The Politics of International Climate Adaptation Funding: Justice and Divisions in the Greenhouse

Author:

Ciplet David1,Roberts J. Timmons2,Khan Mizan3

Affiliation:

1. David Ciplet is a Doctoral Candidate in Sociology at Brown University, USA. His research focuses on issues of power and inequality in governance of climate change and energy. He is lead author of five recent climate policy reports with the International Institute for Environment and Development including, “The Eight Unmet Promises of Fast-start Climate Finance” (2012). He is also co-author of “Reflexive Research Ethics for Environmental Health and Justice: Academics and Movement Building” (2012) in...

2. J. Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University, USA. His research focuses on international justice issues raised by climate change, and especially the role of foreign assistance in addressing them. He is part of the project on foreign assistance information, of , a new consortium of NGOs focused on the issue, and of , a web portal of information about Latin America and climate change. He is co-author of six books including A Climate of Injustice:...

3. Mizan Khan is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research focuses on issues of equity in international adaptation politics and national and community adaptation planning. His publications include, “Equity in National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs): The Case of Bangladesh” (In Adger et al.'s Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change 2006), “From Cancun to Durban: Is there any likelihood of a new climate regime?” ...

Abstract

Finance for developing countries to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change now tops the international climate negotiation agenda. In this article, we first assess how adaptation finance came to the top of the agenda. Second, drawing upon Amartya Sen's (2010) “realization-focused comparison” theory of justice, we develop a definition of adaptation finance justice based upon the texts of the 1992 UNFCCC and its subsidiary bodies. From this perspective, we assess three main points of contention between countries on both sides of the North-South divide: The Gap in raising the funds, The Wedge in their distribution, and The Dodge in how they are governed. Overall, we argue that while some ambiguity exists, the decisions of the UNFCCC provide a strong basis for a justice-oriented approach to adaptation finance. However, in practice, adaptation finance has reflected developed country interests far more than the principles of justice adopted by Parties.

Publisher

MIT Press - Journals

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Political Science and International Relations,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Global and Planetary Change

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