Transformative adaptation: from climate-smart to climate-resilient agriculture

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 4(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 28, 2023

Abstract In response to the climate crisis, there has been much focus on climate-smart agriculture (CSA); namely, technologies and practices that enhance adaptation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, contribute food security; so-called triple win. Success tended be measured in terms of number farmers adopting CSA with less given impacts especially human development. can inadvertently lead ‘maladaptation’ whereby interventions reinforce existing vulnerabilities either by benefitting powerful elites or transferring risks exposure between groups. Such maladaptive outcomes often stem from overly technical adaptation programming is driven external objectives discounts social political dynamics vulnerability. Increasingly a more nuanced picture emerging. This reveals how failure contextualize relation structural socio-economic associated agricultural systems render some categories farmer vulnerable change, undermines CSA’s contribution reducing rural poverty increasing equity. response, growing transformative orientations pursue deep-seated approach social, institutional, technological cultural change order address contributors vulnerability differential risk. Addressing these questions requires robust consideration contexts power relations through which both researched practiced. For broader development goals, greater emphasis needed issues heterogeneity, dangers maladaptation importance entails recognizing resilience encompasses agro- socio-ecological dimensions. Furthermore, practitioners need cognizant (i) benefiting groups already better off at expense most and/or (ii) focusing for whom not pathway out poverty. The success approaches rests genuine transdisciplinary partnerships ensure mitigation goals along equitable incomes, security equity well-being distinguishes climate-resilient agriculture.

Язык: Английский

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Transition conflicts: A Gramscian political ecology perspective on the contested nature of sustainability transitions

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 50, С. 100812 - 100812

Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2024

Despite a broad consensus on sustainability, conflicts are increasingly prevalent in sustainability transitions. Although these significantly influence transition dynamics and socio-ecological futures, the role of transitions remains insufficiently addressed. This paper aims to elucidate contested by merging political ecology's emphasis conflicts, nature, power, justice with Gramscian hegemony theory. The integrated framework ecology enables analysis as struggles for terrain society-nature relations amid ecological crises. A brief comparative study coal South Africa Germany serves illustrate key insights that offers into nature transitions, including conflict dynamics, power strategies, barriers potentials radical transformative change.

Язык: Английский

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An archetype analysis of sustainability innovations in Biosphere Reserves: Insights for assessing transformative potential

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 153, С. 103674 - 103674

Опубликована: Янв. 26, 2024

Sustainability transformations are considered to provide pathways solve current wicked problems, although empirical approaches assess their actual transformative potential still limited. In this study, we analyse a diverse set of 129 sustainability innovations in two Biosphere Reserves Germany and France (Schorfheide-Chorin Fontainebleau-Gâtinais), based on an analytical framework that characterises through actors, processes outcomes. With hierarchical cluster analysis conducted innovation outcomes, identify six archetypes: Participative Transformation Governance, New Sectors for Social-ecological Transformations, Social Sustainable Entrepreneurs, Innovations, Service Innovations Technological Efficiency Innovations. The most archetype, targets both shallow deep leverage points, while implementing amplifying strategies enhance impacts. least archetypes, e.g. target points lack strategies. Our archetype approach thus proves suitable capturing range characterising Synergies between archetypes could be identified further research should elaborate the bridging role best use synergies processes.

Язык: Английский

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Biosphere Reserves as catalysts for sustainability transformations: five strategies to support place-based innovation

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 73, С. 101508 - 101508

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Achieving sustainability transformations for multi-species justice: assessing the potential of diverse legal pathways and societal struggles

Sustainability Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 8, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Transformative adaptation and implications for transdisciplinary climate change research

Environmental Research Climate, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 1(2), С. 023001 - 023001

Опубликована: Авг. 22, 2022

Abstract The severity of the climate challenge requires a change in response, from an incremental to more far-reaching and radical transformative one. There is also need avoid maladaptation whereby responses risk inadvertently reinforce vulnerability, exposure for some sections society. Innovative technological interventions are critical but enabling social, institutional governance factors actual drivers process. Bringing about this transformation inter- transdisciplinary approaches, embracing social equity. In Perspective, we unpack what means agricultural research and, based on our collective experience, map out agenda that weaves different components into holistic We do not offer best practice, rather reflections how can readily contribute adaptation, along with personal practical challenges designing implementing such agenda.

Язык: Английский

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Place-based solutions for global social-ecological dilemmas: An analysis of locally grounded, diversified, and cross-scalar initiatives in the Amazon

Global Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 82, С. 102718 - 102718

Опубликована: Июнь 20, 2023

The Amazon has a diverse array of social and environmental initiatives that adopt forest-based land-use practices to promote rural development support local livelihoods. However, they are often insufficiently recognized as transformative pathways sustainability the factors explain their success remain understudied. To address this gap, paper proposes pursue three particular more likely generate improvements in social-ecological outcomes: (1) maintaining close connections with grassroots, (2) pursuing diversity productive activities performed partnership choices, (3) developing cross-scale collaborations. test these ideas we collected analyzed observations 157 Brazil Peru, applying combination quantitative qualitative analyses. Our results show groundedness representing interests concerns actors while partnering other organizations at multiple scales develop joint solutions problems. Partnerships from external may strengthen enhance capabilities, providing platform for negotiating finding common ground. Such diversified demonstrate power transcend own territories have broader impacts objectives. findings highlight need make governmental non-governmental (e.g., financial, technical, political) available according needs enable initiatives' ways addressing global change.

Язык: Английский

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Transdisciplinary transformative change: an analysis of some best practices and barriers, and the potential of critical social science in getting us there

Biodiversity and Conservation, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 32(11), С. 3569 - 3594

Опубликована: Март 21, 2023

Abstract Biodiversity experts now widely acknowledge that transformative change is best supported through transdisciplinary collaborations. Yet, such collaborations rarely successfully occur in major biodiversity research institutions and those do achieve the paradigmatic effects they aim to deliver. To gain some insight into this global phenomenon, we surveyed Swiss-based researchers non-academic stakeholders addressing biodiversity. In article, connect our findings patterns initiatives (TTCIs) heuristically divide collaboration barriers two categories: lack of resources vital functional elements. Two themes emerged from were continued difficulties with (1) establishing a common ‘language’, understanding, goals, (2) meaningful pluralization knowledge aimed at loss. The former cited literature as contributing failure TTCIs form incoherent problem-framing, while latter often identified structural (e.g., shifts) completed initiatives. Another theme reflected TTCI was limited time. Moreover, based on own extensive inter- experience, agree other there persistent understanding potential contributions critical social science (CSS) TTCIs. We thus argue enhancing resource availability for TTCIs, especially tools improving CSS literacy, could save time support both problem-framing alignment delivery structural/paradigmatic changes aspire to.

Язык: Английский

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What factors enable social-ecological transformative potential? The role of learning practices, empowerment, and networking

Ecology and Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Achieving sustainability in the Anthropocene requires radical changes to how human societies operate. The Seeds of Good Anthropocenes (SOGA) project has identified a diverse set existing initiatives, called “seeds,” that have potential catalyze transformations toward more sustainable pathways. However, empirical investigation factors and conditions enable successful across multiple cases been scarce. Building on review theoretical research, we developed framework for assessing three features as important transformative innovative social-ecological initiatives: (1) learning practices, (2) empowerment, (3) networking. We applied this African-led Africa-related initiatives selected from SOGA database were divided into with or less potential. coded presence absence relating using secondary data, then compared qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). This revealed tested, Networking emerged most feature when amongst cases. By developing testing comparison provide basis future work further identify test properties transformation.

Язык: Английский

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A Highly Condensed Social Fact: Food Citizenship, Individual Responsibility, and Social Commitment

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(8), С. 6881 - 6881

Опубликована: Апрель 19, 2023

The paper is based on the crucial value of food as “a condensed social fact”. analysis focuses narratives, responsible consumption, battles for emancipation subaltern and low-income subjects, attention to quality, fairness, traceability products an expression individual agency, well public engagement with democracy/citizenship conflicts frictions. Preliminarily, moves from a discussion collective agency strategies representations critical approach democracy sustainable society. This arena debates then confronted personal behaviors embodying citizenship in contemporary scenario socio-economic environmental transition. addresses following development goals: consumption production (SDG 12), ending hunger, security, improved nutrition, agriculture 2), health well-being 3). Starting democratic/neoliberal dichotomy, will consider governmentality positive alternative democracy, need neo-communitarian political opposed agroindustry consumerism dispossession. Three case studies, all situated central–southern Italian region Molise, discuss different models governmentality, relationship between responsibility desires commitment perspectives. These issues be framed within rural economy paradigm articulated through ethnographic methodology: local data collection, emic/ethic representations, participant observation, semi-structured interviews, focus groups. long-term observation has been realized framework several projects that were coordinated developed by authors, who worked years regional territory, especially focusing local/regional/national policies bio-cultural heritage conservation valorization according mission research center, which they founded over last seven years. studies allow some final consideration impact community agencies achievement SDGs, presence not exclusively consumeristic hedonistic behaviors, growing ecological concerns being paid producers distributors, new forms rural–urban circularity entanglements aiming toward greater awareness democratization access, agriculture.

Язык: Английский

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