What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature

Annah E Piggott-McKellar; Karen E McNamara; Patrick Nunn; James E M Watson

doi:10.1080/13549839.2019.1580688

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What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature

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What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature

Annah E Piggott-McKellar, Karen E McNamara, Patrick Nunn and James E M Watson

Local Environment, Vol.24(4), pp.374-390

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2019.1580688

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adaptation

climate change

climate finance

international development

Global South

Across the Global South, community-based adaptation (CBA) projects are increasingly being implemented in an effort to respond effectively and sustainably to the impacts of climate change, with a particular focus on people's livelihoods. Despite an increase in the number of CBA projects being implemented, detailed analysis and evaluation of their efficacy and the barriers faced in achieving successful outcomes is lacking. This study draws on an analysis of grey literature (i.e. project and donor reports) to explore the barriers faced in achieving effective CBA. An extensive global search of online project evaluations yielded 25 documents comprising 69 projects from which this analysis is based. This paper first presents an overview of the 69 projects and highlights any trends. Second, this paper describes the barriers to CBA according to three broad themes: socio-political, resource, and physical systems and processes. Following this is a discussion of the most prevalent barriers: cognitive and behavioural, financial, and human resources. Third, this paper discusses the key findings elucidated from this review. This includes the need for greater sharing of project reports and findings so lessons can be learned across spatial and temporal scales, and the disparity between critical academic literature on CBA and what is implemented in practice.

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Title: What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature
Authors: Annah E Piggott-McKellar (Author) - University of Queensland
Karen E McNamara (Author) - University of Queensland
Patrick Nunn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social Sciences
James E M Watson (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Local Environment, Vol.24(4), pp.374-390
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2019.1580688
ISSN: 1354-9839
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451368102621
Output Type: Journal article

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