Analyzing Eriksen's View on the Political Side of Climate Change

This report provides a comprehensive review of Siri Eriksen's book, 'Reframing Adaptation: The Political Nature of Climate Change Adaptation,' focusing on the integration of socio-political aspects within the climate change adaptation process. The report outlines Eriksen's background and contributions, highlighting his emphasis on the role of power, authority, and social dynamics in shaping adaptation strategies. It discusses how climate change adaptation is influenced by political ecology, communal theories, and the interplay between societal members and political leaders. The review also touches upon the history and current state of climate change, underscoring the irreversible impacts and the need for continuous improvement in policies and projects aimed at mitigating climate variations. The report concludes by advocating for the incorporation of adaptation processes into daily life and the importance of thorough research before policy formulation, referencing various sources including the UNFCCC and IPCC reports. Desklib offers students access to this report, along with numerous other solved assignments and past papers.

Climate change adaptation
• Incorporation of social-political aspects in adaptation
process of climate variation.
• Most recognized adverse effects of climate variation is
irreversible.
Climate change is irreversible and is capable of causing environmental degradation. Aspects of climate change are
diverse and require significant study to combat.

The outline
• About the author
• Book review
• History of climate change
• climate change nowadays
• Conclusions
• References
This section gives the outline of the author and the insights outlined in the whole book.

About the Author-Siri Eriksen
• Siri Eriksen has been a junior professor at the
Norwegian University which is classified as a
university dealing with life sciences, specifically in
the department of international environmental
issues and the developmental studies.
• His book was published in US English in 2015 and
its title was climate change adaptation.
• His work was very influential on the social –
political aspect of climate change adaptation.
Siri Eriksen has had an incredible life particularly in area of study about the climate change adaptation.. There are
incredible solutions and insights offered by the Author on ways of improving our environment.

About the Author Cont.
• The author has a great contribution in numerous
articles. He has written numerous articles and
reports. He has also made numerous presentations
at conferences, and schools advocating for climate
change adaptation and inclusion of social livelihood
on the climate change process.
• He has worked on different campaigns to educate
the society on the adverse effects of climate change
which are irreversible.

Book review
• Siri Eriksen has captured the legacy of the society
on the climate change notion and the adaptation
process of including social- political aspect in the
whole change procedures.
• There are notions discussed on power and authority
which link to the adaptation process.
• This book has brilliantly requested to consolidate all
the scientific and technological research on the
process of climate change adaptation.
Siri Eriksen has had a legacy in climate adaptation area of study. His passion about environmental conservation is
recommendable

Book Review cont.
• The Author suggests that the adoption process of
climate change is mainly based on socio-political
procedures that interconnect on how people in the
society handle many and concurrent changes from
the environment or the potential social changes.
• He also focuses on information and the possible rule
of power to the description of the changes which are
in line with the socio-political procedures.

Book Review cont.
• Power is born through the use of political ecology,
and communal theories in the process of trying to
adapt to the climate change issue.
• The method of climate change has the power to
agree or disagree with the authority in place
regarding the subject issues and the information
and knowledge available, therefore having an
opening or a closure for the transformational
processes.
• This means that climate change adaptation has to
follow the rules set by the people in power in order
to achieve the discussed results.

Book Review cont.
• Political power is a collective assignment of both the
members of the society and the political leaders.
This is so because the members of the society elect
the political leaders that can be of help to them.
• The process of climate change adaption can be
appropriately understood through empirical data
which will purely focus on ascertaining the process
in the context of social and environmental aspects.

Book Review cont.
• This book shows case studies which indicate that
climate change is a disaster and an enemy of
development. Many of the risks posed by the
climate change are born from the past, present and
the future aspects.
• The author advocates for proper policies and rules
to be put in place as a major way of addressing
adverse implication of climate variation.
• The author emphasizes on continuous
improvements of the projects and any aspects
employed to decrease the impacts of climate
variations.

References
• Adger, N.W., Paavola, J., and Huq, S. (2006). “Toward
Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change” in Fairness in
Adaptation to Climate Change. Adger, W.N, Paavola, J.,
Huq, S., and Mace, M.J. (eds.) MIT Press,
Massachusetts: 1-19.
• Barnett, J. and S. O'Neil (2010). "Maladaptation."
Global Environmental Change 20(2): 211-213.
• Change, i.p.o.c., (2007). Report of the nineteenth
session of the intergovernmental panel on climate
change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/Geneva, 17-20 (am
only) April 2002.
• Eriksen, S.H., Nightingale, A.J. and Eakin, H., (2015).
Reframing adaptation: The political nature of climate
change adaptation. Global Environmental Change, 35,
pp.523-533.

Book Review Cont.
• This book helps the students studying climate change
understand the adaptation process and embracing the
process as a social change. The author also gives insights
on the law makers and all the research teams.
• This books emphasizes on the usefulness of approaching
climate change adaptation as an inclusive actions to have
a sustainable transformation and great liberation from the
adverse effects of climate change.

History of climate change
• https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/41/video
-sting-of-climate-change/