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A relevância das racionalidades leigas sobre alterações climáticas na definição de políticas e estratégias ajustadas aos contextos: os casos da Madeira e de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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As alterações climáticas (AC) são o maior problema ambiental da atualidade,
repercutindo-se no equilíbrio dos ecossistemas, nos modos de vida, na organização social,
na saúde e no bem-estar das populações. Delimitando o objeto de estudo em torno da
compreensão da multidimensionalidade e complexidade do campo socioambiental onde
se inserem as AC, analisando-o enquanto construção social, procurámos, com base nas
relações de reciprocidade entre as sociedades e o ambiente, as estruturas e os agentes,
compreender o seu lugar na ordem social e política.
A partir dos casos da Ilha da Madeira, pertencente à Região Autónoma da Madeira
(RAM), e de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, pertencente à Comunidade Autónoma das Ilhas
Canárias (CAIC), territórios da Macaronésia e Regiões Ultraperiféricas (RUP), mais sujeitas
às AC, quisemos entender como as pessoas concebem, explicam e lidam com o fenómeno,
como se tem processado a comunicação, em que sentido vêm evoluindo as políticas, e
como se estrutura a participação de AC. Estão em vigor estratégias e planos de mitigação
e de adaptação alavancados pelos respetivos governos regionais e pelo poder local,
elencados nas diretrizes europeias e nacionais (e.g., Estratégia Clima-Madeira, Estratégias
Municipais de Adaptação às Alterações Climáticas, Plan de Acción de la Estrategia Europa
2020 en Canarias, Estrategia Insular de Adaptación al Cambio Climático e Impulso de la
Economía Baja en Carbono – Gran Canaria, etc.), mas as políticas não têm refletido o
conhecimento das causas e consequências das AC na vida quotidiana, nem promovido a
participação das populações na sua definição e implementação.
Metodologicamente, adotámos uma abordagem qualitativa, assente nos estudos
de caso da Madeira e de Las Palmas, com recurso a pesquisa documental e a entrevistas
semiestruturadas. Demos ao estudo uma ênfase teórico-metodológica compreensiva,
integrando contributos de diversas teorias. Os resultados mostraram a incontornabilidade
das racionalidades leigas na compreensão das redes de AC, e na definição de políticas
articuladas com as mudanças que se impõem para lidar com a crise socioambiental nos
territórios.
Climate change (CC) is the major current environmental problem, reflecting on the balance of ecosystems, livelihoods, social organisation, as well as on health and well-being. Delimiting our research subject around the understanding of the multidimensionality and complexity of the environmental field, involving climate change, and analysing it as a social construction, we investigated the reciprocal relationship between societies and the environment, structures, and agents, to understand its place in the social and political orders. Thus, our research was held in Madeira Island, part of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and in Las Palmas of Gran Canary, part of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Both territories belong to the Macaronesia and are considered Outermost Regions, being particularly vulnerable to CC. Therefore, it was crucial to understand how people conceive, explain and deal with CC, how communication has been processed, in which direction policies concerning CC have evolved, and how participation has been structured. Mitigation and adaptation strategies and plans are in place, leveraged by the regional governments and local governance, following European and national guidelines (e. g., Clima-Madeira Strategy, Municipal Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change, Action Plan of the Europe 2020 Strategy in the Canary Islands, Insular Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Boost of a Low Carbon Economy - Gran Canaria, etc.), but policies fail to reflect knowledge of the causes and consequences of CC in everyday life, and fail to facilitate public participation in their definition and implementation. Methodologically, a qualitative approach was adopted, based on the case studies of Madeira Island and of Las Palmas, grounded on documentary research and semi-structured interviews. Thus, the research followed a comprehensive theoretical-methodological emphasis integrating contributions of several theories. The results showed the importance of lay rationalities for the broad understanding of CC networks and policies articulated with the changes required to deal with the socioenvironmental crisis in the territories.
Climate change (CC) is the major current environmental problem, reflecting on the balance of ecosystems, livelihoods, social organisation, as well as on health and well-being. Delimiting our research subject around the understanding of the multidimensionality and complexity of the environmental field, involving climate change, and analysing it as a social construction, we investigated the reciprocal relationship between societies and the environment, structures, and agents, to understand its place in the social and political orders. Thus, our research was held in Madeira Island, part of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and in Las Palmas of Gran Canary, part of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Both territories belong to the Macaronesia and are considered Outermost Regions, being particularly vulnerable to CC. Therefore, it was crucial to understand how people conceive, explain and deal with CC, how communication has been processed, in which direction policies concerning CC have evolved, and how participation has been structured. Mitigation and adaptation strategies and plans are in place, leveraged by the regional governments and local governance, following European and national guidelines (e. g., Clima-Madeira Strategy, Municipal Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change, Action Plan of the Europe 2020 Strategy in the Canary Islands, Insular Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Boost of a Low Carbon Economy - Gran Canaria, etc.), but policies fail to reflect knowledge of the causes and consequences of CC in everyday life, and fail to facilitate public participation in their definition and implementation. Methodologically, a qualitative approach was adopted, based on the case studies of Madeira Island and of Las Palmas, grounded on documentary research and semi-structured interviews. Thus, the research followed a comprehensive theoretical-methodological emphasis integrating contributions of several theories. The results showed the importance of lay rationalities for the broad understanding of CC networks and policies articulated with the changes required to deal with the socioenvironmental crisis in the territories.
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Alterações climáticas Racionalidades leigas Políticas de alterações climáticas Comunicação Participação Madeira Canárias Climate change Lay rationalities Climate change policies Communication Participation
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Mendonça, Ana Maria Bijóias - A relevância das racionalidades leigas sobre alterações climáticas na definição de políticas e estratégias ajustadas aos contextos [Em linha]: os casos da Madeira e de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [S.l.]: [s.n.], 2022. 507 p.