The Human Dimensions of Climate Adaptation

Publication review

This paper brings together elements that are often separated in the compartmentalized way we tend to treat complex phenomena.

In particular, it identifies a set of important issues that are often given insufficient attention in current development and disaster risk reduction efforts but that will be critical for poor communities´ adaptation to climate change.

Three issues deserve special mention: the integration of risk analysis and assessment in development planning, the inclusion of targeted social protection measures as part of adaptation, and the need for locally owned capacity-building processes.