Five billion people lack access to surgical care worldwide; climate change is the biggest
threat to human health in the 21st century. This review studies how climate change could be …

While it is generally recognized that the projected changes in the global climate will have
serious negative consequences for the Caribbean as a whole, it is becoming more and more …

We estimate a median global sea level rise up to 52 cm (25–87 cm, 5th–95th percentile) and
up to 63 cm (27− 112 cm, 5th—95th percentile) for a temperature rise of 1.5 C and 2.0 C by …

This study examines the direct and indirect impacts of climate change to the tourism sector
on the islands of New Providence and adjacent Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The …

Most adaptation studies suggest that sea-level rise will lead to relocation as flooding
worsens. Here we identified and evaluated potential adaptation strategies for adapting to …

This study considers and compares several of the most important factors contributing to
coastal flooding in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) while accounting for the …

There is increasing recognition of traditional knowledge as an important store of information
and practices for building adaptive capacity for climate change in the Pacific. However …

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This article draws on ongoing research in the Maldives to explore differences between elite
and non-elite perceptions of climate change and migration. It argues that, in addition to …

Most studies addressing the future of atoll islands focused on ocean-climate drivers of risk,
especially sea-level rise, and disregarded the role of local human disturbances. However …