Dias, S.M. orcid.org/0000-0003-0602-7370, Castán Broto, V. orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-9859, Cypriano, B. et al. (2 more authors) (2024) The case for a climate bonus: waste pickers’ perceptions of climate change in Minas Gerais. Environment and Urbanization, 36 (1). pp. 93-111. ISSN 0956-2478
Abstract
While the work of waste pickers advances urban sustainability, there has been little focus on how climate change impacts affect them. This paper reports on a pilot study with 61 waste pickers in Minas Gerais, Brazil to understand their perspectives on climate change impacts and actions. It explores how waste pickers experience climate change impacts at home and at work, their adaptive strategies and the specific actions and actors needed to address these impacts. Waste pickers have practical knowledge and experience of climate events. But due to precarious employment and lack of access to services, infrastructure and social support, their responses are improvised and inefficient. They require better institutional support and their proposals must be incorporated into a negotiated approach to urban resilience. Proposals such as the climate bonus – similar to the existing recycling bonus – may help address the structural drivers of vulnerability for waste pickers in Minas Gerais.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Brazil; cities; climate change; cooperatives; inclusive waste management; informal workers; urban resilience; waste pickers |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Faculty of Social Sciences Research Institute |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 804051 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2024 15:30 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2024 15:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/09562478241230813 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:213387 |