Rights and resilience

Tuesday 7 September 2021, 13.00-16.00
DIIS ∙ Danish Institute for International Studies
Auditorium

Climate change undermines food security and poverty alleviation and can contribute to displacement and conflict. Denmark’s new strategy for development cooperation pledges to engage substantially in supporting climate change adaptation and increasing resilience, and a growing amount of funds are being directed towards climate change adaptation activities around the globe.

However, support to climate change adaptation requires an understanding of the ways in which communities across the Global South are trying to adapt, and how their adaptation strategies interact with broader political, social and economic changes and policies.

This seminar presents emerging insights from the frontline of climate change on the importance of land rights in climate change adaptation and resilience. The seminar draws on findings from the Rights and Resilience (RARE) research programme in Kenya, where one of Africa’s first Climate Acts is being implemented alongside new land laws.

Focusing especially on pastoralist adaptation strategies, the seminar will discuss how adaptation can change people’s priorities and needs, how adaptation strategies interact with land conflicts and land reforms, and what the consequences are for efforts to support land rights for resilient development.

The RARE project is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and administered by Danida Fellowship Centre.

Speakers
Sylvia Rotich, University of Nairobi/University of Copenhagen
Jackson Wachira, University of Nairobi/University of Copenhagen
Joanes Atela, University of Nairobi/African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS)
Paul Stacey, RUC
Rahma Hassan, University of Nairobi/ University of Copenhagen
Karuti Kanyinga, University of Nairobi
Alphonce Mollo, University of Nairobi/ University of Copenhagen
Iben Nathan, University of Copenhagen
Rolf Hernø, CARE Denmark
Christian Lund, University of Copenhagen
Mikkel Funder, DIIS

Programme
13.00-13.10   Welcome
  
13.10-13.30   Suburban pastoralists: Climate change adaptation and changing priorities among Kenya’s pastoralists
                        Sylvia Rotich, Mikkel Funder
    
13.30-13.50   Climate change adaptation and land conflicts
                        Jackson Wachira, Joanes Atela and Paul Stacey
    
13.50-14.10   Legal frameworks and climate change adaptation: Kenya’s Community Land Law
                        Rahma Hassan and Karuti Kanyinga
    
14.10-14.30   Tea and coffee break
    
14.30-14.50   Do UN and domestic frameworks support pastoral rights for adaptation?
                        Alphonce Mollo and Iben Nathan
    
14.50-15.20   Comments by discussants and responses from panel
                        Rolf Hernø and Christian Lund
 
15.20-16.00   Plenary Q&A and discussion
    
Practical information
The seminar will be held in English and livestreamed on diis.dk.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
Livestream does not require registration. Find the livestream on this page approx. 10 min. before welcome.

Contact
For practical or tecknical questions please contact DIIS Event on phone: 3269 8787 or via e-mail: event@diis.dk