Climate change adaptation discussion activities
Climate variation is the variation in the design of weather, and other interconnected changes in the ocean, ice, dry land that take place over a span of time may be decades or even longer. There is a need to adopt new ways to combat climate adaptation adverse effects. Climate variations are influenced by many factors that affect the flow of energy via the climate system with the inclusion of greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere. Both natural and human activities may cause these variations in climate, and a more disturbance in the ecology and climate system can cause more harm to the atmosphere (Eriksen et al. 2015).
According to (Eriksen et al. 2015) the adoption of climate change is mainly based on socio-political procedures that interconnect on how people in the society handle many and concurrent changes from the environment or the potential social changes. My personal focus is on subjective concepts, information and the possible rule of power to the description of the changes which are in line with the socio-political procedures. Power is born through the use of political ecology, and communal theories in the process of trying to adapt to the climate change issue. The method of climate change has the power to agree or disagree with the authority in place regarding the subject issues and the information and knowledge available, therefore having an opening or a closure for the transformational processes. This means that climate change adaptation has to follow the rules set by the people in power in order to achieve the discussed results. Political power is a collective assignment of both the members of the society and the political leaders. This is so because the members of the society elect the political leaders that can be of help to them. The process of climate change adaption can be appropriately understood through empirical data which will purely focus on ascertaining the process in the context of social and environmental aspects.
The book that I have read has immensely contributed to the growth of the climate adaption process in both the theories used in socio- political environment. This book has provided me with a great stand-in empirical research and hence giving me a foundation on the theorising the known politics of adaptation. I believe there is a need of a well-structured policy for adaptation policy, the practices used, the different ways of coming up with ways to engage with various pieces of knowledge regarding adaptation and also have a framework to question the subjectivities and hence the possibility for transformational adaption to climate change (O’Brien, & Leichenko 2000). These policies are developed by our political leaders and the leaders are tasked with enforcing the same policies in the society to ensure climate change adverse effects are reduced significantly.
Factors influencing climate variation
Climate change has given birth to new risks in the environment I live in and has caused a significant difference in the level of resources over a span of time (IPCC, 2014). The study surrounding the climate change issue has a substantial influence on people regarding how they realise and understand the ways possible of combating climate change adverse problems.
I advocates for change in people to be able to accommodate the climate variation experienced in the universe. My study will offer a conceptual framework to indicate how politics connect in the society and the management of the much-anticipated climate change adaptation. This framework outlines how the people, culture and the government have a way of interacting with the context to solve the outlying problem. There should be a political structure that deals with explicitly with the change to address issues directly and discuss the possible vulnerabilities (Thomas, & Twyman2005).
The literature on this part of the book that I read focusses on the adaptation and the susceptibility shown in the importance of social and political issues in regards to climate change adaptation. The author’s ideas in my own view would help the society understand the framework in which the community, the government, and the rule of law should follow to reduce the destructive impacts of climate variation. It also shows the importance of the members of the society staying adaptable to any changes that may arise over a period since climate change effects are irreversible and the community has to remain versatile to the environmental conditions. I would recommend for a better policy framework and mechanism in answer to greater managerial and technocratic ways of developing adaptation procedures in practice (Protocol, 1997). This work of literature has a great appreciation of the significance of the social capital environment, the government and the adaptation rules in creating disparity. I believe the concept of adaptation should be incorporated in the social livelihood of the people so that change can be felt and accommodated. This social livelihood advocates that the adaptation needs interconnection in the ambitions and daily activities of people in the society. Social problems cannot be reduced to social capital not can political problems be solved by the policies developed on good governance. The primary cause of environmental pollution comes from carbon emissions, and the world’s population should be able to abide by the rules of the most substantial emitting minority rule. People should be ready to advance in areas of environmental conversation (O’Brien, & Leichenko 2000).
Importance of socio-political procedures in climate change adaptation
There is a significant need of more socially and politically lined explanations on universal climate change consultations as well as the right procedures to be followed in the development a universally accepted policy on the possible formulations of the adverse social effects of climate change adaptation. I believe there needs advocating for the recent changes to the idea of a better approach to the development of the policies about the climate adaptation which are in line with technology and more scientific methods for better results. There is a vital importance to relate the political and social inequalities faced in the society and have better incorporation to the formulation of the underlying documents (McCarthy, et al 2001).
In my study I will help the society understand the need to conceptualise authority and ability to deliver a more personal solution. This study needs to grow beyond the visual aspects of the politics and social lives. The broad social appreciation of power is classified differently, but the approach should be in recognition of the average appreciation of nature. I will teach the use power and politics to have a control mechanism of resources and how they are distributed to help the society understand the central dynamics of the use of power to combat the climate change menace (Adger, et al 2005). The purpose of the use of power is a significant contributor in shaping the environmental changes and how the changes interconnect with the society at large (Eriksen, & 2015).
I will talk about the use of authority in the great climate change adaptation to enable the birth of formal institutions and organisations at different levels of the government with the legal structure to come up with policies governing environmental issues. There are more suggestions in the formation of legal institutions to make rules and decisions pertaining all the environmental issues affecting the global village. These institutions should also incorporate the non-governmental organisations and any community organisations that can be relevant to the point of climate change. The attendance of global seminars, and conventions to discuss issues facing each country, and come up with socially responsible methods of combating the adverse impacts of the climate variation. These effects are mostly in the form of greenhouse gas emission, pollution in both land and water and also the destroying of forests and water catchment areas by human encroachment (Adger, et al. 2006).
According to (Barnett, & O’Neil 2010) the theory of politics generates the idea that climate change adaptation procedures can agree or disagree with the framework in place for authority, policy, information and socio structures in place, therefore, opening a forum for bringing better transformational strategies to the environment. The original fundamental proposition of the author focuses on the interconnection of the main ideas of authority, subjectivity, knowledge, and conflict compliance (Smith, &Lenhart 1996).
Role of power and political ecology in climate change adaptation
In conclusion, for me to understand the climate adaptation process and any underlying policies, I should be able clearly understand the vulnerable society, the marginalised, and the developing sections of the world. I advocates for the same mechanism and try to see how the adaptation process can help deal with the raising environmental issues. There are important questions that I will posse to the society which include; to what extent does the community accept or reject the policies formulated? What affects the population of the organisation in regards to the climate change adoption procedure? Subjective ways should be employed to enable strategies to work well and the rule of law to take place to enforce the policies developed (Thomas, & Twyman 2005).
In the author’s view, and I support the conclusion, the book advocates that climate change adaptation needs a new reformation and restructure as a social-political procedure and incorporate the aspects of subjectivity, knowledge and authority. My paper draws solutions from the questions of the social causes of the vulnerabilities affecting the society. The social-political elements are inadequately put into consideration in the adaptation policies developed earlier. There is need for general policy formulation to come up with a more specific means of combatting the underlying issues. I will not forget the daily problems that bypass, negotiate and change entrenched inequalities together they bring a better understanding of the vulnerabilities which need focus in the society (Stern, et al 2006). There is a need for significant research before any policy is put on paper and formulated. Climate adaptation does not require one party it is a conjoined exercise to make our environment a better place to live (Lim, et al 2005).
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Eriksen, S.H., Nightingale, A.J. and Eakin, H., (2015). Reframing adaptation: The political nature of climate change adaptation. Global Environmental Change, 35, pp.523-533.
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*O’Brien, K. L. and R. M. Leichenko (2000). “Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within the context of economic globalization.” Global Environmental Change 10(3): 221-232.
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