Climate change and small island states power, knowledge, and the South Pacific

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the productio...

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Main Authors: Barnett, Jon, Campbell, John
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Language:English
Published: London Earthscan 2010
Washington, DC Routledge
Taylor and Francis
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Abstract Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.
AbstractList Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause c?l?bre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.
Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.
Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies. 'This is a courageous and provocative book. It challenges the prevailing views and assumptions about the science and policy of climate change. The focus is on Pacific small island states, but the questions raised apply worldwide. This is a timely check on established paradigms and their effectiveness (or otherwise) in contributing to practical adaptation to climate change in vulnerable regions.' Barry Smit, Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change, University of Guelph, Canada 'Climate Change and Small Island States is a timely and most welcome book. It shows the value of using powerful social science insights to enrich what are often bland and superficial accounts of climate change impacts. Barnett and Campbell's book will contribute to the slowly growing critical literature which challenges the climate change science-and-policy orthodoxy, an orthodoxy which has narrowed our thinking and failed our people. This book is about enabling and trusting the people to take back control of their lives.' Mike Hulme, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research 'This is a fascinating book about small South Pacific islands and climate change that takes care to highlight the differences between the islands, gives agency to their residents, and shows the significance of history and political economy. Using critical perspectives on power and knowledge, the authors show how science and other discursive formations have represented the vulnerability of small island states and the ways in which these have overlooked the nuances of local experience, structured international debate, and limited the success of adaptation to date. The innovative theoretical perspective gives the book considerable resonance beyond the region.' Diana Liverman, University of Arizona 1. The Trouble with Climate Change 2. Environment and Development in Pacific Islands 3. The History and Architecture of Climate Science 4. Pacific Science Initiatives 5. The Architecture of Climate Change Policy 6. Doing Climate Change in the Pacific 7. Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability 8. Discourses of Danger 9. Conclusions Dr Jon Barnett has a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Science from the Australian National University and is currently an Australian Research Council Fellow at the University of Melbourne. John Campbell has a PhD in Geography from the University of Hawaii and is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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SubjectTerms Climate
Climate Change
Climatic changes
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Oceania
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Oceania
Effect of human beings on
Environmental policy
Governance - Politics & International Relations
Government policy
Human ecology
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Oceania
Oceania - Climate
Oceania -- Environmental conditions
Pacific Region
Policy analysis
Politics & International Relations
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Regional analysis
Risk, Science & Technology
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Sustainable Development
Subtitle power, knowledge, and the South Pacific
TableOfContents Cover -- Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 The Trouble with Climate Change -- Introduction -- Pacific Island countries -- Climate change and the Pacific Islands -- About this book -- 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands -- Pacific Island environments -- Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems -- Colonization and environmental transformation -- The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development -- Conclusions -- 3 The History and Architecture of Climate Science -- Initial stirrings -- International research programmes -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Big science and big pictures -- Conclusions -- 4 Pacific Science Initiatives -- The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative -- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives -- START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC) -- Lacunae -- Conclusions -- 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy -- The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue -- The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol -- The Global Environmental Facility -- The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) -- The Pacific Islands Forum -- Australia and New Zealand -- Conclusions -- 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific -- An overview of projects and programmes -- Regional responses -- Projects funded bilaterally -- Projects implemented by NGOs -- Conclusions -- 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability -- The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project -- The Environmental Vulnerability Index project -- Conclusions -- 8 Discourses of Danger -- Insularity: Smallness and isolation -- What is vulnerability? -- Island vulnerability -- Titanic states -- Climate refugees
Conclusions -- 9 Conclusions -- Three themes -- To the future -- References -- Index
Title Climate change and small island states
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