Communities and Climate Change: Why Practices and Practitioners Matter

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dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume36
dc.contributor.authorGrix M
dc.contributor.authorWatene K
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-20T03:03:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-21T22:15:28Z
dc.date.available2023-09-20T03:03:21Z
dc.date.available2023-09-21T22:15:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-01
dc.date.updated2023-09-20T01:44:34Z
dc.description.abstractCommunities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as reduced access to material resources and increased exposure to adverse weather conditions, are intimately tied to a considerable amount of cultural and biological diversity on our planet. Much of that diversity is bound up in the social practices of Indigenous groups, which is why these practices have great long-term value. Yet, little attention has been given to them by philosophers. Also neglected have been the historical conditions and contemporary realities that constrain these practices and devalue the knowledge of their practitioners. In this essay, we make the case for preserving a diverse range of social practices worldwide, and we argue that this is possible only by strengthening the communities of practitioners who enact them in the contexts in which they are adaptive. By concentrating on Indigenous communities, we show how focusing on practices can transform how Indigenous and other local communities are represented in global climate-change conversations and policy as a matter of justice. More specifically, we argue that practice-centered thinking and local practices provide critical insights for determining the extent to which climate policies protect and enable transformative change.
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dc.format.extent215-230
dc.identifier.citationGrix M, Watene K. (2022). Communities and Climate Change: Why Practices and Practitioners Matter. Ethics and International Affairs. 36. 2. (pp. 215-230).
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S089267942200020X
dc.identifier.eissn1747-7093
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
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dc.identifier.issn0892-6794
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/20165
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.isPartOfEthics and International Affairs
dc.rights(c) The Author/s 2022en_US
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titleCommunities and Climate Change: Why Practices and Practitioners Matter
dc.typeJournal article
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