There is global consensus that we must immediately prioritize climate change adaptation—
change in response to or anticipation of risks from climate change. Some researchers and …

Society's response to every dimension of global climate change is mediated by culture. We
analyse new research across the social sciences to show that climate change threatens …

A good deal of contemporary work in cultural evolutionary theory focuses on the adaptive
significance of culture. In this paper, we make the case that scientifically accurate and …

Culture, from an anthropological perspective, encompasses all learned and shared aspects
of life in human societies. Included is not only 'high culture'—the arts and literature—but also …

This chapter explores the relationship between culture and adaptation in theory and
practice. Our aim is to make clear the important role that culture plays in enabling …

Adaptation was a core concept of twentieth-century cultural ecology. It is having a new life in
the context of debates over climate change, particularly as it becomes more significant in …

The latest report of the IPCC states that 'Warming of the climate system is unequivocal'and
that most of the warming over the past half-century is 'very likely due to the observed …

Climate variability and natural hazards like floods and earthquakes can act as
environmental shocks or socioecological stressors leading to instability and suffering …

Everyone on Earth is dependent on nature for their well-being through the provision of
water, food, shelter and clean air to breathe. Human behaviour also changes nature, thus …

There is a growing recognition that adaptation to climate change requires an understanding
of social processes that unfold across extended temporal trajectories. Yet, despite a move to …