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Adaptation to the increasing impacts of climate change will require societies to design portfolios of risk management solutions by selecting from an array of available adaptation options. A major step on the way toward a strong social contract for adaptation is understanding how different actors view different adaptation options as well as what adaptation goals […]

Residents in South Asian cities are already facing devastating heatwaves; and at global warming of 2°C, their exposure to heat stress is set to triple. Limiting warming to 1.5°C may halve this impact, but deadly heat stress could become commonplace, especially in urban centers (Ashfaq et al., 2021). In the face of escalating climate change, […]

The human population is projected to grow to between 8.9 billion and 12.4 billion by 2100, with 85% expected to live in cities. Over 80% of global GDP is generated in cities, demonstrating the importance of urban environments to human flourishing. As urban infrastructure systems are vulnerable to climate change it is vital that the […]