Analysing the treatment of environmental justice and nature-based solutions in the Urban Climate Action Plans of Latin American metropolitan areas
Analysing the treatment of environmental justice and nature-based solutions in the Urban Climate Action Plans of Latin American metropolitan areas
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DOI：
10.1080/13549839.2023.2221431
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发表时间：
2023-06
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Jarumi Kato-Huerta;D. Geneletti
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作者：
Jarumi Kato-Huerta;D. Geneletti
城市气候行动计划是各国政府越来越多地使用的工具，用于识别脆弱性，并提出技术，工程和生态系统为基础的行动，以适应和减缓气候变化的影响。然而，由于气候响应的结果可能会不对称地影响已经受到气候相关危害影响的边缘化社区，研究人员和从业人员对缺乏对气候行动规划的环境正义（EJ）影响的关注表示担忧。在这种情况下，本研究采用内容分析，审查纳入和制定的EJ关注的城市气候行动计划，从30个拉丁美洲城市作为一个研究较少，特别是脆弱的世界地区。此外，我们调查这些文件是否以及如何将正义问题转化为具体的战略，特别强调使用基于自然的解决方案。我们发现，多年来，与环境正义有关的关切更为突出，但很少具体化为具体行动。即使采取了行动，这些行动也较少纳入系统性政策干预措施，而更多地纳入教育和能力建设战略。最后，大多数规划文件为生物多样性保护目的制定了基于自然的解决方案，放弃了采用该术语的社会变革潜力以促进可持续和公正未来的机会。
ABSTRACT Urban Climate Action Plans are instruments increasingly being used by governments to identify vulnerabilities and propose technological, engineered and ecosystem-based actions for adapting to and mitigating climate change effects. However, as the outcomes of the climate response could asymmetrically affect marginalised communities already more impacted by climate-related hazards, researchers and practitioners have expressed concerns regarding the lack of attention given to the environmental justice (EJ) implications of climate action planning. In this context, this study uses content analysis to review the inclusion and framing of EJ concerns in Urban Climate Action Plans from 30 Latin American cities as a less studied and particularly vulnerable world region. Moreover, we investigate whether and how these documents translate justice concerns into concrete strategies, with particular emphasis given to the use of Nature-based solutions. We found that, through the years, the concerns related to EJ are more prominent but are rarely concretised into specific actions. When they are, these actions are less framed within systemic policy interventions and more into educational and capacity-building strategies. Finally, most planning documents frame Nature-based solutions for biodiversity conservation purposes, forgoing the opportunity to adopt the socially transformative potential of the term for enhancing sustainable and just futures.