Identifier: TDX:3333
Authors: Ascencio Serrato, Stephanie Victoria
Abstract:
Climate change is one of the biggest current environmental challenge, with social, economic, distributive, political and legal implications, which threatens the life, security and future of the planet. The impacts of climate change, particularly global warming, are already experiencing all over the world and, in Mexico, it is not the exception.
Adaptation to climate change is the result of the process that involves making adjustments in human, natural and infrastructure systems in order to reduce the risks and damages associated with climate change impacts. An adequate adaptation avoids great economic losses and increases the well-being of people over time. However, adaptation as a central issue of the political, legal and academic agenda, both international and national level, is a relatively recent issue and, therefore, there is a lag in the knowledge generated, especially in public policy and legal field. Moreover, there is a gap between efforts focused on adaptation with respect to those for mitigation. This has led to an uncoordinated, fragmented and secondary response to mitigation. Despite recognizing the importance of adaptation as strategy to reduce the risks and damage caused by climate change and its necessary complementarity with mitigation.
This doctoral thesis, through the multidisciplinary and comprehensive analysis of climate adaptation process in Mexico and its regulation, aims to: i) contribute to understanding the complexity of adaptation as a response and its relationship with other sectors and strategies; ii) reduce the existing gap between mitigation and adaptation and generate a better balance between both; iii) strengthen Mexico's adaptation response in politics and the legal field; and iv) develop a framework with proposals and measures that facilitate adaptation in the country and promote climate justice.
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