In this paper, we explore the impacts of political forces within local governance mechanisms during and in the aftermath of climate change led disasters in the Indian Sundarbans. Analyzing post-disaster scenarios after recent cyclones like Amphan and Yaas we aim to answer analytical questions like, what costs are born by people in vulnerable landscapes when disaster mitigation action plans are marred by climate politics? How do political capacities of different actors shape the implementation of climate action in the aftermath of disasters? These questions might justify whether climate actions are part of a comprehensive strategy of vulnerability reduction or merely symbolic gestures that lack a deeper understanding of place-based environmental and social complexities that are intertwined with the seemingly visible impacts of climate change. Drawing on empirical observations from selected disaster affected villages of the Indian Sundarbans, we argue that competing models of climate change led disaster management requires protracted engagement with the overarching role of electoral politics in mediating the crisis scenario and post-disaster recovery.

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印度孙德尔本斯地区围绕气候变化引发的灾害管理的当地政治力量分析

在本文中，我们探讨了印度孙德尔本斯气候变化导致的灾难期间和之后政治力量对地方治理机制的影响。通过分析最近的安芬和亚斯等飓风后的灾后情景，我们的目标是回答一些分析问题，例如，当减灾行动计划受到气候政治的破坏时，脆弱地区的人们会承担哪些成本？不同参与者的政治能力如何影响灾后气候行动的实施？这些问题可能会证明气候行动是减少脆弱性综合战略的一部分，还是仅仅是象征性的姿态，缺乏对与气候变化看似可见的影响交织在一起的基于地点的环境和社会复杂性的更深入理解。根据对印度孙德尔本斯地区选定的受灾村庄的经验观察，我们认为，气候变化主导的灾害管理的竞争模式需要长期参与选举政治在调解危机情景和灾后恢复方面的首要作用。