Abstract

GRAN CASTRO, Juan Alberto. Denaturing climate change: rethinking climate vulnerability in urban contexts. Intersticios sociales [online]. 2022, n.23, pp.373-397.  Epub Apr 04, 2022. ISSN 2007-4964.  https://doi.org/10.55555/is.23.401.

The aims of this document are to provide a critical vision of the problematization and conceptualization of climate change and propose a theoretical-methodological approach to the study of these topics in urban contexts. This approach constructs a perspective on climate change distinct from its causal logic based on the increasing generation of greenhouse gases. The effects of climate change on cities, especially from the perspective of the Social Sciences, need to be addressed based on urban transformations and experiences of differentiated vulnerability to everyday risks. To sustain this argument, climate change is discussed based on the social construction of risk in the urban context. This view allows us to “denature” the risks associated with this phenomenon and, therefore, present a discussion on the implications of the concept of vulnerability in relation to climate change as we seek to determine what it means to be vulnerable to climate change and how this can be analyzed in urban contexts. In its conclusions, the article emphasizes the importance of addressing climate change in terms not only of its study but also of public actions and policy, with the goal of reducing not only emissions, but also social vulnerability.

Keywords : climate change; cities; risk; vulnerability.

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