Nightingale, Andrea
- Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Abstract
The article explores the moments wherein participatory approaches in climate change adaptation (CCA) policies contribute to reinforcing, rather than transforming, the underlying causes of vulnerability. Using the case of food insecure households in the district of Humla in northwestern Nepal, the study demonstrates that the same social and power relations that are driving local vulnerability dynamics, such as caste, gender, and access to social and political networks, also play important roles in shaping the impact of CCA policies. By tracing Nepal's CCA programs, starting with the local level, through district to international-national level dynamics, the study adds insights into the barriers to exclusion that embed power relations all the way through the chain of policy development. The purpose is to better understand how CCA can perpetuate rather than alleviate the conditions that create differential vulnerability patterns at village level. It raises questions about how whether CCA programs are an adequate response to increasing vulnerability for some of the world's most marginalized people. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
vulnerability; power relations; climate change adaptation; policy processes; food security; Nepal
Published in
World Development
2017, volume: 100, pages: 85-93
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
SLU Authors
Global goals (SDG)
SDG2 Zero hunger
SDG5 Gender equality
SDG10 Reduced inequalities
SDG13 Climate action
UKÄ Subject classification
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Human Geography
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.07.022
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/93007