Explorando enfoques interseccionales para la adaptación al cambio climático

This research paper by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) proposes a framework of fundamental and process principles to integrate intersectionality into climate change adaptation. Based on a May 2024 knowledge co-production workshop, the document aligns these principles with the iterative adaptation cycle—comprising impact assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL)—to better address the structural inequalities that exacerbate climate vulnerability.

• Intersectionality is critical for climate adaptation because it identifies how overlapping structures of inequity—such as racism, ageism, gender inequality, and discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community—increase vulnerability and exclude marginalized people from decision-making spaces.
• While intersectional approaches share commonalities with established adaptation good practices—such as local leadership and the integration of indigenous knowledge—they require additional intentional elements to specifically dismantle harmful power structures and address systemic inequities.
• The proposed framework consists of 'Fundamental Principles'—which focus on systemic approaches, centering vulnerable people, agency, and power relations—and 'Process Principles'—which include positionality reflection, context-specificity, deliberative processes, iterative learning, accessibility, and co-production.
• In the risk assessment phase, an intersectional approach requires participatory data collection and disaggregated data analysis to understand how unique interactions of inequality exacerbate vulnerability, ensuring that equity organizations and affected people lead the analysis.
• Intersectional planning should prioritize adaptation measures that target structural inequalities and the most vulnerable populations, potentially using weighted social vulnerability criteria in multi-criteria analysis to ensure resources reach those in greatest need.
• Effective intersectional implementation necessitates free, prior, and informed consent, safeguards for dignity and security, and investments in enabling activities—such as childcare or accessibility aids—to ensure equitable participation and benefits.
• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) must shift accountability from funders to the affected people, utilizing participatory methods and disaggregated data to track systemic changes and identify those who are not benefiting from adaptation efforts.

APA

Dazé, A., & Christoffersen, A. (2025). Explorando enfoques interseccionales para la adaptación al cambio climático. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2026-04/intersectional-approaches-climate-change-adaptation-es.pdf

Chicago

Dazé, Angie, and Ashlee Christoffersen. Explorando enfoques interseccionales para la adaptación al cambio climático. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2025. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2026-04/intersectional-approaches-climate-change-adaptation-es.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2025explorando, author = {Dazé, Angie and Christoffersen, Ashlee}, title = {{Explorando enfoques interseccionales para la adaptación al cambio climático}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2026-04/intersectional-approaches-climate-change-adaptation-es.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }