尼日利亚:非殖民气候适应和冲突。来自尼日尔三角洲沿海社区的证据

IF 0.2 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE
F. Allen
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本文的假设是,在高脆弱性国家的社区层面上,非殖民化对解决全球气候危机、冲突和发展至关重要。非洲仍然是世界上最脆弱的地区之一。通过研究非殖民化在气候适应中的意义以及尼日利亚尼日尔三角洲三个州六个社区的经验,本文有助于将气候适应、发展和冲突的非殖民化话语概念化,这些话语被理解为有利于危机的条件。我分析了通过观察、焦点小组讨论和访谈从沿海社区获得的定性数据。结果表明,在世界某些地区的社区中,关于非殖民化气候适应的部分文献中的立场得到了加强。移民、替代生计来源、登上海岸线、技能发展、职业和基础设施发展是当地社区正在采取的合法适应措施。与此同时,海盗、绑架、非法炼油、黑帮等不适应措施也很普遍。这些反社会行为导致冲突,并使气候变化成为一个非常复杂的问题。非殖民化气候适应需要社区、次国家、国家和多边层面的协作干预。气候变化是一个影响不平等的全球性问题,这一事实意味着,在社区、次国家、国家、地区、大陆和国际各级对气候变化作出良好反应的能力,对于解决危机至关重要。在处理气候变化对社区的影响方面,非殖民化的作用可以采取整合当地和西方知识的形式。非殖民化框架似乎具有弹性,具有对现有框架、结果、影响和权力关系进行批判性评估的潜在概念作用。这一分析中一个引人注目的信息是,地方知识在减少社会紧张局势和犯罪冲突风险方面可能发挥的作用,以及加强地方知识以提高人民的复原力和福祉的必要性。关键词:非殖民化,气候,适应,发展,非洲,尼日利亚,沿海社区
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NIGERIA: DECOLONIAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND CONFLICT. EVIDENCE FROM COASTAL COMMUNITIES OF THE NIGER DELTA
The paper proceeds on the assumption that decoloniality matters in tackling the global climate crisis, conflict, and development at the community level across countries with high vulnerabilities. Africa remains one of the most vulnerable regions in the world. By examining what decolonisation means in climate adaptation and the experience of six communities in three states in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, this article contributes to the conceptualization of the decolonial discourse of climate adaptation, development and conflict understood as conditions favourable to the crisis. I analysed qualitative data obtained from the coastal communities through observation, focus group discussions, and interviews. The results showed a reinforcement of positions in a segment of the literature on decolonial climate adaptation in communities in some parts of the world. Migration, alternative sources of livelihood, embarkment of shorelines, skills development, vocations, and infrastructure development are among legitimate adaptive measures local communities are adopting. At the same time, maladaptive measures such as piracy, kidnapping, illegal oil refining, and gangsterism are common. These antisocial behaviours lead to conflict and contribute to making climate change a very complex problem. Decolonial climate adaptation requires collaborative interventions at the level of the community, sub-national, national, and multilateral fronts. The fact that climate change is a global problem with unequal impact means that the capacity to respond well to it at the community, sub-national, national, regional, continental, and international levels is crucial in addressing the crisis. The role of decoloniality in the handling of the effects of climate change in the community may take the form of integration of local and western knowledge. The decolonial framework would appear to be elastic with a potential conceptual role of critical assessment of existing frameworks, outcomes, impact, and power relations. One of the striking messages in this analysis is the likely role of local knowledge in reducing the risk of social tension and criminal conflict, and the need to strengthen it to increase the resilience and well-being of people. Keywords: Decolonisation, climate, adaptation, development, Africa, Nigeria, coastal communities
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