climate change social impacts sustainabilty innovation

Willkommen bei NISANSA – 
ein BMBF-Verbundprojekt der Philipps-Universität Marburg und der Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen.
Wir ergänzen die Klimawandelforschung um regional- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven und nehmen dabei den Globalen Süden in den Blick.

Die Frage adäquater sozialer Reaktionen auf Klimawandelfolgen ist eine der zentralen Herausforderungen für die Zukunft.

Das Verbundprojekt NISANSA ergänzt die Klimawandelforschung um regional- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven und nimmt dabei den Globalen Süden in den Blick.
Das Projekt untersucht, mit welchen Klimawandelfolgen die Gesellschaften des Globalen Südens (südliches Afrika und nördliches Südamerika) konfrontiert sind, welche Potenziale, darauf zu reagieren, bestehen und welche Auswirkungen dies für den globalen Norden, Europa und Deutschland hat.

Forschungsinteresse

Globaler Süden im Fokus

 

 

Südliches Afrika (Angola, Botsuana, Malawi, Mosambik, Namibia, Südafrika) 

 

Nördliches Südamerika (Brasilien, Ecuador, Kolumbien, Venezuela)

  • Mit welchen Klimawandelfolgen sind die Länder des globalen Südens konfrontiert?
  • Wie thematisieren sie den Klimawandel und seine Folgen?
  • Welche sozialen Konsequenzen resultieren für diese Regionen und welche Möglichkeiten und Potentiale existieren darauf zu reagieren?
  • Mit welchen Praktiken, Programmen und institutionellen Strukturen wird den Klimawandelfolgen begegnet?
  • Welche Praktiken nachhaltigen Handelns entstehen dabei (Nachhaltigkeitsinnovation)?
  • Und was sind die Folgen für den globalen Norden, Europa und Deutschland?

Diese Fragen untersucht das Verbundprojekt zwischen der UMR und der JLU in transregionaler und vergleichender Perspektive ausgehend vom südlichen Afrika und dem nördlichen Südamerika. Ziel ist es, fundiertes Wissen über die sozialen Konsequenzen der Klimawandelfolgen in diesen Regionen zu generieren. 

Das Projekt will damit die aktuelle Klimaforschung systematisch um regional- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven ergänzen: die Klimaforschung ist vornehmlich durch naturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven und statistische Klimamodelle geprägt. Bei Klimawandel handelt es sich aber nicht nur um klimatologischen und ökologischen Wandel, vielmehr impliziert er politische und kulturelle Antworten und gesellschaftliche Transformationen.

In insgesamt sieben Teilprojekten (SP) geht das interdisziplinäre Verbundprojekt zwischen der Philipps-Universität Marburg und der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen seit Juli 2021 diesen Fragen in Ländern des südlichen Afrikas (Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mosambik, Namibia, Südafrika) und des nördlichen Südamerikas (Brasilien, Ecuador, Kolumbien, Venezuela) nach.

Aktuelles

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Publication

März 2022

Policy Advice Strategies for Climate Change Adaption in International Cooperation with Malawi and Namibia

Sara Lüttich & Matthias Rompel
Teilprojekt 7

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SASSCAL

21. April 2022, Windhoek Namibia

SASSCAL to celebrate 10 years of excellence in climate change research



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1. NISANSA Symposium

21. April 2022

Das 1. NISANSA-Symposium findet am 11.07.2022 in der Philipps-Universität Marburg statt. Weiter Informationen folgen in Kürze.

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When it comes to climate change adaptation and mitigation, we still work way too much in silos.’ - This became clear at our transdisciplinary workshop on Awareness Creation of Social Climate Change Impacts in Namibia, held in Windhoek last week (July 17th – 19th).

The workshop was conceptualized by my collegue Sara Lüttich and me, both PhD Candidates within the BMBF joint project entitled ‘Social Climate Change Impacts and Sustainability Innovation in Southern Africa and Northern South America’ (nisansa.org) and operated with and co-funded by NUST Namibia

By using innovative and rather ‘unorthodox’ methods, such as planning context specific awareness campaigns for different contextual settings, namely Opuwo, Windhoek, Swakopmund and Keetmanshop, our workshop aimed to open up new interaction spaces to link local contexts with cultural and societal dimensions. Therefore, traditionally separated stakeholders from Ministries, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, schools and academia, local authorities as well as international donors came together to learn from one another, to share their perceptions and expertise.

Some important outcomes for us was to increase the understanding of the importance to integrate local belief systems, perceptions and social needs to successfully implement climate change activities. In addition, stakeholders have joined forces and want to launch initiatives, which emphasizes the need for such formats and their role in fostering climate change adapatation and mitigation.

A big thank you at this point to all of you for taking your time and allowing this workshop to become a big success.
Amongst other we thank SASSCAL.org, NUST Namibia, The Namibian, GIZ Namibia, NamiGreen E-waste, NAMWATER, Namibia Housing Acti Group, City of Windhoek, Eduventures, Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (YILAA) and many more of our 43 participants!!

When it comes to climate change adaptation and mitigation, we still work way too much in silos.’ - This became clear at our transdisciplinary workshop on Awareness Creation of Social Climate Change Impacts in Namibia, held in Windhoek last week (July 17th – 19th).

The workshop was conceptualized by my collegue Sara Lüttich and me, both PhD Candidates within the BMBF joint project entitled ‘Social Climate Change Impacts and Sustainability Innovation in Southern Africa and Northern South America’ (nisansa.org) and operated with and co-funded by NUST Namibia

By using innovative and rather ‘unorthodox’ methods, such as planning context specific awareness campaigns for different contextual settings, namely Opuwo, Windhoek, Swakopmund and Keetmanshop, our workshop aimed to open up new interaction spaces to link local contexts with cultural and societal dimensions. Therefore, traditionally separated stakeholders from Ministries, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, schools and academia, local authorities as well as international donors came together to learn from one another, to share their perceptions and expertise.

Some important outcomes for us was to increase the understanding of the importance to integrate local belief systems, perceptions and social needs to successfully implement climate change activities. In addition, stakeholders have joined forces and want to launch initiatives, which emphasizes the need for such formats and their role in fostering climate change adapatation and mitigation.

A big thank you at this point to all of you for taking your time and allowing this workshop to become a big success.
Amongst other we thank SASSCAL.org, NUST Namibia, The Namibian, GIZ Namibia, NamiGreen E-waste, NAMWATER, Namibia Housing Acti Group, City of Windhoek, Eduventures, Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (YILAA) and many more of our 43 participants!!
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In subproject 1 of Nisansa we address the analysis of the social consequences of climate change in northern South America, specifically in Colombia in strategic ecosystems for their ecosystem services, such as the high Andean forests and the paramo, located at more than 2500 meters above sea level. 

From our discipline as ecologists, my director Prof. Dr. Maaike Bader and I, Diana Jimenez, seek to identify the social and ecological effects of the processes and initiatives of ecological restoration of the Colombian high mountains that are being carried out to adapt to the effects of land use and climate change. 

In this work we have been able to identify these projects and the increasing involvement and motivation of local actors in these efforts for the ecological and cultural recovery of their territories. We would also like to highlight the implementation of strategies such as micro-nurseries and community nurseries for the propagation of native species, considered as a factor that allows the success of the projects from the local vision of the inhabitants of the Colombian high mountains.

#nisansaconcepts; #nisansadisciplines; #nisansadialogue

In subproject 1 of Nisansa we address the analysis of the social consequences of climate change in northern South America, specifically in Colombia in strategic ecosystems for their ecosystem services, such as the high Andean forests and the paramo, located at more than 2500 meters above sea level.

From our discipline as ecologists, my director Prof. Dr. Maaike Bader and I, Diana Jimenez, seek to identify the social and ecological effects of the processes and initiatives of ecological restoration of the Colombian high mountains that are being carried out to adapt to the effects of land use and climate change.

In this work we have been able to identify these projects and the increasing involvement and motivation of local actors in these efforts for the ecological and cultural recovery of their territories. We would also like to highlight the implementation of strategies such as micro-nurseries and community nurseries for the propagation of native species, considered as a factor that allows the success of the projects from the local vision of the inhabitants of the Colombian high mountains.

#nisansaconcepts; #nisansadisciplines; #nisansadialogue
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The restoration of the high tropical mountains requires long-term actions, which can be achieved by working together with the local inhabitants.

The local knowledge acquired by those who get up every day to milk their cows, to cut wood for the stove to make a coffee and go out to farm, walking through the mist of the páramo and the high Andean forest, are part of the answer to questions we ask ourselves about how to ensure the recovery of water and soil in times when they are increasingly degraded.

This is why in Subproject 1 we want to know the local vision on the restoration of these strategic socio-ecosystems for water regulation and cultural wealth, among others. What is a successful process for local stakeholders? how do they do that? how should we rethink it?

The restoration of the high tropical mountains requires long-term actions, which can be achieved by working together with the local inhabitants.

The local knowledge acquired by those who get up every day to milk their cows, to cut wood for the stove to make a coffee and go out to farm, walking through the mist of the páramo and the high Andean forest, are part of the answer to questions we ask ourselves about how to ensure the recovery of water and soil in times when they are increasingly degraded.

This is why in Subproject 1 we want to know the local vision on the restoration of these strategic socio-ecosystems for water regulation and cultural wealth, among others. What is a successful process for local stakeholders? how do they do that? how should we rethink it?
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Promoting a research project on sustainability in social media - sounds like a banal joke?

It is not without reason that we ask ourselves to what extent we can advocate the use of social media for our representation. Streaming and online advertising in particular are not very environmentally friendly: an individual’s use of social media generates 1.05 gCO2 per minute only on Instagram, which contributes to 60kgCO2e per year by all platforms. The latter is equivalent to the amount we generate when travelling 535 km between London and Edinburgh in a small car (Greenspector). 

But we can't do without social media altogether when it comes to marketing these days. Most people have long since integrated the regular use of social media into their everyday lives. And depending on their age, target group and habits, they can be reached differently on the channels. So, we assume it is also justifiable in this everyday life of paradoxical ambivalences in science to resort to a limited use of social media for our project in order to draw added value from it.

Do you consider sustainable influencing a catalyst of change or does the concept seem hypocritical to you?

Source: Greenspector

#nisansaconcepts #nisansadisciplines #unimarburg #colombia #brazil #mozambique #sciencecommunication #climatechange #socialconsequences #climatechangeresearch #research #sustainableuseofnaturalresources #sustainability #nisansa #researchproject

Promoting a research project on sustainability in social media - sounds like a banal joke?

It is not without reason that we ask ourselves to what extent we can advocate the use of social media for our representation. Streaming and online advertising in particular are not very environmentally friendly: an individual’s use of social media generates 1.05 gCO2 per minute only on Instagram, which contributes to 60kgCO2e per year by all platforms. The latter is equivalent to the amount we generate when travelling 535 km between London and Edinburgh in a small car (Greenspector).

But we can`t do without social media altogether when it comes to marketing these days. Most people have long since integrated the regular use of social media into their everyday lives. And depending on their age, target group and habits, they can be reached differently on the channels. So, we assume it is also justifiable in this everyday life of paradoxical ambivalences in science to resort to a limited use of social media for our project in order to draw added value from it.

Do you consider sustainable influencing a catalyst of change or does the concept seem hypocritical to you?

Source: Greenspector

#nisansaconcepts #nisansadisciplines #unimarburg #colombia #brazil #mozambique #sciencecommunication #climatechange #socialconsequences #climatechangeresearch #research #sustainableuseofnaturalresources #sustainability #nisansa #researchproject
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After our transdisciplinary workshop, we did a little evaluation with the participants - watch and listen what they have to say!
#transdisciplinary #workshop #research #interdisciplinary #climatechange #nisansa #jlu #jlugiessen #unimarburg

After our transdisciplinary workshop, we did a little evaluation with the participants - watch and listen what they have to say!
#transdisciplinary #workshop #research #interdisciplinary #climatechange #nisansa #jlu #jlugiessen #unimarburg
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