Adaptation to compound climate risks: a systematic global stocktake

Simpson, N.P. et al. (2023) Adaptation to compound climate risks: a systematic global stocktake. iScience, 26(2), 105926. (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.105926) (PMID:36866045) (PMCID:PMC9971900)

Abstract

This article provides a stocktake of the adaptation literature between 2013 and 2019 to better understand how adaptation responses affect risk under the particularly challenging conditions of compound climate events. Across 39 countries, 45 response types to compound hazards display anticipatory (9%), reactive (33%), and maladaptive (41%) characteristics, as well as hard (18%) and soft (68%) limits to adaptation. Low income, food insecurity, and access to institutional resources and finance are the most prominent of 23 vulnerabilities observed to negatively affect responses. Risk for food security, health, livelihoods, and economic outputs are commonly associated risks driving responses. Narrow geographical and sectoral foci of the literature highlight important conceptual, sectoral, and geographic areas for future research to better understand the way responses shape risk. When responses are integrated within climate risk assessment and management, there is greater potential to advance the urgency of response and safeguards for the most vulnerable.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: Dr Jiren Xu is a member of The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team. This work was funded by the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada grant no. 109419–001. ACS acknowledges financial support of the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project, funded by the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Xu, Dr Jiren
• Authors: Simpson, N.P., Williams, P.A., Mach, K.J., Berrang-Ford, L., Biesbroek, R., Haasnoot, M., Segnon, A.C., Campbell, D., Musah-Surugu, J.I., Joe, E.T., Nunbogu, N.M., Sabour, S., Meyer, A.L.S., Andrews, T.M., Singh, C., Siders, A.R., Lawrence, J., van Aalst, M., Trisos, C.H., and The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team, .
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social & Environmental Sustainability
• Research Group: Cell Press
• Journal Name: iScience
• Publisher: Elsevier (Cell Press)
• ISSN: 2589-0042
• ISSN (Online): 2589-0042
• Published Online: 04 January 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in iScience 26(2):105926
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License