A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change
Authors
Lea Berrang-Ford
A. R. Siders
Alexandra Lesnikowski
Alexandra Paige Fischer
Max W. Callaghan
Neal R. Haddaway
Katharine J. Mach
Malcolm Araos
Mohammad A. R. Shah
Mia Wannewitz
Deepal Doshi
Timo Leiter
Custodio Matavel
Justice Issah Musah-Surugu
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
Philip Antwi-Agyei
Idowu Ajibade
Neha Chauhan
William Kakenmaster
Caitlin Grady
Vasiliki I. Chalastani
Kripa Jagannathan
Eranga K. Galappaththi
Asha Sitati
Giulia Scarpa
Edmond Totin
Katy Davis
Nikita Charles Hamilton
Christine J. Kirchhoff
Praveen Kumar
Brian Pentz
Nicholas P. Simpson
Emily Theokritoff
Delphine Deryng
Diana Reckien
Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo
Nicola Ulibarri
Alcade C. Segnon
Vhalinavho Khavhagali
Yuanyuan Shang
Luckson Zvobgo
Zinta Zommers
Jiren Xu
Portia Adade Williams
Ivan Villaverde Canosa
Nicole van Maanen
Bianca van Bavel
Maarten van Aalst
Lynée L. Turek-Hankins
Hasti Trivedi
Christopher H. Trisos
Adelle Thomas
Shinny Thakur
Sienna Templeman
Lindsay C. Stringer
Garry Sotnik
Kathryn Dana Sjostrom
Chandni Singh
Mariella Z. Siña
Roopam Shukla
Jordi Sardans
Eunice A. Salubi
Lolita Shaila Safaee Chalkasra
Raquel Ruiz-Díaz
Carys Richards
Pratik Pokharel, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Jan Petzold
Josep Penuelas
Julia Pelaez Avila
Julia B. Pazmino Murillo
Souha Ouni
Jennifer Niemann
Miriam Nielsen
Mark New
Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle
Gabriela Nagle Alverio
Cristina A. Mullin
Joshua Mullenite
Anuszka Mosurska
Mike D. Morecroft
Jan C. Minx
Gina Maskell
Abraham Marshall Nunbogu
Alexandre K. Magnan
Shuaib Lwasa
Megan Lukas-Sithole
Tabea Lissner
Oliver Lilford
Steven F. Koller
Matthew Jurjonas
Elphin Tom Joe
Lam T. M. Huynh
Avery Hill
Rebecca R. Hernandez
Greeshma Hegde
Tom Hawxwell
Sherilee Harper
Alexandra Harden
Marjolijn Haasnoot
Elisabeth A. Gilmore
Leah Gichuki
Alyssa Gatt
Matthias Garschagen
James D. Ford
Andrew Forbes
Aidan D. Farrell
Carolyn A. F. Enquist
Susan Elliott
Emily Duncan
Erin Coughlan de Perez
Shaugn Coggins
Tara Chen
Donovan Campbell
Katherine E. Browne
Kathryn J. Bowen
Robbert Biesbroek
Indra D. Bhatt
Rachel Bezner Kerr
Stephanie L. Barr
Emily Baker
Stephanie E. Austin
Ingrid Arotoma-Rojas
Christa Anderson
Warda Ajaz
Tanvi Agrawal
Thelma Zulfawu Abu
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Nature Climate Change
Volume
11
Issue
11
First Page
989
Last Page
1000
Publisher
Nature
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences / Institute for Nutrition Research
RAS ID
42637
Funders
Funding information : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01170-y
Abstract
Assessing global progress on human adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority. Although the literature on adaptation to climate change is rapidly expanding, little is known about the actual extent of implementation. We systematically screened > 48,000 articles using machine learning methods and a global network of 126 researchers. Our synthesis of the resulting 1,682 articles presents a systematic and comprehensive global stocktake of implemented human adaptation to climate change. Documented adaptations were largely fragmented, local and incremental, with limited evidence of transformational adaptation and negligible evidence of risk reduction outcomes. We identify eight priorities for global adaptation research: assess the effectiveness of adaptation responses, enhance the understanding of limits to adaptation, enable individuals and civil society to adapt, include missing places, scholars and scholarship, understand private sector responses, improve methods for synthesizing different forms of evidence, assess the adaptation at different temperature thresholds, and improve the inclusion of timescale and the dynamics of responses.
DOI
10.1038/s41558-021-01170-y
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Berrang-Ford, L., Siders, A. R., Lesnikowski, A., Fischer, A. P., Callaghan, M. W., Haddaway, N. R., . . . Abu, T. Z. (2021). A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 11, 989-1000. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01170-y