Laboratório Social de Adaptação e Justiça Climática: Uma abordagem experimental, sistêmica e colaborativa em resposta à crise climática

Abstract

According to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is a more than 50% chance that the average warming scenario of 1.5°C will be reached or exceeded by 2035. AR6 also points out that more than three billion people are in a situation considered highly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming, raising the level of alerts regarding climate change. The most vulnerable populations, the least responsible for this context, are also those that suffer most from its effects and from the consequences of poor or absent adaptation. In this sense, responding to the complexity of these changes and promoting climate justice would require integrated solutions, with the engagement of stakeholders and innovators, such as those created in participatory social innovation processes. Based on qualitative and exploratory research guided by Design Science Research (DSR), this study aimed to identify the key elements necessary for building a social laboratory focused on generating solutions for climate adaptation and justice. The investigation identified and described different denominations and dynamics of social laboratories, analyzed experiences of social innovation focused on climate change, and collected best practices in social laboratories for climate adaptation and justice. As an artifact, then, the Social Laboratory for Climate Adaptation and Justice is proposed, with a set of prescriptions for a multi-stakeholder, collaborative, experimental, systemic, and decolonial process. Organized in mutually reinforcing steps, the conduction of a social laboratory based on these prescriptions intends to generate equitable climate adaptation interventions and mutual learning for all participants.