Ainka A. Granderson
Making sense of climate change risks and responses at the community level: A cultural-political lens
University of Melbourne|CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
better assess communicate respond risks climate change community level emerged key questions within climate risk management recent research address questions centres largely psychological factors exploring cognition emotion lead biases risk assessment yet making sense climate change responses community level demands attention cultural political processes shape risk conceived prioritized managed review emergent literature risk perceptions responses climate change using culturalpolitical lens lens highlights knowledge meaning power produced negotiated across multiple stakeholders community level draws attention different ways constructing climate change risks suggests array responses community level illustrates different constructions risk intersect agency power shape capacity response collective action matters whose constructions risk whose responses count decisionmaking argue greater engagement interpretive social sciences research practice policy interpretive social sciences offer theories tools capturing problematising ways knowing sensemaking mobilising around risks climate change also highlight importance participatory approaches incorporating multiplicity interests community level climate risk management fair transparent culturally appropriate ways