Gender and Climate Change Research: MovingBeyond Transformative Adaptation

Research on how communities in the Arctic can overcome the challenge of climate change have traditionally employed adaptationframeworks. The ability of these groups to continue thriving in the Arctic is complicated by historical, social, economic, andpolitical complexities - issues thoroughly addressed through the postcolonial feminist concept of transformation. This articlecritically examines contemporary research on climate and gender, and the extent to which feminist transformative concerns areaddressed, thereby challenging systems and promoting power structures that recognize or benefit all segments of society. Thearticle adopts an analytical strategy which combines two parallel instances of critical reflection on climate research, specifically,a systematic literature review of climate and gender studies in the Canadian Arctic, and the results of a round-table workshopof international climate experts and researchers on the state of climate change, adaptation and gender research in the Arctic.The article explores the results of these analyses and distinguishes those strategies that represent a continuation of status-quo power relations and climate adaptation processes from those that account for current economic and socio-political factors.

Til publikasjon: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2728589, https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3114665, https://issuu.com/arcticportal/docs/ay2020?fr=sMzBiMzIyMjA2MjA | Publiseringsår: 2020 | Tidsskrift: The Arctic Yearbook