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“The power to share”: negotiating social equity for locally led climate adaptation Eleanor Fisher (19320124) Patti Petesch (19316776) Jon Hellin (8678820) Medicine Ecology Sociology Mental Health social equity gender social norms justice climate change locally led adaptation Kenya <p>The need for social equity as fundamental to climate adaptation is well recognised in policy circles, including the necessity to prioritise vulnerable communities in the Global South. Nevertheless, despite growing interest in locally led climate adaptation, policy and programme frameworks overlook how people within these communities understand and experience social equity and inequity, and how these values shape climate adaptation initiatives and the potential for sustainability. Using a conceptual model that combines justice theory with relational theory about social and gender norms, we deploy a participatory qualitative methodology that innovates by nurturing participatory parity as essential to successful locally led climate adaptation. We illustrate our approach with data from an agro-pastoral community in Baringo county, Kenya. Study participants expressed regard for their village’s communal norms, agropastoral identities and local governance. Despite recurring drought and heatwaves, many young women and men aspired to be farmers and livestock keepers if adequate water could become available. Testimonies also conveyed stressful gender relations – with women resisting restrictive norms and livelihood strategies that leave them vulnerable, especially in times of climate stress. Our conceptual tools and evidence highlight social and gender norms shaping the conditions for social equity, providing valuable insight into the unevenness of climate impacts and opportunities for supporting climate adaptation in vulnerable communities that is locally led and equitable.</p> 2026-09-22T06:31:42Z Dataset Dataset 10.6084/m9.figshare.33962796.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_The_power_to_share_negotiating_social_equity_for_locally_led_climate_adaptation/33962796 CC BY 4.0