The 2017 North Atlantic hurricane season caused the highest disaster-related losses ever
seen in the United States, with many people asking questions about the causes and …

In the island states of Oceania, colonial power dynamics profoundly shape climate
vulnerability and response. Largely as a result of their colonial history, island nations are …

Conventionally understood, regulatory takings doctrine protects property owners from
significant, adverse changes in the law. The paradigmatic example of a regulatory taking …

Climate change is as much a sociopolitical phenomenon as it is a geophysical one. Beyond
contentious domestic politics and the intricacies of global climate governance, evinced by …

This progress report reviews research on climate change adaptation through a political
economy lens, explaining the way ideas, institutions and interests enable diverse forms of …

This paper connects critical legal geography and coastal climate change adaptation. It is
particularly interested in the role that complex political ecologies and legal geographies …

“Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the
present.” 1 Atmospheric and ocean temperatures are rising,“[p] recipitation patterns are …

Climate change presents a pervasive global threat to billions of people as well as
ecosystems. Global mitigation policy failures mean we must now urgently adapt to projected …

How to address a “super wicked problem” like climate change is not only a policy sciences
discussion but also a public administration one. Surprisingly, climate change has received …

Global cities are taking a leadership role in climate change adaptation. Increasing numbers
of cities are creating climate adaptation plans and strategies, and a wide range of …