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Voices of the absent: the agency of nature and future in climate regeneration
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais | |
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais::Sociologia | |
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 13:Ação Climática | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vidal, Diogo Guedes | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alves, Fátima | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-11T11:25:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-11T11:25:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper contends that conventional participatory approaches are increasingly insufficient to address the complexity of the climate crisis and advocates for expanding climate deliberation to include, in addition to marginalized groups, representatives of Nature and Future Generations. It asserts that recognizing these “absent” stakeholders necessitates a departure from anthropocentric governance, facilitated by legal and ethical innovations such as Rights of Nature frameworks and intergenerational equity. Drawing on insights from the EU H2020 Phoenix project and its proposed Territorial Commissions for Co-Design, the analysis demonstrates that while actors may express willingness in principle, they frequently lack practical mechanisms for selection and representation. For Nature, obstacles encompass the lack of legal personhood, challenges in communication and representation, and conflicts between ecological integrity and economic interests. For Future Generations, impediments include short-term political horizons, limited voice and representation, and the difficulty of equitably balancing present and future needs. The paper advances a flexible, context-sensitive model that integrates institutional reform with sociocultural transformation, including adaptive communication strategies and the incorporation of local, traditional, and ancestral knowledge. It concludes that regenerative climate governance relies on ongoing reflection, culturally responsive decision-making spaces, and sustained collaborative action that accommodates historically excluded interests. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was developed in the scope of the “Phoenix: the rise of citizens voices for a greener Europe” project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement NO.101037328 (attributed to DGV and FA) and of the CA21166 - Social Sciences and Humanities for Transformation and Climate Resilience (SHiFT) with the MoU 080/22 funded by the European Union (attributed to DGV and FA). The authors also acknowledge the support of the R&D Unit Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People & the Planet (CFE), with reference UIDB/04004/2020 and DOI identifier 10.54499/UIDB/04004/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04004/2020), financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC) with an extension at the University Aberta, the Associate Laboratory TERRA, with reference LA/P/0092/2020 (attributed to DGV and FA), and CAPES with reference 88887.832797/2023-00 (CAPES-PRINT, attributed to FA) from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) within the scope of the Institutional Internationalization Programme (Notice n˚41/2017). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vidal, D. G., & Alves, F. (2024). Voices of the absent: The agency of Nature and Future in climate regeneration. PLOS Climate, 3(6), e0000420. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000420 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000420 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/21247 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.relation | Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet | |
| dc.relation | Laboratory for Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Services | |
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| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Voices of the absent: the agency of nature and future in climate regeneration | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
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| oaire.awardTitle | Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet | |
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| oaire.citation.issue | 6 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | e0000420 | |
| oaire.citation.title | PLOS Climate | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 3 | |
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| person.givenName | Diogo Guedes | |
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