1. In people’s minds and on the ground: Values and power in climate change adaptation
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Bruno Locatelli, Martin Laurenceau, Yaneth Roxana Calla Chumpisuca, Emilia Pramova, Améline Vallet, Yésica Quispe Conde, Ronal Cervantes Zavala, Houria Djoudi, Sandra Lavorel, Matthew J. Colloff, Forêts et Sociétés (UPR Forêts et Sociétés), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), AgroParisTech, Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages (UMR G-EAU), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas de Apurímac (UNAMBA), Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE), AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement (CIRED), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-AgroParisTech-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Superintendencia Nacional de Servicios de Saneamiento (SUNASS), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University (ANU), and This paper is a contribution from the Transformative Adaptation Research Alliance (TARA, https//research.csiro.au/tara/), an international network of researchers and practitioners dedicated to the development and implementation of novel approaches to transformative adaptation to global change. The funding partners that have supported this research include the International Climate Initiative (IKI, project 15_III_075) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (agreement QZA-016/0110), the French Funding Agency for research (project TRASSE ANR-CONACYT-17-CE32–0012), the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation program (SINCERE Project), the French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (CRP FTA) with financial support from the CGIAR Fund.
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Ecosystem service ,P40 - Météorologie et climatologie ,Geography, Planning and Development ,adaptation aux changements climatiques ,Andes ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,U70 - Sciences humaines et sociales ,gestion des eaux sur les hauts-plateaux ,Conservation de l'eau ,Nature-based solution ,P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion ,partie intéressée ,Prise de décision ,Sociologie rurale ,Water ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,[SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science ,Belief ,Attitude ,Gestion des eaux - Abstract
International audience; As decisions on climate change adaptation involve stakeholders with different values, beliefs and attitudes (VBA), decision outcomes depend on how stakeholders interact and how power is distributed. In this paper, we explore the VBA of stakeholders involved in three water management projects focusing on dams, micro-reservoirs, or wetlands in a Peruvian watershed facing droughts. We apply a framework with the core ideas of the hydrosocial cycle, the decision context perspective, and the VBA hierarchy to show how stakeholders’ perspectives and power influence practices on the ground. The analysis of VBA reveals three different perspectives on water management held by different stakeholder groups. First, a community-based perspective, frequent among local communities, favors micro-reservoirs managed by communities. Second, an infrastructure-based perspective, frequent among public sector stakeholders, shows a preference for dams managed by the private sector. Third, a nature-based perspective, with a preference for wetlands managed by the public sector, is found across stakeholder groups. In the three water management projects, different power distributions determine which VBA dominate and influence practices on the ground. Dams on the ground represent power from the public and private sectors, while micro-reservoirs represent local grassroot control. In the wetland project, the outcomes of the evolving hydrosocial cycle are still unclear and will depend on how multiple perspectives are considered. Examining and questioning the decision context in which adaptation occurs can help excluded stakeholders achieve more power and agency and tackle the fundamental question of ‘adaptation of what and for whom’.
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- 2022