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Social Protection As A Defense Mechanism Against The Impacts Of Climate Change

İklim Değişikliğinin Etkilerine Karşı Bir Savunma Mekanizması Olarak Sosyal Koruma

Yusuf Can Çalışır
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162–186
Publication Date
2025-06-10
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Social protection functions as a critical defense mechanism for mitigating the negative impacts of climate change, adapting to this process and realizing a just transition at the social level.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Climate change today emerges not only as an environmental threat, but also as a multidimensional and dynamic risk area that exacerbates existing social problems such as poverty, inequality and social exclusion.
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Key Findings & Data:This study aims to analyze the intersections of climate change with social protection systems at the conceptual level and to assess how social protection can be positioned as a policy instrument against climate-based risks.
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⚙️Variables:Sosyal Koruma · İklim Değişikliği · Adil Geçiş

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Climate change today emerges not only as an environmental threat, but also as a multidimensional and dynamic risk area that exacerbates existing social problems such as poverty, inequality and social exclusion. This study aims to analyze the intersections of climate change with social protection systems at the conceptual level and to assess how social protection can be positioned as a policy instrument against climate-based risks. Based on a qualitative research approach, the study systematically analyzed academic publications, policy documents and reports focusing on the themes of climate change and social protection through document analysis. The findings suggest that social protection systems can assume important functions in supporting vulnerable individuals and communities in the face of climate change-related shocks, while also playing a role in mitigating social inequalities. The study also assesses how social protection policies can be aligned with just transition goals in the process of combating climate change in line with approaches in the literature. Social protection functions as a critical defense mechanism for mitigating the negative impacts of climate change, adapting to this process and realizing a just transition at the social level.

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İklim değişikliği, günümüzde yalnızca çevresel bir tehdit olarak değil, aynı zamanda yoksulluk, eşitsizlik ve sosyal dışlanma gibi mevcut toplumsal sorunları daha da derinleştiren çok boyutlu ve dinamik bir risk alanı olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışma, iklim değişikliğinin sosyal koruma sistemleriyle kesişim noktalarını kavramsal düzlemde analiz etmeyi ve sosyal korumanın iklim temelli risklere karşı nasıl bir politika aracı olarak konumlanabileceğini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Nitel araştırma yaklaşımı temelinde yürütülen çalışmada, iklim değişikliği ve sosyal koruma temalarına odaklanan akademik yayınlar, politika belgeleri ve raporlar doküman analizi yöntemiyle sistematik olarak incelenmiştir. Bulgular, sosyal koruma sistemlerinin iklim değişikliğine bağlı şoklar karşısında kırılgan birey ve toplulukları desteklemede önemli işlevler üstlenebileceğini, aynı zamanda sosyal eşitsizlikleri hafifletici bir rol oynayabileceğini göstermektedir. Çalışmada ayrıca, iklim değişikliğiyle mücadele sürecinde sosyal koruma politikalarının adil geçiş hedefleriyle nasıl uyumlandırılabileceği, literatürdeki yaklaşımlar doğrultusunda değerlendirilmiştir. Sosyal koruma, iklim değişikliğinin olumsuz etkilerinin azaltılması, bu sürece uyum sağlanması ve toplumsal düzeyde adil bir geçişin gerçekleştirilmesi açısından kritik bir savunma mekanizması işlevi görmektedir.

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Çalışır, Y. C. (2025). Social Protection As A Defense Mechanism Against The Impacts Of Climate Change. Sosyal Güvence, Sayı: Özel Sayı Özel Sayı, 162–186. https://doi.org/10.21441/sosyalguvence.1671645

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