Deterritorialising climate: ocean-based approaches to adaptation governance

Thesis

This research asks how the Pacific climate system of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is conceived and represented in the boundary-making practices of three knowledge communities: a) ocean science (i.e. Pacific marine biogeographies), b) environmental governance (i.e. Pacific adaptation frameworks), and c) local and traditional environmental knowledge (i.e. coastal subsistence communities in Timor-Leste). Ultimately, the project asks whether these disciplinary delineations of ENSO-relat...

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• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: climate change; Timor-Leste; Pacific adaptation governance; ENSO; ocean ontologies
• Subjects: Ocean geography; Environmental governance; Coral Triangle