The impacts of climate change are being felt globally, here and now. Adapting to these changes has become our reality, and given insufficient ambition in mitigation, increasingly severe impacts are being experienced across the world. Good practice in implementing adaptation can take many forms, from switching to drought-resilient crops, to building flood infrastructure. Adaptation also often requires implementing key policy changes at local, regional, and country-wide levels, and it also requires international cooperation and support. This special collection showcases current research on climate change adaptation, with respect to strategies, policy assessments, and identifying and managing vulnerabilities. Related papers may be found in our collection on loss and damage.
Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., Yang, J., Zhao, Z., Fang, W., Liu, M., … Bi, J. (2025). Accelerating climate change adaptation in cities: a global analysis of urban strategies, drivers, and co-benefits. Climate Policy, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2598520
Mikulewicz, M., Thomas, K. A., & Mills-Novoa, M. (2025). Why projects cannot deliver transformative climate change adaptation. Climate Policy, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2591881
Qi, R. (2025). Weathering storms and policies: the vulnerable voyage of inner Mongolian herders amidst climate and policy shifts. Climate Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2577690
Falcescu, V., Cheval, S., Croitoru, A. E., Hossu, C. A., & Ioja, I. C. (2025). A framework-based assessment of climate adaptation readiness in Romanian cities. Climate Policy, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2570741
Zhang, J., Fan, H., Chen, M., Zhang, P., & Imran, M. (2025). Climate risk shocks and corporate outsourcing. Climate Policy, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2566166
Wang, X., Deng, X., Hong, J., Jian, W., & Yang, Z. (2025). The impact of wildfires on local property values in Wisconsin, United States. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2558181
Güneş Yerlikaya, E. B., & Balaban, O. (2025). Urban climate justice and migrant communities: factors of climate vulnerabilities of the Syrian population in Istanbul. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2558179
Goetting, K., Liebe, U., & Becker, S. (2025). From parking place to public space: a factorial survey experiment on public acceptability of parking space reallocation in Germany. Climate Policy, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2539140
Nasr, A., Tan, D., & Mohamed, T. (2025). Scenario-dependent discounting for climate change adaptation decisions for infrastructure. Climate Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2549563
Khavarian-Garmsir, A. R., Sharifi, A., Sadeghi, A., & Allam, Z. (2025). How does the climate change and migration nexus result in maladaptation? Climate Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2518298
Grisolia, F., Holvoet, N., & Dewachter, S. (2025). Facing climate change together? The role of the collective dimension in mediating cash transfer effects on climate adaptation. Climate Policy, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2543022
Kisambira, Z. N., Songcai, Y., & Bomuhangi, A. (2025). Climate change policy landscape in Uganda: assessing the extent of implementation of adaptation policies at the sub-national level. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2539976
Gören, H. (2025). Adaptive capacity of agricultural institutions to climate change and the barriers: a comparative study from Turkey. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2526674
Sumari, B. K., Pauline, N. M., & Mabhuye, E. B. (2025). Effective climate finance management? An analysis of institutional structures for climate change adaptation in Tanzania. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2525468
Tirivangasi, H. M., & Nyahunda, L. (2025). Determinants of transformative climate change adaptation in rural Zimbabwe: an afrocentric analysis. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2521486
Biesbroek, R., Mirbach, C., Sietsma, A., & Garschagen, M. (2025). Assessment of existing datasets for tracking progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation (and beyond). Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2517644
Bourgeois, E., Charlier, D., & Grover, D. (2025). Cognition, emotion, and belief in the adaptation response of older people to heatwaves. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2514106
Mohsen Fatemi, S., Krause, R. M., Nguyen Long, L. A., Arnold, G., & Ludwick, S. (2025). Do cities with greater transformative governance capacity pursue more ambitious policies? Examining U.S. cities through the lens of climate resiliency. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2512453
Bishwokarma, D., & Sunam, R. (2025). The neglect of climate change-induced displacement in policy instruments: interrogating Nepal’s climate change policies and adaptation plans. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2511258
Theokritoff, E., Lejeune, Q., Costa, H. P., Irfan, K., Khan, M. S., Kropf, C. M., … Lourenço, T. C. (2025). Climate overshoot implications for local adaptation planning. Climate Policy, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2502111
Dudley, H., Holmes, J., Jordan, A., & Lorenzoni, I. (2025). The policy impact of climate change advisory bodies: government responses to the UK Climate Change Committee’s recommendations, 2009–2020. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2497881
Bishwakarma, K. L., & Roongtawanreongsri, S. (2025). Examining climate change adaptation policies in Nepal: a qualitative content analysis through the Dalit lens. Climate Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2487525
Dudley, H., Holmes, J., Jordan, A., & Lorenzoni, I. (2025). The policy impact of climate change advisory bodies: government responses to the UK Climate Change Committee’s recommendations, 2009–2020. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2497881
Craig, A., James, R. A., Archer, E., Daron, J., Jack, C. D., Jones, R. G., … Vincent, K. (2025). How is climate science used to inform national-level adaptation planning in southern Africa? Climate Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2488988
Quang, N. M., Minh, N. V., Chau Ngan, N. V., & Lerski, M. (2025). Adaptation for whom? Understanding the impacts of dyke policies on small-scale farmers in Ca Mau Province of Vietnam. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2447495
Shawoo, Z., Browne, K., Canales, N., & Nazareth, A. (2025). Assessing the distributive equity of adaptation finance: a framework. Climate Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2456552
Madaki, M. Y., Barnabas, B., Shehu, A., Ullah, A., & Bavorova, M. (2025). Institutional services towards climate action: A case of climate change adaptation of agro-pastoralists in the drylands of Nigeria. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2447487
Denham, T., Stokes, A., & Rickards, L. (2025). How well are universities adapting to climate change? Insights from Australia. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2447479
Pot, W. D., Metz, F., Nugraha, E., & Filatova, T. (2024). Giving up land? Explaining planned retreat in times of climate change. Climate Policy, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2437422
Hilson, C., & Arnall, A. (2024). Sea level rise, claims-making and managed retreat in Fairbourne, North Wales. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2420739
Lindegaard, L. S., Jarawura, F. X., & Kleist, N. (2024). Climate migration management? Contrasting international policy approaches with evidence from Ghana. Climate Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2411326
Tanwattana, P., & Toyoda, Y. (2024). Climate resilience action to policy: embodied community-based climate risk resilience (CBCRR) in drought prone community in Thailand’s economic corridor. Climate Policy, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2430682
Peng, L., Li, S., Tan, J., & Zhang, X. (2024). Peer effects affect the adaptation behaviour of rural residents to geohazards in China: a new policy pathway. Climate Policy, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2401852
Harrington-Abrams, R., & Bower, E. (2024). A missing link? The role of international organizations in climate-related planned relocation. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2390523
Cao, A., Esteban, M., & Onuki, M. (2024). Public support for flood adaptation policy in Tokyo lowland areas. Climate Policy, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2371405
Mizuno, O., & Okano, N. (2024). Reconsidering National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) as a Policy Framework under the UNFCCC. Climate Policy, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2378194
Jennath, A., & Paul, S. (2024) Understanding mobility and immobility choices in vulnerable coastal settlements: insights from southwest India, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2024.2385492
Bourret Soto, M., & Guillon, M. (2024) What drives adaptive behaviours during heatwaves? A systematic review with a meta-analysis, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2024.2388225
Philemon Puordeme Dong-Uuro & Kenneth Peprah (2023) Ecosystem-based adaptation practices to stem climate change impacts: smallholder farmers’ perspectives, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2269121
Edison D. Macusi, Dindo O. Diampon & Erna S. Macusi (2023) Understanding vulnerability and building resilience in small-scale fisheries: the case of Davao Gulf, Philippines, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2261889
Cécile Bazart, Thierry Blayac & Hélène Rey-Valette (2023) Contribution of perceptions to the acceptability of adaptation tools to sea level rise, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2273944
Vhalinavho Khavhagali, Diana Reckien, Robbert Biesbroek, Brian Mantlana & Karin Pfeffer (2023) Understanding the climate change adaptation policy landscape in South Africa, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2268576
Lucy Njuguna, Robbert Biesbroek, Todd Crane & Peter Tamás (2023) Tracking climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa: integrating governmental and livestock keeper perspectives, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2268593
Mori W. Gouroubera, Albert Kora Sabi, Traoré Kabirou Bio Comada, Faridah Dosso, Sènami A. Fatondji, Morrisson Boladji Gouthon & Rachelle P. Houaga (2023) Designing effective digital-based delivery of climate information for smallholder farmers: a mini meta-analysis on drivers and barriers, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2266475
Edison D. Macusi, Dindo O. Diampon & Erna S. Macusi (2023) Understanding vulnerability and building resilience in small-scale fisheries: the case of Davao Gulf, Philippines, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2261889
Mustapha Yakubu Madaki, Harald Kaechele & Miroslava Bavorova (2023) Agricultural insurance as a climate risk adaptation strategy in developing countries: a case of Nigeria, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2220672
Md. Sadique Rahman, Farhad Zulfiqar, Hayat Ullah, Sushil K. Himanshu & Avishek Datta (2023) Farmers’ perceptions, determinants of adoption, and impact on food security: case of climate change adaptation measures in coastal Bangladesh, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2212638
Nina J. L. Rogers, Vanessa M. Adams & Jason A. Byrne (2023) Factors affecting the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in municipal policy and practice: a systematic review, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2208098
Abril Cid & Amy M. Lerner (2023) Local governments as key agents in climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for institutional capacity-building in Mexico, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2163972
Sadegh Eghdami, Valerie Michel, Majid Shafiee-Jood & Garrick Louis (2023) Climate adaptation in Coastal Virginia: an analysis of existing policies and main stakeholders, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2152773
Enoch Yeleliere, Andy Bonaventure Nyamekye, Philip Antwi-Agyei & Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah (2022) Strengthening climate adaptation in the northern region of Ghana: insights from a stakeholder analysis, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2134085
Niek ten Brinke, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Leentje Volker & Nora Prins (2022) Mainstreaming climate adaptation into urban development projects in the Netherlands: private sector drivers and municipal policy instruments, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2111293
Arild Moe, Erdem Lamazhapov & Oleg Anisimov (2022) Russia’s expanding adaptation agenda and its limitations, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2107981
D. Medina Hidalgo, P.D. Nunn, H. Beazley, S. Burkhart & J. Rantes (2022) Adaptation, sustainable food systems and healthy diets: an analysis of climate policy integration in Fiji and Vanuatu, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2095969
Carolina Milhorance, Fanny Howland, Eric Sabourin & Jean-François Le Coq (2022) Tackling the implementation gap of climate adaptation strategies: understanding policy translation in Brazil and Colombia, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2085650
Robbert Biesbroek, Sarah Judith Wright, Stefanie Korswagen Eguren, Anita Bonotto & Ioannis N. Athanasiadis (2022) Policy attention to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: a global assessment of National Communications (1994–2019), Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2021.2018986
Nicola Ulibarri, Idowu Ajibade, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Elphin Tom Joe, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Katharine J. Mach, Justice Issah Musah-Surugu, Gabriela Nagle Alverio, Alcade C. Segnon, A.R. Siders, Garry Sotnik, Donovan Campbell, Vasiliki I. Chalastani, Kripa Jagannathan, Vhalinavho Khavhagali, Diana Reckien, Yuanyuan Shang, Chandni Singh, Zinta Zommers & The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team (2021) A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2021.2002251
Sushila Rijal, Popular Gentle, Uttam Khanal, Clevo Wilson & Bhagawat Rimal (2021) A systematic review of Nepalese farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2021.1977600
Carolina Milhorance, Eric Sabourinb, Jean-François Le Coq & Priscylla Mendes (2020) Unpacking the policy mix of adaptation to climate change in Brazil’s semiarid region: enabling instruments and coordination mechanisms, Climate Policy,
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1753640
Sara Mehryar & Swenja Surminski (2020) National laws for enhancing flood resilience in the context of climate change: potential and shortcomings, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1808439
David Samuel Williams, Sérgio Rosendo, Oocheetsing Sadasing & Louis Celliers (2020): Identifying local governance capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius, Climate Policy,
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1745743
Essossinam Ali, Aklesso Y. G. Egbendewe, Tahirou Abdoulaye & Daniel B. Sarpong (2020): Willingness to pay for weather index-based insurance in semi-subsistence agriculture: evidence from northern Togo, Climate Policy,
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1745742
Daniel Ryan & Eduardo Bustos (2019) Knowledge gaps and climate adaptation policy: a comparative analysis of six Latin American countries, Climate Policy, 19:10, 1297-1309, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2019.1661819
Christiane Reischl, Romana Rauter & Alfred Posch (2018) Urban vulnerability and adaptation to heatwaves: a case study of Graz (Austria), Climate Policy, 18:1, 63-75, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1227953
Ahmed Khan, Anthony Charles & Derek Armitage (2018) Place-based or sector-based adaptation? A case study of municipal and fishery policy integration, Climate Policy, 18:1, 14-23, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1228520
Courtney Work, Vannrith Rong, Danik Song & Arnim Scheidel (2018) Maladaptation and development as usual? Investigating climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in Cambodia, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2018.1527677
Ravi S. Prasad & Ridhima Sud (2019) Implementing climate change adaptation: lessons from India’s national adaptation fund on climate change (NAFCC), Climate Policy, 19:3, 354-366, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2018.1515061
Uttam Khanal, Clevo Wilson, Boon Lee & Viet-Ngu Hoang (2018) Smallholder farmers’ participation in climate change adaptation programmes: understanding preferences in Nepal, Climate Policy, 18:7, 916-927, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2017.1389688
Sining C. Cuevas (2018) Institutional dimensions of climate change adaptation: insights from the Philippines, Climate Policy, 18:4, 499-511, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2017.1314245
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