Key points of resilience to climate change: a necessary debate from agroecological systems

Power in resilience and resilience's power in climate change scholarship

“…Although the recommendations above may well be compelling from a conceptual as well as theoretical perspective, the methodological angles of how to examine and overcome power asymmetries in daily resilience building remain ambiguous and the harnessing of scholarly advances for practical achievements challenging. There is an abundance of empirical work that demonstrates how citizen participation in climate resilience decision making can go unquestioned (Castán Broto & Westman, 2020) and how community‐led committees and other seemingly participatory engagements often fail to be inclusive (Koslov, 2019; Woroniecki et al, 2019) or reinforce existing hierarchies across and within scales (Buggy & McNamara, 2016), for instance via elite domination (Córdoba Vargas et al, 2020; McDonnell, 2020). To overcome such pervasive shortcomings, recent methodological advances in resilience scholarship underscore the need to nourish political capabilities and political spaces; the aim is to actively contest exploitative and oppressive power dynamics while mobilizing alternative, emancipatory subjectivities that are needed to negotiate inclusive and equitable resilience in practice and deliberate possible transformative pathways (e.g., Ensor et al, 2021; Matin et al, 2018).…”

“…In addition to the constant pressure to produce “more” and “better” “data”, research projects often prioritize quantity over quality, in particular over the establishment of affective relations that may help to collectively re‐think resilience. Within our sample, most theoretical and empirical articles are authored by researchers from the Global North (as per their institutional affiliations), with only a handful of theoretical studies including researchers who live in the Global South (Córdoba Vargas et al, 2020; De Jong et al, 2017; Lebel et al, 2018; Paprocki & Huq, 2018; Sayer et al, 2015; Tanjeela & Rutherford, 2018; Taylor & Bhasme, 2020; Tschakert et al, 2016b). A lack of reflexivity with respect to such dynamics is especially concerning considering the various types of privilege Global North scholars have access to (geographical location, education, class, ethnicity, able‐bodies, and so forth) that are persistently denied to others, including the individuals and communities that are frequently enlisted as “subjects” for analysis (108 articles featured case studies from the Global South, compared to only 53 articles from the Global North).…”

Agroecological concepts and alternatives to the problems of contemporary agriculture: Monoculture and chemical fertilization in the context of climate change

“…Agroecological systems are more resilient to extreme weather events and prioritize biodiversity conservation, contributing to climate change adaptation (Dai et al, 2018;Debray et al, 2019;Moldavan et al, 2023;Singh Malhi et al, 2021). By emphasizing water management and local adaptation, agroecology helps farmers respond to changing climate conditions (Abedin et al, 2019;Córdoba Vargas et al, 2020;Kabore et al, 2019;Mutengwa et al, 2023). Harvey et al (2014) proposed alternatives relate to climate change adaptation strategies, such as climate-smart agriculture and/or agroecological practices.…”

The application of resilience theory in urban development: a literature review

“…In recent years, resilience has become a visible term and has been used to different fields of knowledge. Many other disciplines have started using the terminology, such as agriculture (Bahta and Myeki 2021 ; Córdoba Vargas et al 2020 ), environment (Manyena et al 2019 ), energy (He et al 2017 ; Maryono et al 2016 ), climate change (Heinzlef et al 2020 ; Keshavarz and Moqadas 2021 ) and transportation (Leobons et al 2019 ; Wang et al 2020 ) etc. For the sake of study, the performance of resilience has aroused scholars’ discussion.…”