Climate finance for climate justice : on Danish climate aid for adaptation needs
(2020) HEKM51 20201Human Geography
Human Ecology
- Abstract
- This thesis explores discrepancies in climate change policy and practice, located at the intersection of the politics of sustainability, climate financing, and critical development studies. Using Danish public climate aid as a case study, the thesis investigates how the structure of climate aid inhibits or supports access for adaptation for vulnerable areas.
Public climate finance is urgently needed to meet adaptation needs, due to unequal distribution of the production of global warming, and dislocation to vulnerable Global South areas. Denmark is amongst the top donor countries, but the promised share of climate finance for developing countries agreed upon at UNFCCC Conference of Parties meetings has not been mobilized. Through... (More) - This thesis explores discrepancies in climate change policy and practice, located at the intersection of the politics of sustainability, climate financing, and critical development studies. Using Danish public climate aid as a case study, the thesis investigates how the structure of climate aid inhibits or supports access for adaptation for vulnerable areas.
Public climate finance is urgently needed to meet adaptation needs, due to unequal distribution of the production of global warming, and dislocation to vulnerable Global South areas. Denmark is amongst the top donor countries, but the promised share of climate finance for developing countries agreed upon at UNFCCC Conference of Parties meetings has not been mobilized. Through interpretive policy analysis and a theoretical lens of climate justice principles, the lack of mobilized public finance is examined in terms of implications for distributive and intergenerational justice, and attributes of international climate funds are analyzed using notions of procedural justice. The study finds that the need to engage in bottom-up, localized efforts to implement successful adaptation is tied to procedural and distributive justice, and as a means of justice as recognition: acknowledging differing cultural values of needs and outcomes. Using critical development and de-colonial concepts i.e. the notion of justice as recognition, conflicting interpretations of policy language and unclear guidelines for reporting are deemed to hinder claims for justice, and further delay implementation and action of adaptation funding. The findings of the study suggest that donor countries’ short-sighted political priorities and economic indicators for successful development inhibit meeting adaptation needs for vulnerable areas. (Less)
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- author
- Dige, Philipa Olivia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- HEKM51 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- climate justice, climate finance, development aid, adaptation
- language
- English
- id
- 9009998
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- 2020-06-16 15:41:17
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abstract = {{This thesis explores discrepancies in climate change policy and practice, located at the intersection of the politics of sustainability, climate financing, and critical development studies. Using Danish public climate aid as a case study, the thesis investigates how the structure of climate aid inhibits or supports access for adaptation for vulnerable areas.
Public climate finance is urgently needed to meet adaptation needs, due to unequal distribution of the production of global warming, and dislocation to vulnerable Global South areas. Denmark is amongst the top donor countries, but the promised share of climate finance for developing countries agreed upon at UNFCCC Conference of Parties meetings has not been mobilized. Through interpretive policy analysis and a theoretical lens of climate justice principles, the lack of mobilized public finance is examined in terms of implications for distributive and intergenerational justice, and attributes of international climate funds are analyzed using notions of procedural justice. The study finds that the need to engage in bottom-up, localized efforts to implement successful adaptation is tied to procedural and distributive justice, and as a means of justice as recognition: acknowledging differing cultural values of needs and outcomes. Using critical development and de-colonial concepts i.e. the notion of justice as recognition, conflicting interpretations of policy language and unclear guidelines for reporting are deemed to hinder claims for justice, and further delay implementation and action of adaptation funding. The findings of the study suggest that donor countries’ short-sighted political priorities and economic indicators for successful development inhibit meeting adaptation needs for vulnerable areas.}},
author = {{Dige, Philipa Olivia}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Climate finance for climate justice : on Danish climate aid for adaptation needs}},
year = {{2020}},
}