This paper reviews the concept of adaptation of human communities to global changes,
especially climate change, in the context of adaptive capacity and vulnerability. It focuses on …

BACKGROUND Despite an increase in scholarly and policy interest regarding the impacts of
environmental change on migration, empirical knowledge in the field remains varied, patchy …

Communications regarding climate change are increasingly being utilised in order to
encourage sustainable behaviour and the way that these are framed can significantly alter …

While there is a recognised need to adapt to changing climatic conditions, there is an
emerging discourse of limits to such adaptation. Limits are traditionally analysed as a set of …

Adaptation is a process of deliberate change in anticipation of or in reaction to external
stimuli and stress. The dominant research tradition on adaptation to environmental change …

Despite the findings of climate scientists, the proportions of climate sceptics appear to be
increasing in many countries. We model social and political background, value orientations …

Risk communication can have enormous impact on people's behavior. This chapter argues
that risk communication should not only be effective, but it should also be ethically justifi ed …

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of
all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in …

▪ Abstract In this review, we highlight new insights into the conceptualization of the
vulnerability of social-environmental systems and identify critical points of convergence of …

Understanding public risk perception related to possible consequences of climate change is
of paramount importance. Not only does risk perception have an important role in shaping …