Local governments around the world are formulating different ways to address climate
change. However, the compounding and overlap** vulnerabilities of historically …

Highlights•Some large US cities are including equity and justice criteria in adaptation
planning.•Criteria are commonly considered along four stages of local decision-making.•The …

The extremely uneven and inequitable impacts of climate change mean that differently-
located people experience, respond to, and cope with the climate crisis and related …

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 …

Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Locally led adaptation (LLA) has recently gained importance against top-down planning
practices that often exclude the lived realities and priorities of local communities and create …

Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

Addressing the impacts and risks associated with observed and projected climate change
(Chapter 16) is fundamentally and intricately tied to the decision-making options available to …

Climate change and development are strongly interconnected. An efficient use of financial
resources would, thus require alignment between climate finance and development …

Climate change is already increasing the severity of extreme weather events such as with
rainfall during hurricanes. But little research to date investigates if, and to what extent, there …