Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities
Abstract Indigenous Peoples and local communities with nature-dependent livelihoods are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, but their experience, knowledge and needs receive inadequate attention in climate research and policy. Here, we discuss three key findings of a collaborative...
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| author | Victoria Reyes-García David García-Del-Amo Anna Porcuna-Ferrer Anna Schlingmann Mariam Abazeri Emmanuel M. N. A. N. Attoh Julia Vieira da Cunha Ávila Ayansina Ayanlade Daniel Babai Petra Benyei Laura Calvet-Mir Rosario Carmona Julián Caviedes Jane Chah Rumbidzayi Chakauya Aida Cuní-Sanchez Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Eranga K. Galappaththi Drew Gerkey Sonia Graham Théo Guillerminet Tomás Huanca José Tomás Ibarra André B. Junqueira Xiaoyue Li Yolanda López-Maldonado Giulia Mattalia Aibek Samakov Christoph Schunko Reinmar Seidler Victoria Sharakhmatova Priyatma Singh Adrien Tofighi-Niaki Miquel Torrents-Ticó LICCI Consortium |
| author_facet | Victoria Reyes-García David García-Del-Amo Anna Porcuna-Ferrer Anna Schlingmann Mariam Abazeri Emmanuel M. N. A. N. Attoh Julia Vieira da Cunha Ávila Ayansina Ayanlade Daniel Babai Petra Benyei Laura Calvet-Mir Rosario Carmona Julián Caviedes Jane Chah Rumbidzayi Chakauya Aida Cuní-Sanchez Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Eranga K. Galappaththi Drew Gerkey Sonia Graham Théo Guillerminet Tomás Huanca José Tomás Ibarra André B. Junqueira Xiaoyue Li Yolanda López-Maldonado Giulia Mattalia Aibek Samakov Christoph Schunko Reinmar Seidler Victoria Sharakhmatova Priyatma Singh Adrien Tofighi-Niaki Miquel Torrents-Ticó LICCI Consortium |
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| description | Abstract Indigenous Peoples and local communities with nature-dependent livelihoods are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, but their experience, knowledge and needs receive inadequate attention in climate research and policy. Here, we discuss three key findings of a collaborative research consortium arising from the Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts project. First, reports of environmental change by Indigenous Peoples and local communities provide holistic, relational, placed-based, culturally-grounded and multi-causal understandings of change, largely focused on processes and elements that are relevant to local livelihoods and cultures. These reports demonstrate that the impacts of climate change intersect with and exacerbate historical effects of socioeconomic and political marginalization. Second, drawing on rich bodies of inter-generational knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have developed context-specific responses to environmental change grounded in local resources and strategies that often absorb the impacts of multiple drivers of change. Indigenous Peoples and local communities adjust in diverse ways to impacts on their livelihoods, but the adoption of responses often comes at a significant cost due to economic, political, and socio-cultural barriers operating at societal, community, household, and individual levels. Finally, divergent understandings of change challenge generalizations in research examining the human dimensions of climate change. Evidence from Indigenous and local knowledge systems is context-dependent and not always aligned with scientific evidence. Exploring divergent understandings of the concept of change derived from different knowledge systems can yield new insights which may help prioritize research and policy actions to address local needs and priorities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe6be9e3dffb488cad2e02eec56ee39e2024-01-14T12:36:56ZengBMCSustainable Earth Reviews2520-87482024-01-017111110.1186/s42055-023-00063-6Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communitiesVictoria Reyes-García0David García-Del-Amo1Anna Porcuna-Ferrer2Anna Schlingmann3Mariam Abazeri4Emmanuel M. N. A. N. Attoh5Julia Vieira da Cunha Ávila6Ayansina Ayanlade7Daniel Babai8Petra Benyei9Laura Calvet-Mir10Rosario Carmona11Julián Caviedes12Jane Chah13Rumbidzayi Chakauya14Aida Cuní-Sanchez15Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares16Eranga K. Galappaththi17Drew Gerkey18Sonia Graham19Théo Guillerminet20Tomás Huanca21José Tomás Ibarra22André B. Junqueira23Xiaoyue Li24Yolanda López-Maldonado25Giulia Mattalia26Aibek Samakov27Christoph Schunko28Reinmar Seidler29Victoria Sharakhmatova30Priyatma Singh31Adrien Tofighi-Niaki32Miquel Torrents-Ticó33LICCI ConsortiumInstitució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis AvançatsInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaRosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of MiamiInternational Water Management InstituteMamirauá Sustainable Development InstituteDepartment of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo UniversityHUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of EthnologyInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCenter for Intercultural and Indigenous Research (CIIR), Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDepartment of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria NsukkaCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES), University of South AfricaDepartment of Environment and Geography, York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, University of YorkInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDepartment of Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)Department of Anthropology, School of Language, Culture and Society, Oregon State UniversitySchool of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of WollongongUMR AGAP, CIRADCentro Boliviano de Desarrollo Socio Integral (CBIDSI)Center for Local Development (CEDEL), Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Research (CIIR) & Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), ECOS (Ecosystem-Complexity-Society) Co-Laboratory, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaIndigenous ScienceInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaEberhard Karls Universität TübingenInstitute of Organic Farming, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life SciencesDepartment of Biology, University of MassachusettsInterdisciplinary Center (ARCTICenter), Department of Geography, Arctic, Remote, and Cold Territories, University of Northern IowaSchool of Science and Technology, University of FijiInstitut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaFaculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of HelsinkiAbstract Indigenous Peoples and local communities with nature-dependent livelihoods are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, but their experience, knowledge and needs receive inadequate attention in climate research and policy. Here, we discuss three key findings of a collaborative research consortium arising from the Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts project. First, reports of environmental change by Indigenous Peoples and local communities provide holistic, relational, placed-based, culturally-grounded and multi-causal understandings of change, largely focused on processes and elements that are relevant to local livelihoods and cultures. These reports demonstrate that the impacts of climate change intersect with and exacerbate historical effects of socioeconomic and political marginalization. Second, drawing on rich bodies of inter-generational knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have developed context-specific responses to environmental change grounded in local resources and strategies that often absorb the impacts of multiple drivers of change. Indigenous Peoples and local communities adjust in diverse ways to impacts on their livelihoods, but the adoption of responses often comes at a significant cost due to economic, political, and socio-cultural barriers operating at societal, community, household, and individual levels. Finally, divergent understandings of change challenge generalizations in research examining the human dimensions of climate change. Evidence from Indigenous and local knowledge systems is context-dependent and not always aligned with scientific evidence. Exploring divergent understandings of the concept of change derived from different knowledge systems can yield new insights which may help prioritize research and policy actions to address local needs and priorities.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-023-00063-6Indigenous and local knowledgeClimate change adaptationLocal adaptationMultiple evidence based approach |
| spellingShingle | Victoria Reyes-García David García-Del-Amo Anna Porcuna-Ferrer Anna Schlingmann Mariam Abazeri Emmanuel M. N. A. N. Attoh Julia Vieira da Cunha Ávila Ayansina Ayanlade Daniel Babai Petra Benyei Laura Calvet-Mir Rosario Carmona Julián Caviedes Jane Chah Rumbidzayi Chakauya Aida Cuní-Sanchez Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Eranga K. Galappaththi Drew Gerkey Sonia Graham Théo Guillerminet Tomás Huanca José Tomás Ibarra André B. Junqueira Xiaoyue Li Yolanda López-Maldonado Giulia Mattalia Aibek Samakov Christoph Schunko Reinmar Seidler Victoria Sharakhmatova Priyatma Singh Adrien Tofighi-Niaki Miquel Torrents-Ticó LICCI Consortium Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities Sustainable Earth Reviews Indigenous and local knowledge Climate change adaptation Local adaptation Multiple evidence based approach |
| title | Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities |
| title_full | Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities |
| title_fullStr | Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities |
| title_short | Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities |
| title_sort | local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples and local communities |
| topic | Indigenous and local knowledge Climate change adaptation Local adaptation Multiple evidence based approach |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-023-00063-6 |
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