Climate Justice Partnership Linking Universities and Community Organizations in Toronto, Durban, Maputo and Nairobi

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dc.contributor.authorPerkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
dc.contributor.authorTavares Leary, A.L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-01T01:34:58Z
dc.date.available2020-03-01T01:34:58Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes a project based at York University in Toronto, funded through the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa program of the International Development Research Centre and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which is working to increase the participation of marginalized groups, especially women, in urban water governance.Students and faculty members from the University of Nairobi, Kenya; Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique; and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa are working with civil society organizations in the three cities and with York University researchers to show how organizing in local communities can help the vulnerable to deal with climate change.As people in marginalized communities begin to address collectively the impacts of climate change, this summons political attention and allows those with direct experience to influence government policy. Civil society organizations, with support from local and international faculty and students, facilitate and focus this activism. University students help to document the NGOs’ work during internships with the NGOs. They also learn community development skills and make contacts. Faculty members publish and disseminate ideas about grassroots climate change adaptation and resulting political responses through presentations, publications and the project’s website (www.ccaa.irisyorku.ca)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the International Development Research Centre, grant numberen_US
dc.identifier.citation“Climate justice partnership linking universities and community organizations in Toronto, Durban, Maputo, and Nairobi,” co-authored with Ana Louise Tavares Leary as second author. In Sustainable Development at Universities: New Horizons, edited by Walter Leal (Frankfurt: Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, 2012), pp. 207-215.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37043
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPeter Lang Scientific Publishersen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectclimate justiceen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectwater governanceen_US
dc.subjectactivismen_US
dc.subjectcivil society organizationsen_US
dc.titleClimate Justice Partnership Linking Universities and Community Organizations in Toronto, Durban, Maputo and Nairobien_US
dc.typePreprinten_US

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