Adaptation is a key societal response to reduce the impacts of climate change, yet it is poorly
represented in current modelling frameworks. We identify key research gaps and suggest …

As development and adaptation are closely intertwined, assessing the benefits of adaptation
by focusing only on how it reduces climate impacts could lead to misleading policy advice. In …

It is increasingly evident that adaptation will figure prominently in the post-2015 United
Nations climate change agreement,. As adaptation obligations under the United Nations …

Climate change adaptation is a complex human process, framed by uncertainties and
constraints, which is difficult to capture in existing assessment models. Attempts to improve …

Climate change adaptation needs, as well as the capacity to adapt, are unequally distributed
around the world. Global models that assess the impacts of climate change and policy …

Context: It is now widely accepted that the climate is changing, and that societal responses
will need to be rapid and comprehensive to prevent the most severe impacts. A key …

The exchange of coherent arguments about methods applied in the field of climate change
adaptation is challenging due to the growing diversity of analytical methods applied from …

Years of research on adaptation to climate change shows that many efforts are
counterproductively increasing vulnerability, rather than reducing it—known as …

Abstract The Paris Agreement put adaptation prominently on the global climate action
agenda. Despite a surge in research and praxis-based knowledge on adaptation, a critical …

This paper reviews the current theoretical scholarship on maladaptation and provides some
specific case studies—in the Maldives, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Bangladesh—to advance …