Climate Change at the City Scale

Cartwright, Anton; Parnell, Susan; Oelofse, Gregg; Ward, Sarah

doi:10.4324/9780203112656

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“…In eThekwini (Durban) for example, the development of the Durban Climate Change Strategy and Climate Action Plan argues for the importance of a participatory and people-centred process -involving different departments, city residents, community groups, climate organisations, civil society groups and business. 3 Working in the City of Cape Town and reflecting on their engagement processes, Scott et al 19(p.18) cite Chu et al 20 and Ziervogel and Parnell 21 who state that:…”

Section: Urban Climate Change Adaptation In the Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Creating a climate of change in the City of Johannesburg: Co-learning to adapt to climate change

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Climate change is one of the multiple stressors facing African cities; these cities are responding by developing climate change action plans including adaptation and mitigation policies. Effectively mainstreaming climate change in city plans and operations and moving from ambition to implementation is complex. Multi-actor engagement, transdisciplinary knowledge interactions, co-designing and sustained co-learning are often required in such planning and action contexts. In this paper, we trace and reflect on the process of developing an adaptation planning process for the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. Given shortcomings of the previous adaptation responses attempted in the City, specifically that of poor uptake, we trialled a more intentional and directly designed, formative and interventionist approach using Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). We reflect on what we as a research team and City officials learnt in this process. Our findings emphasise that exploring the local context remains critical in understanding and surfacing tensions with potential climate change responses. Failure to be mindful of such issues will likely result in mere compliance, and potentially, maladaptation. Contrary to experiences in other South African settings, rather than attempting to engage all actors simultaneously, our experience suggests that working with a core group initially, before expanding the circle of actors, is needed. These actors serve as mediators and pivotal actors for learning and change, and, with appropriate authority and passion, can drive, coalesce, and potentially re-enthuse waning interest from within. They leverage already existing trust relationships and strengthen participation throughout the process. Combined, these factors are critical for ensuring implementation and legacy.

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Section: Urban Climate Change Adaptation In the Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Complex governance and power relations 2,22 , in various siloed departments in cities, also can work against integrative, systemic approaches for climate change adaptation planning 15,19,21,[23][24][25] .…”

Section: Urban Climate Change Adaptation In the Citymentioning

confidence: 99%