Table of Contents Theme issue ‘Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture’ compiled and edited by Anne C. Pisor, J. Stephen Lansing and Kate Magargal Whether we’re facing job loss or extreme climate events, people use cultural solutions to manage risk. By studying the solutions people use to deal with climate change, researchers learn which solutions tend to emerge given different conditions—like local geography, structural constraints, or kinds of extreme event. This theme issue brings together articles from prominent researchers to document what solutions communities have used, past and present; whether these solutions worked or not; and why. Understanding how climate change adaptation unfolds will help researchers, policymakers, and organizations better support communities as they respond.
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INTRODUCTION
Introduction Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture Anne Pisor, J. Stephen Lansing and Kate Magargal Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220390 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0390
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Research articles Climate micro-mobilities as adaptation practice in the Pacific: the case of Samoa Anita Latai-Niusulu, Masami Tsujita and Andreas Neef Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220392 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0392
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Research articles The impacts of climate change, energy policy and traditional ecological practices on future firewood availability for Diné (Navajo) People Kate Magargal, Kurt Wilson, Shaniah Chee, Michael J. Campbell, Vanessa Bailey, Philip E. Dennison, William R. L. Anderegg, Adrienne Cachelin, … See all authors Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220394 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0394
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Research articles Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation Friederike Hillemann, Bret A. Beheim and Elspeth Ready Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220395 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0395
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Research articles Small-scale farmer responses to the double exposure of climate change and market integration K. L. Kramer and J. V. Hackman Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220396 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0396
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Research articles Understanding constraints to adaptation using a community-centred toolkit Danielle C. Buffa, Katharine E. T. Thompson, Dana Reijerkerk, Stephanie Brittain, George Manahira, Roger Samba, Francois Lahiniriko, … See all authors Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220391 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0391
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Research articles Operationalizing cultural adaptation to climate change: contemporary examples from United States agriculture Timothy M. Waring, Meredith T. Niles, Matthew M. Kling, Stephanie N. Miller, Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Hossein Sabzian, Nicholas Gotelli and Brian J. McGill Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220397 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0397
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Research articles Adaptive irrigation management by Balinese farmers reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases rice yields J. S. Lansing, J. N. Kremer, I. B. G. Suryawan, S. Sathiakumar, G. S. Jacobs, N. N. Chung and I. Wy A. Artha Wiguna Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220400 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0400
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Research articles Minority-group incubators and majority-group reservoirs support the diffusion of climate change adaptations Matthew A. Turner, Alyson L. Singleton, Mallory J. Harris, Ian Harryman, Cesar Augusto Lopez, Ronan Forde Arthur, Caroline Muraida and James Holland Jones Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220401 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0401
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Research articles Navigating polycrisis: long-run socio-cultural factors shape response to changing climate Daniel Hoyer, James S. Bennett, Jenny Reddish, Samantha Holder, Robert Howard, Majid Benam, Jill Levine, Francis Ludlow, Gary Feinman and Peter Turchin Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220402 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0402
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Research articles Efficiency traps beyond the climate crisis: exploration–exploitation trade-offs and rebound effects Jose Segovia-Martin, Felix Creutzig and James Winters Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220405 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0405
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Review articles Climate change and long-term human behaviour in the Neotropics: an archaeological view from the Global South Vivian Scheinsohn, A. Sebastián Muñoz and Mariana Mondini Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220403 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0403
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Opinion piece Climate change adaptation and the back of the invisible hand H. Clark Barrett and Josh Armstrong Published:18 September 2023Article ID:20220406 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0406