Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 213 - 215
• Main Authors: Pisor, Anne C., Basurto, Xavier, Douglass, Kristina G., Mach, Katharine J., Ready, Elspeth, Tylianakis, Jason M., Hazel, Ashley, Kline, Michelle A., Kramer, Karen L., Lansing, J. Stephen, Moritz, Mark, Smaldino, Paul E., Thornton, Thomas F., Jones, James Holland
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 706/648/453; 706/689/126; 706/689/680; Adaptation; Autonomy; Climate adaptation; Climate Change; Climate change adaptation; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Comment; Decision making; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice

Communities want to determine their own climate change adaptation strategies, and scientists and decision-makers should listen to them — both the equity and efficacy of climate change adaptation depend on it. We outline key lessons researchers and development actors can take to support communities a...