Multiple knowledge systems and participatory actions in slow-onset effects of climate change: insights and perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author(s)

Iwama, Allan Y. ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; Araos, Francisco ^{[4, 5]} ; Anbleyth-Evans, Jeremy ^{[4, 5]} ; Marchezini, Victor ^[6] ; Ruiz-Luna, Arturo ^[7] ; Ther-Rios, Francisco ^[1] ; Bacigalupe, Gonzalo ^{[8, 9]} ; Perkins, Patricia E. ^[10]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Los Lagos, Dept Arquitectura, Osorno - Chile

^[2] Univ Los Lagos, CEDER, Ctr Estudios Desarrollo Reg & Polit PiTibl, Osorno - Chile

^[3] Univ Los Lagos, Lab Ciencia Ciudadana, Osorno - Chile

^[4] Univ Los Lagos CEDER, Ctr Estudios Desarrollo Reg & Polit Publ, Osorno - Chile

^[5] Univ Los Lagos CEDER, Lab Ciencia Ciudadana, Osorno - Chile

^[6] CEMADEN Ctr Nacl Monitoramento & Alertas Desastre, Sao Jose Dos Campos - Brazil

^[7] CIAD Ctr Invest Alimentac & Desarrollo AC, Mazatlan - Mexico

^[8] Univ Massachusetts, Coll Educ & Human Dev, Boston, MA 02125 - USA

^[9] Univ Concepcion, CREASUR Convergencies Regionalistas Estudios Apli, Concepcion - Chile

^[10] York Univ, FES Fac Environm & Urban Change, Toronto, ON - Canada

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability; v. 50, n. SI, p. 31-42, JUN 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

This paper advances the literature on multiple knowledge systems, showing how Traditional and Local Knowledge (TLK) systems can collaborate with scientific knowledge to advance understanding of the slow-onset effects of climate change adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Such an approach implies acknowledging the cultural heterogeneity of traditional (e.g. indigenous) knowledge and local knowledge, and how this can link to practical actions to adapt to climate and global change. Integration of TLK with scientific knowledge in impact and risk assessment may be necessary to develop both short and longterm planning. The authors review how and why TLK needs to be integrated into climate change adaptation in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and offer a critical perspective and a vision toward incorporation of TLK on climate risks and adaptation in LAC. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/06093-4 - Multidisciplinary research methods on disaster risk research: inputs for building people-centered and multihazards early warning systems
• Grantee: Victor Marchezini
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• FAPESP's process: 10/18501-8 - Multiscale analysis of vulnerabilities to climate change, North coast of São Paulo
• Grantee: Allan Yu Iwama de Mello
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate