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0000-0003-4982-8063
Current Organisation
The London School of Economics and Political Science
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 10-08-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Publisher: Lexxion Verlag
Date: 2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-08-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-10-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 19-09-2023
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 29-01-2021
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-100873/V1
Abstract: We present the first systematic, global stocktake of the academic literature on human adaptation. We screen 48,316 documents and identify 1,682 articles that present empirical research documenting human efforts to reduce risk from climate change and associated hazards. Coding and synthesizing this literature highlights that the overall extent of adaptation across global regions and sectors is low. Adaptations are largely local and incremental rather than transformative. Behavioural adjustments by in iduals and households are more prevalent than any other type of response, largely motivated by drought and precipitation variability. Local governments and civil society are engaging in risk reduction across all sectors and regions, particularly in response to flooding. Urban technological and infrastructural adaptations to flood risk are prevalent in Europe, while shifts in farming practices dominate reporting from Africa and Asia. Despite increasing evidence of adaptation responses, evidence that these responses are reducing risks (observed and projected) remains limited.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: Tanzania, United Republic of
Location: Germany
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Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
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