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The political economy of the social constraints to adaptation

Year: 2024

Type: review

Abstract: The constraints to effective, efficient, equitable and fair climate change adaptation have been defined and discussed in the literature for over two decades now. In this review, we discuss the socioeconomic and cultural factors that underpin what climate change adaptation can and cannot achieve. We focus on insights into the constraints to adaptation that come from scholars writing from a political economy lens, showing that the interests of often distant powerful actors and institutions are as important as behaviours and attitudes in constraining adaptation.

Source: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101475

Authors: Sergio Jarillo, Jon Barnett

Institution: The University of Melbourne

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,490