Stories from the Global South

The interplay of climate science, ‘action’ and the implications for development

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ID21695077
AuthorsColeen Vogel (0000-0002-3842-8489, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa, corresponding author), Nadia Shah Naidoo (Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa)
Year2024
Volume52
Issue1
Pages4-16
Publication date2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOxford Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-0818 • E-ISSN: 1469-9966
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13600818.2024.2334669
OpenAlexW4396597098
LanguageEN
References cited52

Calls for humanity to act on environmental changes are becoming increasingly critical. The growing polycrisis including the impact of ongoing conflicts in contested geopolitical spaces and the struggles for ways to sustain a livelihood in areas of precarity and poverty, are just some of the intersecting challenges which have given rise to a Code Red alarm by the United Nations surrounding issues related to climate change. Rich narratives and stories of climate actions from Africa offer examples of potential paths. This paper explores how such narratives inform local development and climate action. A key message is that stories and narratives, created by various peoples, disciplines, and systems of knowledge, can all be powerful genres and sources for agentic change that can inspire and embolden development practice and action

Agriculture · Climate change · Environmental ethics · Geography · Geopolitics · Humanity · Livelihood · Narrative · Political science · Poverty · Precarity · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Ecology

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