Executive summary Increases in global mean surface temperature are projected to result in
continued permafrost degradation and coastal degradation (high confidence), increased …

Community‐based adaptation (CBA) is a form of adaptation that aims to reduce the risks of
climate change to the world's poorest people by involving them in the practices and planning …

Resilience is everywhere in contemporary debates about global environmental change. The
application of resilience concepts to social and ecological systems and dilemmas has been …

The term 'resilience'is increasingly used in the context of discussion, policies and
programming around climate change adaptation ('adaptation') and disaster risk reduction. It …

Climate adaptation planning provides an opportunity to enhance the adaptive capacity of
stakeholders across multiple levels. However, reviews of standard top-down and bottom-up …

What a fabulous sentence! We wish we had thought of it ourselves before we nailed the title
of this book. It claims a scientific foundation, but also espouses a spirit of the practical, the …

In develo** countries adaptation responses to climate and global change should be
integrated with human development to generate no regrets, co-benefit strategies for the rural …

As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by
increasing funds and frameworks for action, there are mounting questions over how to …

How to better assess, communicate and respond to risks from climate change at the
community level have emerged as key questions within climate risk management. Recent …

Adaptation pathways are decision-making processes which sequence actions over time to
account for rapid change and future uncertainty. In develo** economies pathways practice …