Emplaced climate imaginaries: The regional construction of climate futures on the German Wadden Sea Coast

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It is increasingly recognised that the perceptions and lived experiences of climate change are grounded in places. This paper brings together work on place and climate imaginaries to develop a situated and emplaced understanding of climate change futures. Empirically, the paper examines local climate imaginaries on the North Frisian Wadden Sea coast of Germany. The low-lying islands are vulnerable to anthropogenic sea-level rise and face an uncertain future. Based on 21 semi-structured interviews conducted with coastal dwellers, the study examines all interviews from a grounded theory perspective. A refined in-depth analysis of the language helps to reveal climate imaginaries and systematise the ways through which local climate futures are articulated, structured and constructed. The aim of the paper is threefold: to synthesise research undertaken on place and climate imaginaries, to empirically analyse emplaced climate imaginaries and to explore – though tentatively – their role in developing regionally grounded climate change adaptation.

Original languageEnglish
JournalGeoforum
Volume137
Pages (from-to)222-229
Number of pages8
ISSN0016-7185
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.12.2022
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
This research has been financed by the Helmholtz Climate Initiative REKLIM (Regional Climate Change) and was partly conducted within working group 7 ‘Risk analysis and risk management for integrated climate strategies’. The other part of the work was conducted in the context of the cluster of excellence CLiCCS (Climate, Climatic Change and Society), Project C3 – Sustainable Adaptation Scenarios for Coastal Systems. This research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany‘s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2037 'CLICCS - Climate, Climatic Change, and Society' – Project Number: 390683824. We, furthermore, would like to thank Brigitte Nerlich (Nottingham) and the three anonymous reviewers for their productive criticism and help in improving the paper.

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© 2022 Elsevier Ltd

    Research areas

  • Climate change, Climate futures, Imaginaries, North Frisia Germany, Place

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