The framing and governance of climate change adaptation projects in Lao PDR and Cambodia

Louis Lebel, Mira-Neea Elviira Käkönen, Va Dany, Phimphakan Lebel, Thuon Try, Saykham Voladet

Tutkimustuotos: ArtikkeliTieteellinenvertaisarvioitu

22 Sitaatiot (Scopus)

Abstrakti

This study explores the way climate change adaptation projects in Cambodia and Lao PDR have been framed. Four frames were identified: inadequate infrastructure; information deficits; limited planning capacity; and insecure access. In all frames, there was internal coherence among: the problems identified; the form solutions are expected to take; and who should be included and in what roles. All projects claimed to be addressing the needs of farmers vulnerable to climate change. The infrastructure, information, and capacity frames are apolitical and privilege expert knowledge, whereas the access frame places rights and justice issues centrally, and thus holds more potential for addressing the root causes of vulnerabilities and supporting more just distribution of resources and power. Framing can interact with how projects are governed, for example, through assigning roles to actors based on types of solutions prescribed. The extent and direction of frame elaboration also depend on how a project is governed. Meeting local needs and objectives, for example, is constrained when external actors have too much influence in project governing structures, and initial project plans written from afar are followed too narrowly. This study shows that frames are an important part of the governance of adaptation projects.
AlkuperäiskieliEnglanti
Sivut429-446
Sivumäärä18
JulkaisuINTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS: POLITICS LAW AND ECONOMICS
Vuosikerta18
Numero3
DOI - pysyväislinkit
TilaJulkaistu - kesäk. 2018
Julkaistu ulkoisestiKyllä
OKM-julkaisutyyppiA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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