Short Abstract

The panel’s focus is on differential capacities of households to absorb climate shocks, adapt to or transform their situations via mobilizing small scale capital and sociopolitical networks. Contributors will present studies on responsiveness to climate crises impacting communities across the world.

Description

The current global uncertainty necessitates communities to respond to unforeseen climate shocks and events in a transformative way The backdrop to this Panel is research conducted by the conveners, who examined how households responded to the 2022 catastrophic floods in Pakistan. The findings suggested a diversity of responses that led to exploring further avenues pertinent to this significant topic. Some households experienced heightened vulnerability, whereas others showed an agile ability to absorb shocks, adapt to new situations or transform their life trajectories. It was this differential ability of households to mobilize their small-scale capital and capacities, including social and political networks, which indicated varied responses to crisis events.

Diverse case studies, with comparable theoretical models for comprehending transformative resilient action, will be represented. As such, we are inviting the presentations, discussions, research ideas in this Panel Session, of other studies related to critical reflections on crises responsiveness. The Panel will examine and reflect on the variety of cases, which indicate the use of various forms of capital that lead to community transformation in the face of uncertainties and multiple crises.

We welcome research contributions of a theoretical, empirical, and methodological nature, which are able to shed light on pathways of systemic change that move beyond adaptation and resilience toward more transformative and sustainable planetary futures. In particular, the Panel Session will also seek to illuminate situations of social cohesion, social inclusion, socio-economic stabilization, and social empowerment.

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