Power asymmetries in adaptation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02745-3
Power asymmetries in adaptation
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Thermal justice in urban climate change adaptation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02727-5
Extreme heat events are increasing, and urban adaptation is urgently needed for humans and non-humans to function safely under heat. Here we present a thermal justice framework and highlight how its use facilitates equitable adaptation and minimizes heat-risk displacement.
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Climate change demands coordinated adaptation strategies of drinking water treatment
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02547-z
Climate change is tightening its grip on the world’s drinking water, threatening both safety and supply. Without urgent and coordinated adaptation of treatment systems, this overlooked vulnerability could compromise global water security.
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Broadening climate migration research across impacts, adaptation and mitigation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02545-1
Current climate migration literature focuses on quantifying the link between climate drivers and migration, yet overlooks its broader and more complex interactions with mitigation, adaptation and climate impacts. This Perspective highlights key gaps and offers concrete solutions.
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The private sector has started investing in climate adaptation with positive effects for regional economies
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02463-2
Across five coastal regions over a four-year period, nearly 300,000 businesses invested a total of €8.7 billion in climate adaptation. An econometric analysis of these data shows that this private sector investment in adaptation modestly boosts regional economic performance, although the extent of the boost varies across sectors and geographies.
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Moving beyond projects to achieve transformative adaptation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02414-x
Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due in part to the delivery of adaptation as projects, but there are viable alternatives that can better address the underlying and structural causes of vulnerability.
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Changing wildfire complexity highlights the need for institutional adaptation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02367-1
Growing wildfire threats require governing institutions to adapt their responses for effective management, yet institutional adaptation remains unexplored. This study reveals increasingly complex task environments for institutions managing wildfire incidents in the USA over the period 1999–2020.
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Unlocking genebanks for climate adaptation
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02336-8
Genebanks hold the key to crop resilience and adaptation, yet their potential remains underutilized. Now, a study demonstrates how merging genomic and environmental data can unveil the best-suited germplasm for future climates.
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