The “Third Sector” and Climate Change Adaptation Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Experience from Ghana

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ID12249652
AutoresIssah Justice Musah-Surugu (autor correspondente), Justice Nyigmah Bawole (0000-0002-5793-4184), Albert Ahenkan (0000-0003-2672-0498)
Ano2018
Volume30
Fascículo2
Páginas312-326
Data de publicação2018-02-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoVoluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888
EditoraSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11266-018-9962-5
OpenAlexW2789716174
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas47

In spite of growing evidence of non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) active participation in both bottom-up and top-down climate change policy negotiations and implementation, a research effort that focuses on the former barely exists. Grounded within the qualitative research approach, this paper contributes to the emerging climate policy literature by drawing on experiences from three purposefully selected non-state actors’ adaptation program in Ghana. The paper observes that through tripartite mechanisms—climate advocacy, direct climate service provision and local empowerment, NGOs significantly play a complementary role in building local adaptive capacities, especially among people who are already living at or close to the margins of survival. The paper again found that NGOs tacitly explore four interrelated “social tactics” (rulemaking, alliance brokerage, resource brokerage, and framing) to gain the cooperation of local actors for the implementation of adaptation interventions. In order to improve the performance and sustainability of adaptation interventions, the paper puts forward that NGOs should, among other things, harmonize their interventions to resonate with local interest and identity and also nurture capable project caretakers before community exit

Alliance · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Framing (construction · Geography · Management · Negotiation · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sustainability · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Public Administration · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance