The Arctic is undergoing rapid climate change and is projected to experience the most
warming this century of any world region. We review the societal aspects of these current …

Recent decades have seen the rapid expansion of scholarship that identifies societal
responses to past climatic fluctuations. This fast-changing scholarship, which was recently …

Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

Anthropogenic climate change is currently driving environmental transformation on a scale
and at a pace that exceeds historical records. This represents an undeniably serious …

Climate science to date demonstrates that natural and human systems must urgently adapt.
Adaptation refers to changes in societies and ecological systems as they respond to both …

Climate change is currently impacting cultural heritage globally. Despite advances in the
understanding of the relationship between climate change impacts and cultural heritage …

The record of past human adaptations provides crucial lessons for guiding responses to
crises in the future,–. To date, there have been no systematic global comparisons of humans' …

Climate change impacts on diverse cultural heritage is gaining scholarly and policy
attention, yet little research has been conducted on how can diverse cultural heritage inform …

How is history relevant to the present, or indeed the future? Governments around the world
have used history to inform planning and decision‐making in various fields for years, but …