Epistemic injustice in Climate Adaptation

Byskov, Morten Fibieger; Hyams, Keith

doi:10.1007/s10677-022-10301-z

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“…This term emerged from critiques of the tripartite justice framework, with scholars asserting that the traditional forms of justice do not adequately reflect on the epistemology of justice (Fricker 2007;Temper 2019) and that 'knowledge itself is not neutral or objective but connected to power' 108 Okamoto & Doyon Buildings and Cities DOI: 10.5334/bc.377 (Temper 2019: 9). This form of justice both reveals historic and ongoing erasure of knowledges and lived experiences and offers pathways toward healing and redress (Byskov & Hyams 2022;Mabon et al 2022;Temper 2019). Epistemic justice also reconfigures existing notions of environmental justice to reflect Indigenous worldviews and knowledge systems (Hernandez 2019;Grabowski et al 2022).…”

Section: Epistemic Justicementioning

confidence: 97%

Equity and justice in urban coastal adaptation planning: new evaluation framework

Okamoto,

Doyon

2024

Buildings and Cities

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Globally, cities and urban regions have initiated coastal adaptation planning to address increasing risk from sea level rise. However, there is growing awareness that sea level rise and other coastal flood risks will exacerbate existing social inequities if left unchecked. Planning scholars and practitioners have identified the importance of integrating an equity lens into their coastal adaptation planning, yet standards for defining and evaluating equity and justice in coastal adaptation planning have not been well outlined or applied. In response, more research is needed on tools for assessing processes and outcomes of equitable coastal adaptation planning. This paper asks: How are equity and justice being evaluated in urban coastal adaptation planning (UCAP)? The objectives are to: a) expand usages of equity and justice in UCAP and b) present a new framework for evaluating equity and justice within UCAP. The aim of the JustAdapt framework is to support UCAP scholars and practitioners in their pursuit of transformative urban adaptation, moving away from 'checking the box' on equity and toward just solutions. JustAdapt asks scholars and practitioners to disrupt dominant norms within the field and instead embrace reflexivity, accountability, and fluidity as they plan in relationship with the shifting tideline. PRACTICE RELEVANCEPlanning for sea level rise along urban shorelines presents an ever-changing challenge for urban coastal adaptation planning (UCAP) practitioners. Addressing equity and justice in UCAP adds another layer of complexity, as impacts from sea level rise will exacerbate historic and present inequities in coastal cities. This paper offers two main contributions: a) new understandings of equity and justice across five forms of justice -procedural, distributive, recognitional, intergenerational, and epistemic, and b) a new framework that can be used evaluate the degree to which equity and justice are integrated into a UCAP process. The JustAdapt framework supports practitioners to take actionable steps toward integrating equity and justice into their UCAP work, asking them to participate in the transition toward just urban adaptation.

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Section: Epistemic Justicementioning

confidence: 97%

Equity and justice in urban coastal adaptation planning: new evaluation framework

Okamoto,

Doyon

2024

Buildings and Cities

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“…We choose ideal rather than conservative justice because it will be impossible to meet the basic needs of the poorest within ESBs without redistribution and radical transformation of the global system 28 . Epistemic justice leads us to consider scholarship on other knowledge systems, especially local and Indigenous 62 , and respect attempts by unrecognized or misrecognized groups to frame and decide transformations and establish epistemic equity between different forms of knowing 63 .…”

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Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries

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Living within planetary limits requires attention to justice as biophysical boundaries are not inherently just. Through collaboration between natural and social scientists, the Earth Commission defines and operationalizes Earth system justice to ensure that boundaries reduce harm, increase well-being, and reflect substantive and procedural justice. Such stringent boundaries may also affect 'just access' to food, water, energy and infrastructure. We show how boundaries may need to be adjusted to reduce harm and increase access, and challenge inequality to ensure a safe and just future for people, other species and the planet. Earth system justice may enable living justly within boundaries.Rapid Earth system changes in the Anthropocene are harming nature and humans. The Anthropocene is also marked by increasing inequalities 1 and vulnerabilities 2 . Scientists have proposed planetary boundaries, such as climate targets, to reduce global environmental risks. Within the Earth Commission, we aim to propose 'safe and just Earth system boundaries' (ESBs) that go beyond planetary boundaries as they also include a justice perspective and suggest transformations to achieve them 3 . Safe and just ESBs aim to stabilize the Earth system, protect species and ecosystems and avoid tipping points, as well as minimize 'significant harm' to people while ensuring access to resources for a dignified life and escape from poverty. If justice is not considered, the biophysical limits may not be adequate to protect current generations from significant harm. However, strict biophysical limits, such as reducing emissions or setting aside land for nature, can, for example, reduce access to food and land for vulnerable people, and should be complemented by fair sharing and management of the remaining ecological space on Earth 4 . Behavioural experiments show that people contribute to common pool resource stewardship if they see the process and outcomes as just 5 . This perspective offers an approach to Earth system justice (ESJ) that can guide and operationalize the identification of 'just ends' in terms of Earth system boundaries (ESBs) and access indicators, and 'just means' in terms of sustainability transformations. It provides a discursive shift to reframe environmental science and policy to pay attention to distributive justice 6 .

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“…Within the domains mentioned above, one can discriminate between different forms (or dimensions) of justice, i.e., distributive justice (or equity across different populations), procedural justice (how decision or research processes are designed, who is involved), or reparative justice (e.g. recognition of wrongs, restoration where possible, and compensation for negative impacts and past injustices) (Byskov and Hyams, 2022). Such justice approaches also include recognition and epistemic justice, which consider the value of multiple knowledge systems, especially local, Indigenous, and unrecognised, misrecognized or marginalized groups (de Sousa Santos, 2008).…”

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Risks, Ethics and Justice in the governance of positive tipping points

Pereira

Smith

Gifford

et al. 2023

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Abstract. Biophysical tipping points pose existential threats to current and future generations, both human and non-human, with those currently underserved being the most vulnerable. Social tipping points, as deliberate interventions into systems with the expectation of non-linear impacts and widespread change, have the potential to address some of these challenges. However, the imperative to act cannot increase risks nor perpetuate unjust or inequitable outcomes through the creation of sacrifice zones. In this paper we argue that considerations of what needs to change, who is being asked to change and where the change or its impacts will be felt and by whom, are fundamental questions that require a level of reflexivity and systemic understanding in decision-making. All actors have a role to play in ensuring that justice, equity and ethics are incorporated in each and every intervention. Enabling social tipping points towards radical transformations could benefit from more diverse perspectives to open up the solution space, with a particular emphasis on the inclusion of marginalised voices. We conclude that taking a cautious step back to explore all options, not just those that seem to offer a quick fix could offer a more substantial route into thinking through tipping points and create a more equitable as well as sustainable future.

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Epistemic injustice in Climate Adaptation

Cited by 20 publications

References 71 publications

Equity and justice in urban coastal adaptation planning: new evaluation framework

Equity and justice in urban coastal adaptation planning: new evaluation framework

Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries

Risks, Ethics and Justice in the governance of positive tipping points

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