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T1 Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia
A1 Hernández González, Yeray
A1 Palermo, Valentina
A2 Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos
A2 Joint Research Centre
K1 Climate change
K1 Adaptation
K1 Stakeholder and citizen participation
K1 Focus groups
K1 Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM)
AB The frequency and intensity of extreme climate events are increasing all around the world, due to climatechange. Climate adaptation strategies are therefore needed, since mitigation strategies alone are not sufficient toavoid serious impacts of climate change. However, adaptation to climate change is not straightforward, as it ishighly influenced by diverse and conflicting interests as well as epistemological (or scientific) uncertainties.Therefore, a minimum requirement for its success is the active participation of stakeholders and citizens in theadaptation policy cycle. This paper presents a case study on a participatory process involving civil servants fromdifferent municipalities in Malaysia, in Southeast Asia, with a view to considering the optimal level of en-gagement that is required for climate adaptation planning. The exercise consisted of a Focus Group session,where participants were asked to discuss the level of stakeholder and citizen participation that should beadopted within the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy initiative. Contrary to authors' ex-pectations, the participants tended to suggest medium to high levels of participation in the planning process.During the dialogues, a walking activity through the city, aimed at identifying hotspots of climate risks anddefined as “safety walks”, was one of the ideas proposed as a high-potential participatory method, spreading inthe adaptation framework. Safety walks could complement climate modelling and enhance the robustness ofclimate risk assessments.
SN 0921-8009
YR 2020
FD 2020
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RD 26-abr-2025