Mental preparation for climate adaptation: The role of cognition and culture in enhancing adaptive capacity of water management in Kiribati

By Natasha Kuruppu, D. Liverman. 2011

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In many Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as in Kiribati, formal national adaptation programmes are currently being operationalised or are in the pipeline. A key focus is on motivating householders to adapt in anticipation of climate change through pilot community projects. In this paper, we argue that the water sector must pay equal attention to how communities cognitively perceive the process of adaptation if interventions are to be effective. Adopting a cognitive model to gain such insights we conclude that individual's belief in their own abilities to manage water stress play a crucial role in driving intentions to adapt and therefore greater attention needs to be placed on understanding the underling drivers shaping such beliefs.

Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Climate change adaptation: factors influencing Chinese smallholder farmers’ perceived self-efficacy and adaptation intent (2016, background): “…of adaptation, which has been shown to influence adaptation decision-making (Wolf et al. 2013), and is receiving increasing attention within the scholarly literature (e.g., Blennow and Persson 2009; Frank et al. 2011; Grothmann and Patt 2005; Kuruppu and Liverman 2011; Patt and Schröter 2008).”