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Understanding Climate Change and Drought Perceptions, Impact and Responses in the Rural Savannah, West Africa
Atmosphere ( IF 2.5 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-03 , DOI: 10.3390/atmos12050594
Stephen Adaawen

Rural communities in West Africa have long adopted a variety of coping and adaptation strategies to periods of climate variability and risks. These strategies have mostly been shaped by prevailing indigenous knowledge systems and shared understandings of the underlying causes of climate events. Despite the increasing scientific and policy attention to climate perceptions and integration of indigenous knowledge in climate governance, there is still a lag in going further to probe and consider the socio-cultural and cognitive systems that shape local appreciation of climate change risks and responses. Based largely on qualitative interviews, and complementary household surveys, the paper draws on the concepts of ‘mental’ and ‘cognised’ models to examine drought and climate change risk perceptions and responses in the rural savannah of North-eastern Ghana. Local farmers generally allude to changes in rainfall patterns and prolonged intra-seasonal dry spells. Based on subscriptions to local models of blame in explaining climate risks and impacts, it is also seen that prevailing socio-cultural beliefs and understandings of environmental events tend to inform the responses of farmers in addressing these perceived risks and impacts. The paper advocates for ongoing climate action and policy processes to consider the complexity of different actors and context (socio-cultural, institutional, power structures) in enhancing sustainable adaptation and mitigation measures in vulnerable rural communities.

中文翻译:

了解西非萨凡纳农村地区的气候变化和干旱感知,影响及对策

西非农村社区长期以来针对气候多变和风险时期采取了多种应对和适应策略。这些策略主要是由普遍的土著知识系统和对气候事件根本原因的共同理解所决定的。尽管科学和政策越来越重视气候认识,并将土著知识整合到气候治理中,但仍然滞后于进一步探究和考虑影响当地对气候变化风险和应对的认识的社会文化和认知系统。在很大程度上基于定性访谈和补充的家庭调查,本文利用“心理”和“认知”模型的概念来检验加纳东北部农村大草原的干旱和气候变化风险感知和响应。当地农民一般都暗示降雨模式的变化和季节内干旱时间的延长。基于对解释气候风险和影响的地方责任模式的认同,还可以看出,流行的社会文化信念和对环境事件的理解往往有助于农民应对这些感知到的风险和影响时的反应。本文提倡正在进行的气候行动和政策制定过程,以考虑不同参与者和背景(社会文化,制度,权力结构)的复杂性,以增强脆弱农村社区的可持续适应和减缓措施。当地农民一般都暗示降雨模式的变化和季节内干旱时间的延长。基于对解释气候风险和影响的地方责任模式的认同,人们还发现,流行的社会文化信念和对环境事件的理解往往有助于农民应对这些感知到的风险和影响时的反应。本文提倡正在进行的气候行动和政策制定过程,以考虑不同参与者和背景(社会文化,制度,权力结构)的复杂性,以增强脆弱农村社区的可持续适应和减缓措施。当地农民一般都暗示降雨模式的变化和季节内干旱时间的延长。基于对解释气候风险和影响的地方责任模式的认同,还可以看出,流行的社会文化信念和对环境事件的理解往往有助于农民应对这些感知到的风险和影响时的反应。本文提倡正在进行的气候行动和政策制定过程,以考虑不同参与者和背景(社会文化,制度,权力结构)的复杂性,以增强脆弱农村社区的可持续适应和减缓措施。还可以看出,流行的社会文化信仰和对环境事件的理解往往会为农民应对这些感知到的风险和影响时的反应提供信息。本文提倡正在进行的气候行动和政策制定过程,以考虑不同参与者和背景(社会文化,制度,权力结构)的复杂性,以增强脆弱农村社区的可持续适应和减缓措施。还可以看出,流行的社会文化信仰和对环境事件的理解往往会为农民应对这些感知到的风险和影响提供应对措施。本文提倡正在进行的气候行动和政策制定过程,以考虑不同参与者和背景(社会文化,制度,权力结构)的复杂性,以增强脆弱农村社区的可持续适应和减缓措施。
更新日期:2021-05-03
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