Global environmental change (GEC) is an increasingly discussed phenomenon in the scientific literature as evidence of its presence and impacts continues to grow. Yet, while the documentation of GEC is becoming more readily available, local perceptions of GEC- particularly in small-scale societies-and preferences about how to deal with it, are still largely overlooked. Local knowledge and perceptions of GEC are important in that agents make decisions (including on natural resource management) based on individual perceptions. We carried out a systematic literature review that aims to provide an exhaustive state-of-the-art of the degree to and manner in which the study of local perceptions of change are being addressed in GEC research. We reviewed 126 articles found in peer-reviewed journals (between 1998 and 2014) that address local perceptions of GEC. We used three particular lenses of analysis that are known to influence local perceptions, namely (i) cognition, (ii) culture and knowledge, and (iii) possibilities for adaptation.We present our findings on the geographical distribution of the current research, the most common changes reported, perceived drivers and impacts of change, and local explanations and evaluations of change and impacts. Overall, we found the studies to be geographically biased, lacking methodological reporting, mostly theory based with little primary data, and lacking of indepth analysis of the psychological and ontological influences in perception and implications for adaptation. We provide recommendations for future GEC research and propose the development of a "meta-language" around adaptation, perception, and mediation to encourage a greater appreciation and understanding of the diversity around these phenomena across multiple scales, and improved codesign and facilitation of locally relevant adaptation and mitigation strategies.

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全球环境变化：当地的看法、理解和解释

全球环境变化 (GEC) 是科学文献中越来越多地讨论的现象，因为其存在和影响的证据持续增长。然而，虽然 GEC 的文档变得越来越容易获得，但当地对 GEC 的看法——尤其是在小规模社会中——以及对如何处理它的偏好，仍然在很大程度上被忽视了。GEC 的当地知识和看法很重要，因为代理人根据个人看法做出决策（包括自然资源管理）。我们进行了系统的文献综述，旨在提供详尽的最新技术水平，以提供 GEC 研究中对当地变化感知研究的程度和方式。我们审查了在同行评审期刊（1998 年至 2014 年间）中发现的 126 篇文章，这些文章涉及当地对 GEC 的看法。我们使用了三个已知会影响当地认知的特定分析镜头，即 (i) 认知，(ii) 文化和知识，以及 (iii) 适应的可能性。报告的最常见变化、感知到的变化驱动因素和影响，以及当地对变化和影响的解释和评估。总体而言，我们发现这些研究存在地理偏见，缺乏方法论报告，主要基于理论，原始数据很少，缺乏对感知和适应影响的心理和本体论影响的深入分析。