Inequitable climate impacts are wicked problems.
In post-normal science, a wicked problem is one where the science is uncertain, the values are contested, the stakes are high, and the decisions are urgent. There is no single right answer, no controlled experiment, no clean boundary between research and politics. Climate change is a wicked problem everywhere. In Latin America, it is deeply so.
"Post-normal" science is what happens when facts are uncertain, values are in dispute, and decisions are urgent. Climate change in Latin America and Central America fits that description exactly.
These are case studies and reflections from the ground: how scientific knowledge intersects with society, adaptation, collaboration, and conflict in the pursuit of climate resilience. Written for students, researchers, policymakers, and anyone who is curious.
Climate change is not your fault for buying a plastic water bottle.
You've been told to recycle more, drive less, take shorter showers, carry a reusable bag. And sure, those things aren't bad. But the framing is a lie. The concept of a personal carbon footprint was popularized by BP — yes, that BP — in a 2004 ad campaign designed to shift responsibility from the fossil fuel industry onto you. And they weren't alone — the entire industry spent decades running ads telling you climate change was nothing.
Just 178 companies are responsible for 70% of global emissions. Power plants, petrochemical refineries, industrial agriculture, and the governments that subsidize them — they are driving the crisis. Not your grocery bag.
Individual action matters. But individual blame is a distraction. The real fight is systemic: who writes the laws, who funds the campaigns, who profits while communities drown.
Farming the Dry Corridor
Agricultural adaptation in one of Central America's most climate-vulnerable regions. How small-scale farmers navigate drought, food insecurity, and migration pressures.
A running record of federal actions affecting climate science, environmental protection, and vulnerable communities.
climate policy rollbacks
A running record of what this administration has done to climate science, environmental protection, and the communities most at risk. An interactive timeline with sources.
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