Urgency with inclusion in global climate adaptation finance: why measurement matters

纳入全球气候适应融资的紧迫性：为什么衡量很重要

基本信息

批准号：
MR/W008572/1
负责人：
Susannah Fisher
金额：
$ 194.27万
依托单位：
King's College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FW008572%2F1
关键词：
Urgency inclusion global climate adaptation

项目摘要

With escalating climate impacts, adapting to climate change is an increasingly urgent global priority. The UNFCCC Paris Agreement committed signatory nations to a step change in adaptation finance. This is likely to be accelerated by the 2021 global climate negotiations in Glasgow which are anticipated to usher in a huge increase in international financing for climate change adaptation, with tens of billions of additional dollars committed annually. This significant rise in climate finance is a huge opportunity to prioritise longer-term adaptation in the face of pressing socio-economic challenges. Yet, adaptation investments have not always reduced vulnerability: in some cases they have even led to increased risk, especially for marginalised groups. It is vital this is addressed before the next wave of finance is distributed. Alongside the urgency to act and to scale up adaptation, there is a need to work harder at including marginalised groups and building accountability, both to those affected by climate change and to the international community providing finance. These goals do not always align well, with a risk that accountability and inclusion will be trumped by the demands for rapid and large-scale action. This Fellowship will open a new research agenda on the tensions between urgency and scale, and inclusion and accountability in climate change adaptation, and will generate research, networks and capabilities to increase the effectiveness and equity of new funds.Metrics offer an original lens to analyse these tensions. Metrics are not just neutral measurement tools: they can influence policy and practice, as seen for example in how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have consolidated a global understanding of extreme poverty. Within adaptation, metrics define what constitutes success in processes and outcomes, who should benefit, and over what timeframe. For example, success might be defined as putting in place a new adaptation policy or increasing awareness of climate impacts within a community. These concepts of success are often defined through international processes, without engagement from national policymakers or marginalised groups. There has now been over a decade of experience of applying adaptation metrics, offering an as-yet unexplored body of empirical evidence; with the coming large increase in adaptation finance now is a crucial juncture to leverage this data, and open metrics up to focused scrutiny. The Fellowship will apply theory rarely used in adaptation research from Science and Technology Studies (STS) to analyse the development and application of adaptation metrics, and their influence on decision-making. This will build understanding of how tensions around accountability are being navigated, and how they might be addressed through new approaches. The Fellowship will also advance STS theory through analysing qualities of adaptation that offer new perspectives, for example, the interactions between international and national finance and policy, the under-explored empirical contexts in the Global South, and the multiple forms of knowledge embedded within adaptation decision-making. This will develop STS theory on how knowledge production influences decision-making across international and national finance and policy and will also be of interest to scholars of public finance and accountability in other fields where funds are rapidly scaled up.The Fellowship will not only advance scientific knowledge but also influence how climate finance is framed, implemented and evaluated to support more effective adaptation. Research will be coproduced through iterative engagement with policymakers and practitioners and will develop and test new approaches to accountability. The Fellowship will convene an international community of practice of academics and practitioners to develop research and policy advances beyond the Fellowship and through which it will offer global leadership on this topic.

随着气候影响不断提高，适应气候变化是日益紧迫的全球优先事项。《联合国开发区巴黎协定》承诺签署国际适应融资的步骤变更。 2021年在格拉斯哥举行的全球气候谈判可能会加速这一点，这预计将使国际融资的气候变化适应能力大幅增长，每年有数十亿美元的额外费用。面对紧迫的社会经济挑战，气候融资的这一重大增长是一个巨大的机会，可以优先考虑长期适应。但是，适应投资并不总是会减少脆弱性：在某些情况下，它们甚至导致风险增加，尤其是对于边缘化群体而言。这是至关重要的，这是在下一波财务分布之前解决的。除了采取行动和扩大适应性的紧迫性外，还需要更加努力地努力包括边缘化群体和建立责任感，包括受气候变化影响的人以及提供财务的国际社会。这些目标并不总是很好地保持良好，冒险将对快速和大规模行动的要求击败问责制和包容性。这项奖学金将开设有关紧迫性和规模之间的紧张关系以及气候变化适应的纳入和问责制的新研究议程，并将产生研究，网络和能力，以提高新基金的有效性和公平性。Metrics提供了原始镜头来分析这些紧张局势。指标不仅是中立的测量工具：它们可以影响政策和实践，例如，在可持续发展目标（SDG）如何巩固对极端贫困的全球理解方面所见。在适应性中，指标定义了什么构成过程和结果的成功，谁应该受益以及在什么时间范围内。例如，成功可能被定义为制定新的适应政策或提高社区内气候影响的认识。这些成功的概念通常是通过国际程序来定义的，而没有国家决策者或边缘化群体的参与。现在已经有十多年的应用适应指标，提供了尚未探索的经验证据。现在，随着适应融资的大幅度增长，现在是利用这些数据的关键时刻，并开放指标进行重点审查。该奖学金将在科学技术研究（STS）的适应研究中很少使用理论来分析适应指标的开发和应用及其对决策的影响。这将增强对围绕问责制的紧张关系的理解，以及如何通过新方法来解决它们。奖学金还将通过分析适应性的质量来推进STS理论，这些质量提供了新的观点，例如国际和国家金融与政策之间的相互作用，全球南方的经验不足的经验背景以及嵌入适应决策中的多种知识形式。这将发展有关知识生产如何影响国际和国家金融和政策的决策的STS理论，并且在其他资金迅速扩大资金的其他领域的公共财务和问责制学者也将引起人们的兴趣。该奖学金不仅会提高科学知识，而且还会影响气候融资如何构建，实施，实施和评估以支持更有效的适应。研究将通过与政策制定者和从业人员的迭代互动来共同制作，并将开发和测试问责制的新方法。奖学金将召集国际学术界和从业人员实践的国际社会，以发展奖学金之外的研究和政策进步，并通过这将为这一主题提供全球领导。