Coastal Women's Adaptation Strategy in Facing Climate Change at Cemara Beach, Banyuwangi Regency through a Gender Perspective

Abstract

The climate crisis has become a real threat facing global citizens since industrial/modern civilization and is a threat that cannot be avoided. However, climate problems are often focused only on technical paradigms, even though the climate crisis is more than just a problem of temperature, melting poles, and rainfall. The negative impacts of the climate crisis are felt politically in the social order of society, especially for people in vulnerable groups who are considered to have weak adaptive capacity due to limited access to the resources needed to fulfil their daily needs. One of these vulnerable groups is the women living in the coastal area of Cemara Beach, Banyuwangi Regency. Cemara Beach, located directly opposite the Bali Strait, is an area that is vulnerable to climate change, especially now that there is an excess number of fishermen. There is exploitative use of natural resources. Climate change has significantly resulted in several physical changes in the Cemara Beach area, which include, among other things, seawater intrusion onto land, tidal waves, flooding, inundation in lowlands and erosion on Cemara Beach which in turn has an impact on coastal morphology, natural ecosystems, settlements and the economy. And fishermen's income. It is hoped that the output of this research study will be a concrete solution in providing support for the environment and female fishermen at Cemara Beach. Through this research, the influence of climate change on the socio‐economic conditions of Cemara Beach female fishermen and the adaptation strategies implemented to face climate change will be known. Hopefully, this research will become a further reference regarding fishermen's adaptation to climate change in coastal areas and small islands. Apart from that, the research is expected to be able to model adaptation patterns that are useful for developing climate change mitigation adaptation. Meanwhile, for the regional government of Banyuwangi Regency, this research can influence decision‐making that determines development policies, especially the gender‐responsive fisheries sector.