Climate Change and Threatened Communities
Vulnerability, capacity, and action
A groundbreaking follow-up to the 2012 Climate Change and Threatened Communities book, this collection revisits the 15 original case studies, offering fresh insights from the authors on their research sites as they examine parallel developments in their academic fields over the past 13 years.
Through the study of human interactions in environments ranging from subarctic tundra to equatorial rain forest, and from oceanic lagoons to inland mountains, the book explores the capacities and constraints faced by communities in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, the United States, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe − as they confront the challenges of a changing climate.
Chapters weave together critical themes, including social vulnerability to climatic uncertainty, shifts in livelihood practices, local perceptions of climatic change, and the potential and limitations of the REDD+ programme (‘United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries’).
Essential reading for policymakers, academics, and students in climate adaptation, anthropology, and development studies, this book also offers valuable insights for anyone seeking to understand the human dimensions of climate change.
Published: 2025
Pages: 294
eBook: 9781788534239
Paperback: 9781788534215
Through the study of human interactions in environments ranging from subarctic tundra to equatorial rain forest, and from oceanic lagoons to inland mountains, the book explores the capacities and constraints faced by communities in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, the United States, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe − as they confront the challenges of a changing climate.
Chapters weave together critical themes, including social vulnerability to climatic uncertainty, shifts in livelihood practices, local perceptions of climatic change, and the potential and limitations of the REDD+ programme (‘United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries’).
Essential reading for policymakers, academics, and students in climate adaptation, anthropology, and development studies, this book also offers valuable insights for anyone seeking to understand the human dimensions of climate change.
| 1. Introduction | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Climate change and forest conservation: A REDD flag for Central African forest people? | |||
| 3. Social vulnerability, climatic variability, and uncertainty in rural Ethiopia: A study of South Wollo and Oromiya Zones of eastern Amhara Region | |||
| 4. Farmers on the frontline: Adaptation and change in Malawi | |||
| 5. Risk and abandonment, and themeta-narrative of climate change | |||
| 6. Mobilizing knowledge to buildadaptive capacity: Lessons from southern Mozambique | |||
| 7. Climate change and the future of onion and potato production in Central Darfur, Sudan: A case study of Zalingei locality | |||
| 8. Comparing knowledge of and experience with climate change across three glaciated mountain regions | |||
| 9. Aapuupayuu (the weather warms up): Climate change and the Eeyouch (Cree) of northern Quebec | |||
| 10. ‘The one who has changed is the person’: Observations and explanations of climate change in the Ecuadorian Andes | |||
| 11. Good intentions, bad memories, and troubled capital: American Indian knowledge and action in renewableenergy projects | |||
| 12. Reclaiming the past to respond toclimate change: Mayan farmers and ancient agricultural techniques in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico | |||
| 13. Can we learn from the past? Policy history and climate change in Bangladesh | |||
| 14. Local perceptions and adaptation to climate change: A perspective from Western India | |||
| 15. Ethno-ecology in the shadow of rain and the light of experience: Local perceptions of drought and climate change in east Sumba, Indonesia | |||
| 16. Local knowledge and technology innovation in a changing world: Traditional fishing communities in Tam Giang Cau Hai lagoon, Vietnam | |||
| 17. Conclusion: Some reflections on indigenous knowledge and climate change |
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