Olazabal Marta, Amorim-Maia Ana T, Alda-Vidal Cecilia, Goodwin Sean
Basque Centre for Climate Change, BC3, Bilbao, Spain.
Ikerbasque Science Foundation, Bilbao, Spain.
Curr Opin Environ Sustain. 2024 Dec;71:101476. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101476.
Imaginaries of adaptation are currently dominated by technocratic, homogenous, top-down approaches that hinder sustainable, just, and effective adaptation worldwide. We have identified three practices that contribute to this problem: (1) an assumption of universality in adaptation; (2) a neglect of pluralistic knowledge systems and values; and (3) an oversimplification of adaptation processes. These three practices have been found to lead to reproductions of vulnerabilities, unsustainable outcomes, or ephemeral changes. New ways of conceptualising and doing adaptation are necessary to expand imaginaries and visions around what adaptation can and cannot be. Through two examples (everyday adaptations and nature-based solutions), our review indicates that expanding or adopting alternative imaginaries of adaptation can help localise adaptation practice, particularly by acknowledging the need for multiple forms of knowledge and the iterative nature of adaptation governance processes.
目前，适应的想象主要由技术官僚式、同质化、自上而下的方法主导，这些方法阻碍了全球范围内可持续、公正且有效的适应。我们已确定导致这一问题的三种做法：（1）对适应普遍性的假设；（2）对多元知识体系和价值观的忽视；（3）对适应过程的过度简化。已发现这三种做法会导致脆弱性的重现、不可持续的结果或短暂的变化。为了拓展关于适应所能与所不能的想象和愿景，有必要采用新的方式来概念化和开展适应。通过两个例子（日常适应和基于自然的解决方案），我们的综述表明，扩展或采用替代性的适应想象有助于使适应实践本地化，特别是通过承认对多种知识形式的需求以及适应治理过程的迭代性质。
