Living Deltas Hub, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA.
Ambio. 2023 Oct;52(10):1543-1557. doi: 10.1007/s13280-023-01884-7. Epub 2023 Jun 7.
Locally led adaptation (LLA) has recently gained importance against top-down planning practices that often exclude the lived realities and priorities of local communities and create injustices at the local level. The promise of LLA is that adaptation would be defined, prioritised, designed, monitored, and evaluated by local communities themselves, enabling a shift in power to local stakeholders, resulting in more effective adaptation interventions. Critical reflections on the intersections of power and justice in LLA are, however, lacking. This article offers a nuanced understanding of the power and justice considerations required to make LLA useful for local communities and institutions, and to resolve the tensions between LLA and other development priorities. It also contributes to a further refinement of LLA methodologies and practices to better realise its promises. Ultimately, we argue that the utility of the LLA framing in promoting climate justice and empowering local actors needs to be tested empirically.
本地化主导适应（LLA）最近越来越受到重视，因为自上而下的规划实践往往排除了当地社区的实际生活和优先事项，并在当地造成不公正。LLA 的承诺是，适应将由当地社区自己定义、优先排序、设计、监测和评估，从而将权力转移到当地利益相关者手中，使适应干预措施更加有效。然而，LLA 中权力和正义的交叉点缺乏批判性思考。本文深入探讨了LLA 所需要的权力和正义考虑因素，以使 LLA 对当地社区和机构有用，并解决 LLA 与其他发展重点之间的紧张关系。它还为进一步完善 LLA 方法和实践以更好地实现其承诺做出了贡献。最终，我们认为，需要通过实证检验来检验 LLA 框架在促进气候正义和增强地方行为者方面的效用。
