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Climate Change Adaptation, Dispossession and Displacement: Co-constructing Solutions with Coastal Vulnerable Groups in Africa and Asia

Numerous climate change adaptation programs are currently underway. However, most current adaptation responses are fragmented and uneven and risk contributing to maladaptation, which occurs when adaptation efforts produce unintended negative consequences on people and environments, especially vulnerable groups such as women. Yet, linkages between climate change adaptation, dispossession, displacement and its gendered dimensions are under-researched.

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Active project

2024–2028

Project contact

Albert Salamanca / albert.salamanca@sei.org

How do CCA programs contribute to gendered processes of dispossession and displacement?

We will consider several CCA strategies in coastal regions in Bangladesh, Ghana, and the Philippines to see impacts in various contexts, follow different implementation timelines, and capture similarities and differences as well as transnational solutions.

Objectives

  1. Map connections between CCA, dispossession and displacement
  2. Identify pathways to more inclusive CCA

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Consortium Partners:

Canada

  • York University
  • Waterloo University

Norway

  • Institute for Social Research (Oslo)

United Kingdom

  • University of Glasgow
  • Arribada Initiative

Bangladesh

  • University of Dhaka
  • Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), BRAC University
  • Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL)
  • Uttaran
  • PROGOTI (People’s Research on Grassroots Ownership & Traditional Initiative)

Ghana

  • Centre for Coastal Management and the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Hen Mpoano

Philippines

  • Stockholm Environment Institute (Asia Centre)
  • Research Institute for Mindanao Culture (RIMCU), Ateneo de Cagayan

This project receives funding from the Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, The Research Council of Norway (RCN), and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Topics and subtopics
Climate : Adaptation
Tags
climate impacts
Related centres
SEI Asia
Regions
Southeast Asia, Philippines

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