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Adapting climate change - how government authorities in Sweden make sense of adaptation through a network practice

Kanarp, G. C. S.; Westberg, Lotten

Sammanfattning

Calls for transformational adaptation are increasing. Government authorities, expected to lead adaptation, are in the difficult situation of changing a governance system from within. This demands a capacity for critical reflection among civil servants involved. Adopting a Social Practice Theory approach, we argue this capacity must be understood as emerging in practice, not simply held by individuals. Empirically, we focus on a central network of government authorities in Sweden's adaptation governance, and identify assumptions and routines guiding their meaning making process. We focus on how situations of contestation are dealt with to explore the practice's capacity to facilitate critical reflection. We show how a focus on efficient information transmission and an assumption of incremental adaptation as sufficient leads their practice to play down the consequences of the climate crisis. A practice approach suggests interventions to the group level in order to create joint critical reflection, necessary for enabling transformational adaptation.

Nyckelord

climate change adaptation; logic of practice; performativity; transformational adaptation; critical reflection

Publicerad i

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2023,
Utgivare: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

      SLU författare

      • Globala målen

      SDG13 Vidta omedelbara åtgärder för att bekämpa klimatförändringarna och dess konsekvenser
      SDG16 Främja fredliga och inkluderande samhällen för hållbar utveckling, tillhandahålla tillgång till rättvisa för alla samt bygga upp effektiva, och inkluderande institutioner med ansvarsutkrävande på alla nivåer

      UKÄ forskningsämne

      Studier av offentlig förvaltning
      Klimatforskning

      Publikationens identifierare

      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2171278

      Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

      https://res.slu.se/id/publ/121380