Adaptation of public politics to mitigate the effects of climate change in Ecuador: identification of ruptures and critical scenarios

Abstract

The welfare state, even in countries where its institutional structures have reached satisfactory performance levels for public interests, is collapsing today; the state responses in East and West are just as insufficient as their health systems and technological resources. Climate change, like the pandemic and war, also generates global effects. The intervention of multilateralism seems to be postponed, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, conditions and concessions must be renegotiated on the geopolitical map. The objective of this contribution is to describe the evolution of public policies in Ecuador to mitigate the effects of climate change from the context of theoretical and practical development from the beginning to good public administration, and identify the limitations of formal and informal instruments to effectively guarantee rights in their biocentric dimension, and envision possible ruptures that could become critical environmental scenarios that risk compliance with the goals of SDG 13.