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Mining, risk and climate resilience in the ‘other’ P acific: L atin A merican lessons for the S outh P acific
Author(s) -
Bebbington Anthony J.,
Bury Jeffrey,
Cuba Nicholas,
Rogan John
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/apv.12098
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , scope (computer science) , corporate governance , psychological resilience , climate change , investment (military) , latin americans , distribution (mathematics) , value (mathematics) , environmental governance , risk governance , geography , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , political science , business , economics , ecology , finance , psychology , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , machine learning , biology , politics , computer science , law , psychotherapist , thermodynamics , programming language
We suggest the value of considering P acific L atin A merica and the S outh P acific in relationship to each other in contexts of climate change and investment in extractive industry. The paper explores the interactions between extractive industry, climate change and environmental governance through the lenses of double exposure, double movements, resilience and risk. The first part of the paper addresses the nature and scope of investments in extractive industries in this ‘other P acific’. The geography of these investments is changing the actual and perceived distribution of exposure and risk in the region. The nature of this risk is also being affected by climate change and its implications for the geographies of water and land‐use. Much of the contention surrounding extractive industries can be understood as conflicts over the unequal distribution of this risk, how to interpret its significance and the ways in which resilience might be enhanced to respond to it. The final section of the paper discusses the ways in which mining governance and governance for resilience converge and, on the basis of recent experiences in E l S alvador, analyses the difficulties in governing extractive industry in a way that manages risk and builds resilience.