The study of psychological barriers and the attribution of social meaning is a complex and
subjective process, but essential for the development of strategies to adapt to climate …

Despite some honorable advances, a huge quantity of public, private, and civil climate
adaptation initiatives have failed to work in the Santa Catarina State (SC), Southern Brazil …

This study addresses risk, vulnerability, and their implications for the adaptation of
communities to the problems they face in the everyday life and to those derived from climate …

This study addresses the problem of defining the scope and substance of the climate
adaptation policy, which operates with comprehensive objectives and engages with multiple …

This paper examines barriers and opportunities for climate change adaptation in an urban
coastal setting where adaptation is in its infancy. It draws on a diagnostic framework as a …

Coastal areas are home to more than 2 billion people around the globe and, as such, are
especially vulnerable to climate change consequences. Climate change adaptation has …

Climate scenarios for the Amazon region (Brazil) indicate an increase in temperature and a
precipitation decrease, affecting society and economic activities, particularly small-scale …

Risk perceptions influence individual and collective adaptive responses to climate hazards.
Up to now, the majority of literature addressing climate change perception and adaptation …

Highlights•Effective climate change adaptation requires social learning processes.•Climate
change effects occur at local level, specifically in each territory.•Municipal governments are …

The vulnerability of the agriculture sector to climate change in developing countries and it's
risks to Brazilian Northeast farmers are very discussed issues on environmental agenda. In …