Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities

Joshua E. Cinner (), W. Neil Adger, Edward H. Allison, Michele L. Barnes, Katrina Brown, Philippa J. Cohen, Stefan Gelcich, Christina C. Hicks, Terry P. Hughes, Jacqueline Lau, Nadine A. Marshall and Tiffany H. Morrison
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Joshua E. Cinner: James Cook University
W. Neil Adger: University of Exeter
Edward H. Allison: University of Washington
Michele L. Barnes: James Cook University
Katrina Brown: University of Exeter
Philippa J. Cohen: James Cook University
Stefan Gelcich: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Christina C. Hicks: Lancaster University
Terry P. Hughes: James Cook University
Jacqueline Lau: James Cook University
Nadine A. Marshall: James Cook University
Tiffany H. Morrison: James Cook University

Nature Climate Change, 2018, vol. 8, issue 2, 117-123

Abstract: Abstract To minimize the impacts of climate change on human wellbeing, governments, development agencies, and civil society organizations have made substantial investments in improving people’s capacity to adapt to change. Yet to date, these investments have tended to focus on a very narrow understanding of adaptive capacity. Here, we propose an approach to build adaptive capacity across five domains: the assets that people can draw upon in times of need; the flexibility to change strategies; the ability to organize and act collectively; learning to recognize and respond to change; and the agency to determine whether to change or not.

Date: 2018
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