Dear all,
Please circulate this information to your networks.
Our panel invites submissions for the Development Studies Association Conference (to be held in Bradford UK, 6-8 September 2017).
Deadline for abstract submission: April 26th.
To propose a paper: https://www.devstud.org.uk/conferences/2017/cfp.shtml
P 38 - Small Island Developing States and Climate Change: Challenges and Emerging Answers in the transition from the MDGs to the SDGs agenda
Convenors
• Morgan Scoville-Simonds (University of Oslo) email
• Hameedullah Jamali (Institute of Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)) email
• Vanessa Boanada Fuchs (University of St.Gallen) email
Abstract
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among the poorest countries in the world and generally considered to have a lower adaptive capacity when faced with extreme climatic events (fact mostly attributed to their territorial and access to natural resources limitations). However, if size can be a de facto limitation for the adaptive capacity of SIDS, it can also represent an advantage from the point of view of exploring policy responses to the challenges posed by climate change impacts. The sizeable territorial space and institutional configurations of most of these countries enable a direct assessment of policy interventions and state capacities. From that perspective, SIDS provide an ideal field (or “lab”) for identifying “best practices” of development and climate related projects which may provide lessons for contexts beyond these confined environments. The convenors argue that SIDS have the potential to play a vital role in the new agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially when it comes to the early evaluation and translation of international climate change commitments into national development policies. The panel seeks contributions that address the theoretical and practical challenges related to policy and project implementation in SIDS. We welcome critical evaluations that discuss lessons learned from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) implementation phase with a view into the future implications of the new development and climate agenda based on the SDGs. Special consideration is paid to institutional mechanisms and implementation challenges, including societal conflicts derived from those agendas.
http://nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2017/conferencesuite.php/panels/5792
Kind Regards
Vanessa
Dr. Vanessa Boanada Fuchs
Coordinator – Swiss Graduate School of Latin American Studies
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