Abstract
Inclusive approaches have been applied in many areas, including human resources, international development, urban planning, and innovation. This paper is a systematic literature review to describe the usage trends, scope, and nature of the inclusive approach in the climate change adaptation (CCA) context. We developed search algorithms, explicit selection criteria, and a coding questionnaire, which we used to review a total of 106 peer-reviewed articles, 145 grey literature documents, and 67 national communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); 318 documents were reviewed in total. Quantitatively, the methodology reveals a slight increase in usage, with a focus on non-Annex 1 countries, gender issues, and capacity building. Qualitatively, we arranged the key insights into the following three categories: (1) inclusion in who or what adapts; (2) motivating inclusive processes; and (3) anticipated outcomes of inclusive CCA. We conclude, with the observation, that many issues also apply to Annex 1 countries. We also argue that the common language nature of the word ‘inclusive’ makes it applicable to other CCA-relevant contexts, including government subsidies, science policy, knowledge integration and mobilization, performance measurement, and the breadth of the moral circle that a society should adopt.
Highlights
Climate change adaptation (CCA) designates the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate effects, intended to avoid harm or exploit beneficial opportunities [1]
We argue that the common language nature of the word ‘inclusive’ makes it applicable to other CCA-relevant contexts, including government subsidies, science policy, knowledge integration and mobilization, performance measurement, and the breadth of the moral circle that a society should adopt
We deal with the following two main research questions: (i) How has the concept of inclusive CCA been used in the literature? (ii) What are the main components of CCA proposed in the literature? In order to answer these questions, we will describe the data selection, collection, and analysis (Section 2), demonstrate the trend of using this concept in the literature (Section 3), reveal a framework of inclusive CCA (Section 4), argue for the importance of this concept in the national adaptation climate change policy of both developed and developing countries (Section 5), and conclude our paper by discussing the concept’s main contributions, limitations, and recommendations for future research
Summary
Climate change adaptation (CCA) designates the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate effects, intended to avoid harm or exploit beneficial opportunities [1]. To address the climate emergency that has recently entered mainstream debates, scholars are reconceptualizing climate justice in a more inclusive way, advocating for the reemergence of intra-generation justice and multispecies justice This is a conceptual expansion of the use of the term, decentering the human and recognizing the human relationship with other inter- and intra-generational people and more-than-human beings [50,51,52]. In order to answer these questions, we will describe the data selection, collection, and analysis (Section 2), demonstrate the trend of using this concept in the literature (Section 3), reveal a framework of inclusive CCA (Section 4), argue for the importance of this concept in the national adaptation climate change policy of both developed and developing countries (Section 5), and conclude our paper by discussing the concept’s main contributions, limitations, and recommendations for future research We deal with the following two main research questions: (i) How has the concept of inclusive CCA been used in the literature? (ii) What are the main components of CCA proposed in the literature? In order to answer these questions, we will describe the data selection, collection, and analysis (Section 2), demonstrate the trend of using this concept in the literature (Section 3), reveal a framework of inclusive CCA (Section 4), argue for the importance of this concept in the national adaptation climate change policy of both developed and developing countries (Section 5), and conclude our paper by discussing the concept’s main contributions, limitations, and recommendations for future research
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