Achieving peaceful climate change adaptation through transformative governance

Bibliographic Data

ID11912907
AuthorsHanna Leonardsson (0000-0003-0927-174X, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author), Annica Kronsell (0000-0003-1991-8543, University of Gothenburg), Erik Andersson (0000-0003-4433-1218, University of Gothenburg), Anders Burman (0000-0002-3161-2734, University of Gothenburg), R L Blanes (0000-0001-7547-8920, University of Gothenburg), Ruy Blanes, Karen Da Costa (0000-0001-5256-1203, University of Gothenburg), Malin Hasselskog (0000-0002-5335-3366, University of Gothenburg), Olga Stepanova (0000-0002-7892-1710, University of Gothenburg), Joakim Öjendal (0000-0003-0546-9791, University of Gothenburg)
Year2021
Volume147
Pages105656-105656
Publication date2021-08-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-750X • E-ISSN: 1873-5991
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105656
OpenAlexW3189721099
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited72

Which form of governance is required to bridge tensions that stem from the urgent need of climate change adaptation (CCA) on the one hand, and the imperative of upholding peace and social stability in vulnerable areas on the other? This article proposes transformative governance as a framework and methodology for addressing this question. It recognizes that the increased pace of climate change requires urgent and thorough adjustments to actual or expected climate change effects through a transformation of societies to increase their capacity to build sustainability. Our framework for transformative governance approach responds to this imperative and is based on three components: a theoretical framework for peaceful CCA governance derived from the fields of sustainability governance, political ecology and peacebuilding, second, a ‘glocal’ and bottom-up approach illustrated by two examples of cross-border collaboration, that demonstrate peaceful CCA governance as necessarily glocal, thirdly a learning methodology that implies context-based, goal-oriented, pluralistic and interactive co-production of knowledge. These are argued to be vital conditions for implementing CCA governance that is transformative and supports peaceful societies

Climate change · Climate governance · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmental governance · Management · Peacebuilding · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainability · Transformative learning · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Law · Public Administration · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Ecology