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Climate Change and Social Vulnerability Among Farmworkers: Perspectives and Strategies from Support Groups in North Carolina

Woodall Posada, Tomas LU (2025) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20251
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
Agricultural workers are on the frontlines of climate change, experiencing firsthand the effects of heatwaves, extreme weather, floods, and droughts on their health, safety, and livelihoods. However, their capacity to address these risks is often restricted by vulnerability factors such as workplace precarity, socioeconomic and immigration status, poor access to health services, and cultural and language barriers. In this study, I draw perspectives from the political economy of health, racial formations theory, and critical race theory to examine how farmworker support groups in North Carolina, United States, perceive and address the risks posed to Latinx farmworkers by climate change. Based on qualitative analysis of eight in-depth... (More)
Agricultural workers are on the frontlines of climate change, experiencing firsthand the effects of heatwaves, extreme weather, floods, and droughts on their health, safety, and livelihoods. However, their capacity to address these risks is often restricted by vulnerability factors such as workplace precarity, socioeconomic and immigration status, poor access to health services, and cultural and language barriers. In this study, I draw perspectives from the political economy of health, racial formations theory, and critical race theory to examine how farmworker support groups in North Carolina, United States, perceive and address the risks posed to Latinx farmworkers by climate change. Based on qualitative analysis of eight in-depth interviews with members of farmworker support groups, findings highlight the importance of collaboration between service and advocacy groups in addressing social vulnerability and enhancing adaptive capacity among farmworkers. This study seeks to contribute to re-framing climate change adaptation as practical, community-scale strategies to improve the adaptive capacities of socially vulnerable groups. (Less)
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author
Woodall Posada, Tomas LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Climate Change Adaptation, Latinx Farmworkers, Occupational Health, Social Vulnerability, Political Economy of Health, Farmworker Advocacy, Sustainability Science
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2025:034
language
English
id
9195892
date added to LUP
2025-07-31 09:32:47
date last changed
2025-07-31 09:32:47
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  abstract     = {{Agricultural workers are on the frontlines of climate change, experiencing firsthand the effects of heatwaves, extreme weather, floods, and droughts on their health, safety, and livelihoods. However, their capacity to address these risks is often restricted by vulnerability factors such as workplace precarity, socioeconomic and immigration status, poor access to health services, and cultural and language barriers. In this study, I draw perspectives from the political economy of health, racial formations theory, and critical race theory to examine how farmworker support groups in North Carolina, United States, perceive and address the risks posed to Latinx farmworkers by climate change. Based on qualitative analysis of eight in-depth interviews with members of farmworker support groups, findings highlight the importance of collaboration between service and advocacy groups in addressing social vulnerability and enhancing adaptive capacity among farmworkers. This study seeks to contribute to re-framing climate change adaptation as practical, community-scale strategies to improve the adaptive capacities of socially vulnerable groups.}},
  author       = {{Woodall Posada, Tomas}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{Climate Change and Social Vulnerability Among Farmworkers: Perspectives and Strategies from Support Groups in North Carolina}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}