Promoting climate justice in high-income countries: lessons from African American communities on the Chesapeake Bay

Hesed, Christine D. Miller; Ostergren, David

doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1982-4

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“…In the above elaboration of four dimensions of legal culture, we were able to demonstrate that, while not necessarily using the language or terms of legal culture, climate change adaptation researchers are already engaging with the relevant ideas. The significance of these ideas to the studies is variable: whereas in some articles it is central (e.g., Mosberg and Eriksen, 2015;Owuor et al, 2012), in others it is peripheral (Chan, 2013;Miller Hesed & Ostergren, 2017). Nonetheless, the very existence of the 19 studies identified suggests that legal culture offers analytical purchase for the climate change adaptation field.…”

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Legal culture and climate change adaptation: An agenda for research

Hoddy

Halliday

Ensor

et al. 2023

WIREs Climate Change

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While climate change adaptation research has increasingly focused on aspects of culture, a systematic treatment of the role of legal culture in how communities respond to climate risk has yet to be produced. This is despite the fact that law and legal authority are implicated in most, if not all, of the ways in which actors seek to reduce the risks posed to communities by climate change. Using a scoping review methodology, this article examines the intersection of climate change adaptation and legal culture in existing research. Overall, we find that the significance of legal culture for adaptation actions has been under-explored.Yet, it is also clear that a focus on legal culture holds significant promise for our understanding of climate change adaptation. We set out a research agenda for the field, highlighting the ways in which a focus on legal culture may enrich existing key themes within climate change adaptation research.

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Legal culture and climate change adaptation: An agenda for research

Hoddy

Halliday

Ensor

et al. 2023

WIREs Climate Change

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“…Counselors sensitive to issues of environmental justice could attune to the client's worldview as it relates to their connection to nature and issues of environmental justice. For example, Miller Hesed and Ostergren (2017) conducted a qualitative study with African American communities living in areas vulnerable to flooding due to sea‐level rise near the Chesapeake Bay. Community members reported feelings of frustration regarding a lack of information and preparedness to cope with flooding induced by climate change, as well as frustration with their lack of institutional power and ability to contribute to preparedness efforts.…”

Section: Applying the Msjcc Framework To Enhance Environmental Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The multicultural and social justice counselor could validate these frustrations and connect them to wider issues of systemic racism. The counselor could also draw upon the strengths of clients, including their local knowledge, which could be an asset in climate resilience efforts (Miller Hessed & Ostergren, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This can take the form of engaging community members in self‐advocacy efforts. For example, Miller Hesed and Ostergren (2017) brought together African American communities affected by climate change–induced flooding and local policymakers by holding a multistakeholder workshop. The workshop promoted environmental justice by allowing the community members to voice their concerns and develop working relationships with their representatives.…”

Section: Applying the Msjcc Framework To Enhance Environmental Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

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Counseling in the Anthropocene: Addressing Social Justice Amid Climate Change

Hilert¹

2021

J Multicult Couns & Deve

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Scientists have increasingly called for the recognition that Earth has entered a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene. Researchers believe anthropogenic climate change and ecological degradation will have the greatest impacts on communities that are socially and economically marginalized. This article will explore the role of counselors in the Anthropocene as environmental justice advocates through the application of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts et al., 2015).La comunidad científica ha insistido cada vez más en el reconocimiento de que la Tierra ha entrado en una nueva era geológica denominada Antropoceno. Los investigadores creen que el cambio climático antropogénico y la degradación ecológica tendrán un impacto máximo en las comunidades que se encuentran social y económicamente marginadas. Este artículo explora el papel de los consejeros en el Antropoceno como defensores de la justicia medioambiental a través de la aplicación de las Competencias en Consejería Multicultural y de Justicia Social (Ratts et al., 2015).

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“…And what is the role of adaptation in addressing these drivers of vulnerability? Most of the literature examining this tension has focused on the international scale; much less has been dedicated to the local scale within developed nations (Miller Hesed and Ostergren 2017).…”

Section: Coordination In Adaptation Planningmentioning

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Coordinating Plans for Climate Adaptation

Woodruff

2018

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Climate adaptation planning emphasizes the need for coordination across sectors and scales. To assess how adaptation is coordinated with multiple planning efforts in a community, I analyze plans in the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Multiple environmental plans and strategies align with adaptation efforts, but when policies from all plans are mapped, a clear conflict between redevelopment priorities and adaptation emerges. Land use plans promote redevelopment in hazardous locations, increasing vulnerability. These conflicts raise questions about the ability for mainstreaming and win-win strategies to produce transformation change.

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Promoting climate justice in high-income countries: lessons from African American communities on the Chesapeake Bay

Cited by 13 publications

References 38 publications

Legal culture and climate change adaptation: An agenda for research

Legal culture and climate change adaptation: An agenda for research

Counseling in the Anthropocene: Addressing Social Justice Amid Climate Change

Coordinating Plans for Climate Adaptation

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