A Framework for Evaluating the Social Justice Implications of Climate Compatible Development

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