This must be the place: Under representation of identity and meaning in climate change decision-making

Adger, W. Neil, Barnett, Jon, Chapin III, F. S. and Ellemor, Heidi (2011) This must be the place: Under representation of identity and meaning in climate change decision-making. Global Environmental Politics, 11 (2). pp. 1-25. ISSN 1536-0091

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Abstract

The dangers that future climate change poses to physical, biological, and economic systems are accounted for in analyses of risk and increasingly figure in decision-making about responses to climate change. Yet the potential cultural and social impacts of climate change have scarcely been considered. In this article we bring the risks climate change poses to cultures and social systems into consideration through a focus on places—those local material and symbolic contexts that give meaning and value to peoples' lives. By way of examples, the article reviews evidence on the observed and projected impacts of climate change on the Arctic and Pacific island atoll nations. It shows that impacts may result in the loss of many unique natural and cultural components of these places. We then argue that the risk of irreversible loss of places needs to be factored into decision-making on climate change. The article then suggests ways forward in decision-making that recognizes these non-market and non-instrumental metrics of risk, based on principles of justice and recognition of individual and community identity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	03 May 2011 11:23
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 22:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/29874
DOI:	10.1162/GLEP_a_00051

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