There is growing demand among stakeholders across public and private institutions for
spatially-explicit information regarding vulnerability to climate change at the local scale …

Planned adaptation to climate change denotes actions undertaken to reduce the risks and
capitalize on the opportunities associated with global climate change. This paper …

Internationally, there is increasing responsibility on local governments to prepare and adapt
to global climate change through climate adaptation planning. This study evaluated seven …

Formal planning for climate change adaptation is emerging rapidly at a range of geo-
political scales. This first generation of adaptation plans provides useful information …

Indigenous populations have been identified as vulnerable to climate change. This framing,
however, is detached from the diverse geographies of how people experience, understand …

Assessing vulnerability is an important component of human dimensions of climate change
(HDCC) research. Vulnerability assessments identify and characterize who and what are …

Indigenous people living in the Circumpolar North rely, to varying degrees, on the natural
environment and the resources it provides for their lifestyle and livelihoods. As a …

The need to track climate change adaptation progress is being increasingly recognized but
our ability to do the tracking is constrained by the complex nature of adaptation and the …

Coastal climate adaptation, as a response to managing the increasing risk of inundation of
coastal settlements and infrastructure, is a global challenge. As a result, there is a …

Background: Climate change is expected to have a range of health impacts, some of which
are already apparent. Public health adaptation is imperative, but there has been little …