Climate change adaptation (CCA) ‘barriers’ are frequently seen as responses to biophysical climate impacts, and thus defined as ‘obstacles’ to be ‘overcome’, rendered into categories of the techno‐managerial. However, barriers are often undertheorized and are blind to explanations of their origins or the causal mechanisms by which they operate. This is especially complex for barrier critiques in the Global South in particular. Using a ‘hybrid’ assemblage and postcolonial approach, this paper disentangles existing barrier critiques in Thailand to lay bare underlying power imbalances and tensions. It finds that ‘simplistic’ vulnerability framings have deep roots in postcolonial histories; ‘complacent’ mainstreaming/budgeting trajectories have been nurtured by various IOs, and not necessarily much‐maligned Thai bureaucrats; and limited technical expertise/willingness to engage are not so illogical, but rather results of diverse external forces. Given this, this paper urges institutional actors and researchers to reflect on epistemology, ontology, and their own positionality when assessing barriers in future.

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谁的气候变化适应“障碍”？探索泰国及其他地区的气候变化适应政策组合的殖民地

气候变化适应（CCA）的“障碍”通常被视为对生物物理气候影响的反应，因此被定义为“克服”的“障碍”，被归为技术管理的范畴。但是，壁垒常常没有被理论化，并且无法解释壁垒的由来或作用机理。对于全球南方的障碍批评尤其如此。本文采用“混合”组合和后殖民主义的方法，解开了泰国现有的壁垒批评，以揭示潜在的潜在权力不平衡和紧张局势。研究发现，“简单化”的脆弱性框架在后殖民历史中有着深厚的渊源。各种IO都培育了“ com杂”的主流化/预算化轨迹，而不一定是那些心灰意冷的泰国官僚。有限的技术专长/参与意愿并不是很不合逻辑，而是各种外力的结果。鉴于此，本文敦促机构参与者和研究人员在评估未来的障碍时反思认识论，本体论及其自身的位置。