Workshop on Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change

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and supporting municipal climate adaptation agendas. Therefore, some of the questions that we should explore
include:



  1. What rationale do non-environmental NGOs offer for engaging in climate-related campaigns? How are
    their campaign goals framed? In what ways do the campaigns of environmental and non-environmental
    NGOs vary?

  2. Are non-environmental NGOs supporting or undermining the agendas and impacts of environmental
    NGOs? Are all of these groups competing for the same resources?

  3. To what extent do NGO climate campaigns – both those of environmental and non-environmental
    organizations - account for the needs and preferences of the local populations they ostensibly represent?
    Support municipal climate adaptation?

  4. In what ways do the campaign activities of a given NGO vary between the global north and south?
    Between developed and less-developed countries?

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