Sammendrag
This thesis presents transdisciplinary research in climate change adaptation in Guatemalan coffee-producing communities, within the larger calls for transformation to sustainability. Through action research with actors in a global coffee value chain, the study seeks to understand why people make-meaning of climate change as they do, as well as how shared meaning and greater collaboration can be found within multi-actor groups. Attention is paid to human ‘interiority’ and processes of meaning-making as well as how these psychological and social aspects might be integrated in a more integral, transdisciplinary approach to adaptation. Findings include how a global coffee value chain is adapting and responding to the climate challenge, and how its innovations might be scaled. Additional insights are also provided regarding responses to COVID-19 pandemic compared to that of climate change, considering the significance of an integral approach to unprecedented, complex issues. The thesis is comprised of five articles which, taken together, consider how climate change adaptation can be engaged as transformative change.
Artikkelliste
Paper I. Gail Hochachka. Integrating the four faces of climate change adaptation: Towards transformative change in Guatemalan coffee communities. World Development, vol 140, April 2021, 105361. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105361. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105361 |
Paper II. Gail Hochachka. On matryoshkas and meaning-making: Understanding the plasticity of climate change. Global Environmental Change, vol 57, July 2019, 101917. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.05.001. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.05.001 |
Paper III. Gail Hochachka. Finding shared meaning in the Anthropocene: engaging diverse perspectives on climate change. Sustainability Science, June 2021. doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-00965-4. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00965-4 |
Paper IV. Gail Hochachka.The transformative potential of scaling up, out, and deep: Global value chain innovations in a changing climate. Article submitted to Ecological Economics. To be published. The paper is not available in DUO awaiting publishing. |
Paper V. Hochachka G (2020). Unearthing insights for climate change response in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Sustainability 3, e33, 1–10. doi: 10.1017/sus.2020.27. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.27 |