People around the world are already living with the impacts of climate change. Faced with record-breaking heatwaves, storms and floods, many have been forced to adapt to a new reality.
Climate adaptation can take many forms. It could mean a farmer learning to grow drought-resistant crops, a community erecting a sea wall, or vulnerable families moving to a safer location away from floods.
The vast variety of these activities makes it challenging to build a complete picture of how prepared the world is for the growing threat of climate change.
In 2021, a large, international team of researchers published the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation.
They analysed nearly 1,700 case studies of climate adaptation, revealing how people from the low-lying islands of Tuvalu to the mountains of Nepal are protecting themselves from climate hazards.
Here, Carbon Brief has pulled out some of the key findings from the research, exploring some of the key trends and what they reveal about the global response to climate change.
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