The majority of vulnerability and adaptation scholarship, policies and programs focus
exclusively on climate change or global environmental change. Yet, individuals …

Poverty is widely understood to be a key factor that increases the propensity for individuals
and households to be harmed by climatic shocks and stresses. This review explores recent …

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the cessation of almost all international travel in the first half
of 2020. A return to pre-pandemic growth patterns will take time and depend on the depth …

Economic change over the past 20 years has rendered many individuals and territories
vulnerable, leading to greater interpersonal and interterritorial inequality. This rising …

Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a
normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development …

Efforts to reduce suffering have habitually focused on control and repair of individual bodies.
The social origins of suffering and distress, including poverty and discrimination, even if …

The question of how to meet rising food demand at the least cost to biodiversity requires the
evaluation of two contrasting alternatives: land sharing, which integrates both objectives on …

This progress report considers the need for develo** a critical body of research on
deliberate transformation as a response to global environmental change. Although there is a …

The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these
impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation …

There is growing recognition in the human dimensions research community that climate
change impact studies must take into account the effects of other ongoing global changes …