Response Paper
The article begins with developmental understanding of the basic concepts of climate change and the fundamental responses to the impact on the environment. Further, the authors discuss culture as a pattern of life and the impact it can have on the advocate’s viewpoints on common issues. Specifically, the idea of having multiple religions is discussed and expanded upon in relation to how it influences adaptation and the effect it may have on the response to a crisis such as climate change.
Case studies in Malawi and Zambia have shown clear evidence that a change in religious beliefs can have a direct relationship to adaptive capacity. Bolero, Malawi and Monze, Zambia explicitly are discussed and compared. The integration of different traditional views of Christianity into these rural communities is documented, acknowledged and taken into account. From these studies, the researchers concluded that the adaptation of the local people in …show more content…
While the authors reference the sample size within the two settlements (26 villages, 8 focus groups in Bolero, 4 in Monze and 11 semi-structured interviews in Bolero and Monze). The hypothesis would be more credible if there was a larger sample size of a more wide variety of locations. While it is clear that sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest correlations between vulnerability to climate change and religion importance, the inclusion of more locations outside of the sub-Saharan area would solidify the data and conclusions. For example, settlements throughout Africa, South America, Central America and Indonesia could have been used because they are all locations that religion has the most importance. Using these locations, the data would have better eclipsed the general trends of the relationship between religion and adaptive capacity and thereby making the hypothesis more accurate and
The article begins with developmental understanding of the basic concepts of climate change and the fundamental responses to the impact on the environment. Further, the authors discuss culture as a pattern of life and the impact it can have on the advocate’s viewpoints on common issues. Specifically, the idea of having multiple religions is discussed and expanded upon in relation to how it influences adaptation and the effect it may have on the response to a crisis such as climate change.
Case studies in Malawi and Zambia have shown clear evidence that a change in religious beliefs can have a direct relationship to adaptive capacity. Bolero, Malawi and Monze, Zambia explicitly are discussed and compared. The integration of different traditional views of Christianity into these rural communities is documented, acknowledged and taken into account. From these studies, the researchers concluded that the adaptation of the local people in …show more content…
While the authors reference the sample size within the two settlements (26 villages, 8 focus groups in Bolero, 4 in Monze and 11 semi-structured interviews in Bolero and Monze). The hypothesis would be more credible if there was a larger sample size of a more wide variety of locations. While it is clear that sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest correlations between vulnerability to climate change and religion importance, the inclusion of more locations outside of the sub-Saharan area would solidify the data and conclusions. For example, settlements throughout Africa, South America, Central America and Indonesia could have been used because they are all locations that religion has the most importance. Using these locations, the data would have better eclipsed the general trends of the relationship between religion and adaptive capacity and thereby making the hypothesis more accurate and