Toward Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in West Africa: The Potential Contributions of Non-governmental Organizations

Collective Response ◽

Advocacy Network ◽

Australian Climate

Climate change is a global problem requiring a collective response. Grassroots advocacy has been an important element in propelling this collective response, often through the mechanism of campaigns. However, it is not clear whether the climate change campaigns organized by the environmental advocacy groups are successful in achieving their goals, nor the degree to which other benefits may accrue to groups who run them. To investigate this further, we report a case study of the Australian climate change advocacy sector. Three methods were used to gather data to inform this case study: content analysis of climate change organizations’ websites, analysis of website text relating to campaign outcomes, and interviews with climate change campaigners. Findings demonstrate that climate change advocacy is diverse and achieving substantial successes such as the development of climate change-related legislation and divestment commitments from a range of organizations. The data also highlights additional benefits of campaigning such as gaining access to political power and increasing groups’ financial and volunteer resources. The successful outcomes of campaigns were influenced by the ability of groups to sustain strong personal support networks, use skills and resources available across the wider environmental advocacy network, and form consensus around shared strategic values. Communicating the successes of climate change advocacy could help mobilize collective action to address climate change. As such, this case study of the Australian climate change movement is relevant for both academics focusing on social movements and collective action and advocacy-focused practitioners, philanthropists, and non-governmental organizations.

Las Conferencias sobre el Cambio Climático – COP: Compromiso de Estados, Empresas y Comunidad

Revista Em Tempo ◽

10.26729/et.v17i01.2630 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (01) ◽

pp. 448

Author(s):

Elsa Inés DALMASSO

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

United Nations ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Global Scale ◽

Negotiation Process ◽

El Sistema ◽

Heads Of State

Resumen: La Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas para el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) establecida en mayo de 1992, en la «Cumbre de la Tierra de Río de Janeiro», entró en vigor en marzo de 1994 con la premisa de reforzar la conciencia pública a escala mundial sobre los problemas relativos al Cambio Climático. Entre sus objetivos principales se destaca la estabilización de las concentraciones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GEI) en la atmósfera, para impedir riesgos en el sistema climático. La Conferencia de las Partes (COP) se establece como el órgano supremo de la Convención y la asociación de todos los países que forman parte de ella. Como asimismo lo es en calidad de Reunión de las Partes del Protocolo de Kioto (PK), En las reuniones anuales de la COP participan expertos en medio ambiente, ministros, jefes de estado y organizaciones no gubernamentales con la función de supervisar y examinar la aplicación de la Convención y del Protocolo. El objetivo es preparar inventarios de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero por las fuentes y su absorción por los sumideros, promoviendo y facilitando el intercambio de información sobre las medidas adoptadas y el desarrollo del proceso de negociación entre las Partes de la Convención. Concluyendo con la elaboración de un Compromiso de Estados, Empresas y Comunidad respecto a la regulación de los efectos sobre cambio climático. Palabras clave: Cambio Climático; Naciones Unidas; Conferencia de las Partes. Abstract: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established in May 1992, at the "Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro"; It entered into force in March 1994 with the premise of strengthening public awareness on a global scale about the problems related to Climate Change. Among its main objectives is the stabilization of concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, to prevent risks in the climate system. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is established as the supreme organ of the Convention and the association of all the countries that are part of it. As it is also in the capacity of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (KP), Environmental experts, ministers, heads of state and non-governmental organizations participate in the annual meetings of the COP, with the function of supervising and examining the application of the Convention and the Protocol, in order to prepare inventories of greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse effect by the sources and their absorption by the sinks, promoting and facilitating the exchange of information on the measures adopted and the development of the negotiation process between the Parties to the Convention. Concluding with the elaboration of a Commitment of States, Companies and Community regarding the regulation of the effects on climate change Keywords: Climate Change; United Nations; Conference of the Parties

The Power of Peers: How Transnational Advocacy Networks Shape NGO Strategies on Climate Change

British Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0007123416000582 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 637-659 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jennifer Hadden ◽

Lorien Jasny

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Politics ◽

Transnational Advocacy ◽

Costs And Benefits ◽

Advocacy Networks ◽

Transnational Advocacy Networks ◽

Relational Processes ◽

Network Autocorrelation ◽

Non Governmental Organizations

What explains variation in the tactical choices of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)? This article uses network autocorrelation models to establish how the tactical choices of climate change NGOs are shaped by their embeddedness in transnational advocacy networks. Specifically, it finds that NGOs are more likely to adopt protest tactics when adjacent organizations – those with whom they have direct ties – have already done so. The choices of equivalent organizations – those that occupy similar relational roles in the network – do not appear to be influential. Qualitative evidence also shows that NGOs are affected by relational pressure from their peers, which alters their perception of costs and benefits. These findings enhance understanding of how networks influence actors’ behavior and offer insights into the relational processes that generate protest in global politics.

Sustainable Territories Adapted to the Climate: Insights from a New University Course Designed and Delivered in Guatemala

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12124978 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 4978

Author(s):

Ronnie Vernooy ◽

Claudia Bouroncle ◽

Victor Sandoval Roque ◽

José Ramiro García

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Central American ◽

Core Elements ◽

Integration Of Learning ◽

Didactic Strategies ◽

Agriculture And Food ◽

University Course

Since 2014, the CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security has collaborated with different stakeholders to implement climate change adaptation approaches and practices in critical locations in the Central American Dry Corridor. A new university course for professionals in the Dry Corridor aims to scale these approaches and practices. This article presents the core elements of the course, summarizes the main results, and offers recommendations for future editions. It was observed that the different trajectories and experiences of professionals participating in the first edition of the course facilitated a lively exchange of knowledge, the integration of local experiences in teaching, and the integration of learning in follow up proposals of governmental and non-governmental organizations. The following aspects should be central in future course editions: diversity of participants, adaptation of didactic strategies to the needs of different users, and follow-up support, as well as the integration of course concepts and practices in the actions of different organizations. The latter requires strong organizational commitment.

Meat consumption and climate change: the role of non-governmental organizations

Climatic Change ◽

10.1007/s10584-013-0807-3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 120 (1-2) ◽

pp. 25-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Linnea I. Laestadius ◽

Roni A. Neff ◽

Colleen L. Barry ◽

Shannon Frattaroli

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Meat Consumption ◽

Non Governmental Organizations

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the Comoe River Basin (West Africa)

SpringerPlus ◽

10.1186/s40064-016-2491-z ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Wonnan Eugène Yéo ◽

Bi Tié Albert Goula ◽

Bernd Diekkrüger ◽

Abel Afouda

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

West Africa ◽

River Basin ◽

Adaptation To Climate Change

Environmentalists split over Kyoto and Amazonian deforestation

Environmental Conservation ◽

10.1017/s0376892901000315 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 295-299 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Philip M. Fearnside

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Warming ◽

Clean Development Mechanism ◽

Significant Contribution ◽

Future Generations ◽

Avoided Deforestation ◽

International Ngos ◽

Non Destructive

Controversies over tropical forest and KyotoSlowing deforestation in Amazonia would be a significant contribution to combating global warming and, depending on decisions under the Kyoto Protocol, could provide non-destructive support for rural population in the region (Fearnside 2000a). Crediting avoided deforestation is divisive, both within and among environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments. Positions of NGOs on inclusion of avoided deforestation in the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are tightly linked to geography: European NGOs oppose inclusion of forests, USA NGOs (other than USA branches or affiliates of international groups) favour inclusion of forests, and Brazilian NGOs (also excepting most branches or affiliates of international NGOs) also favour forests. The probability of chance explaining these views being clustered in Europe, North America and Brazil in this way is miniscule. In other words, these positions are based on something other than the universal concerns about climate change and future generations that predominate in public statements on all sides.

An Introduction: International Law as Instrument

Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting ◽

10.1017/amp.2019.131 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 113 ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Rebecca Ingber ◽

Neha Jain ◽

Rahim Moloo

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

International Law ◽

International Organizations ◽

Cross Border ◽

Humanitarian Crises ◽

International Legal System ◽

Fact Finding

Discussions of international law often focus on questions of constraint and prohibition. This year's Annual Meeting considered the role of international law as an instrument. Actors on the international stage use a variety of tools to address their concerns, from climate change to economic development; from humanitarian crises to cross-border disputes; from commercial regulation to global trade. Governments and international organizations employ diplomacy and coercion, corporations use negotiation and persuasion, and non-governmental organizations engage in fact-finding and advocacy. And all of these actors affect and are affected by international law and use the international legal system to effectuate change and solve problems.

Businesses, Green Groups and The Media: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Climate Change Debate

International Affairs ◽

10.1111/1468-2346.00194 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 77 (2) ◽

pp. 313-328 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

Chad Carpenter

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

The Media

COP-15 in Copenhagen: How the Merging of Movements Left Civil Society Out in the Cold

Global Environmental Politics ◽

10.1162/glep.2010.10.2.11 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 11-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

Dana R. Fisher

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Civil Society ◽

United Nations ◽

Environmental Politics ◽

Climate Regime ◽

Climate Negotiations ◽

Global Environmental Politics ◽

Global Environmental

What happened to non-governmental organizations' participation at the COP-15 round of climate negotiations in Copenhagen? Although the climate regime has been seen as relatively open to civil society, everything changed in Copenhagen and civil society became increasingly disenfranchised. This article discusses the three main forces that led to civil society's disenfranchisement at this round of the climate negotiations: increased registration, poor planning by the Danish organizers and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, and the merging of movements. I conclude by discussing implications of the increase in civil society disenfranchisement to the climate regime and to the study of global environmental politics more broadly.