Rigon, Andrea; (2022) Intersectional participatory methodologies for climate justice. Presented at: Development Studies Association 2022: Just Sustainable Futures in an urbanising and mobile world, London, UK.

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There is a recognition of how people’s identities across different axes (gender, race/ethnicity, class, age, ability, sexuality, citizenship) determine how they are affected by climate change (Godfrey & Torres, 2016) because these identities shape people’s geography, livelihood, vulnerability and capacity to adapt (Pearse, 2017). Policies and interventions to deal with climate change may further increase inequalities and injustice largely because they are blind to intersectional inequalities, ignore the complex layers of vulnerability, and lack the participation of the affected stakeholders in designing solutions. In this context, there is need for new climate knowledge to counter the disempowering techno-scientific system dominating CC policy (Nightingale et al., 2020). Developing intersectional participatory methodologies to CC helps the move away from extractive knowledge creation towards politicised coproduction approaches able to challenge power structures (McArdle, 2021). An intersectional participatory approach can reveal how these intersectional inequalities interact with CC and policies to address it, transforming power relations at the core of social identities, and lead to more just, democratic, multifaceted and multi-scalar climate solutions (Malin & Ryder, 2018). Building on the author’s work to embed intersectionality in participatory processes, the paper explains the importance of intersectional participatory methods in climate change and present how they can be developed by adapting storytelling, artistic and performative approaches. Such methods can help challenge the anthropocentric lens and consider the interests of non-human animals, the planet and future generations. They can provide fresh insights into complex issues grounded in people’s experience, challenge assumptions, and demonstrate new connections between issues.

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