Journal article
Three ways social identity shapes climate change adaptation
J Barnett, S Graham, T Quinn, WN Adger, C Butler
Environmental Research Letters | IOP Publishing Ltd | Published : 2021
Abstract
Adaptation to climate change is inescapably influenced by processes of social identity - how people perceive themselves, others, and their place in the world around them. Yet there is sparse evidence into the specific ways in which identity processes shape adaptation planning and responses. This paper proposes three key ways to understand the relationship between identity formation and adaptation processes: (a) how social identities change in response to perceived climate change risks and threats; (b) how identity change may be an objective of adaptation; and (c) how identity issues can constrain or enable adaptive action. It examines these three areas of focus through a synthesis of evidenc..
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Awarded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was conducted with the support of an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP100100586 and later analysis with the support of ARC FL180100040; the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health; the UK Economic and Social Research Council (Grant ES/M006867/1); the Wellcome Trust under the Our Planet Our Health programme (Grant 216014/Z/19/Z), and a British Academy Visiting Fellowship to the University of Exeter VF1\103386. We acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, through the "Maria de Maeztu" program for Units of Excellence (MDM-2015-0552). We also appreciate the time that the respondents took to participate in the interviews and focus groups.