ABSTRACT Caribbean small island communities are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. While climate policy is often formulated at the national level, climate impacts are first felt in local communities. This research note, which is part of a larger research project on climate change adaptation in Caribbean coastal communities, reviews the recent literature on human system adaptations to climate change at the local level in the Caribbean. It seeks to answer two questions: (1) How are human systems at the local level adapting to climate change in the Caribbean? (2) What challenges exist for local-level climate adaptations in human systems that seek to protect vulnerable communities in the Caribbean? The studies reviewed highlight the importance of considering the vulnerability of sub-populations, protecting their livelihoods, and pursuing institutional cooperation at the local and national levels. In interrogating whether the recommendations for community adaptations in the literature are transferrable to other geographies, this note further emphasizes that understanding the challenges that communities face in protecting human systems against climate change can help policy-makers develop more effective adaptation strategies that centre climate justice.

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脆弱性地理：加勒比地区人类系统适应气候变化的研究报告

摘要 加勒比小岛屿社区特别容易受到气候变化的影响。虽然气候政策通常是在国家层面制定的，但气候影响首先会在当地社区感受到。这份研究报告是加勒比沿海社区气候变化适应更大研究项目的一部分，它回顾了近期关于加勒比地区人类系统适应气候变化的文献。它试图回答两个问题：（1）地方层面的人类系统如何适应加勒比地区的气候变化？(2) 在寻求保护加勒比地区脆弱社区的人类系统中，地方层面的气候适应存在哪些挑战？审查的研究强调了考虑亚群脆弱性、保护他们的生计、并在地方和国家层面开展机构合作。在询问文献中关于社区适应的建议是否可以转移到其他地区时，本说明进一步强调，了解社区在保护人类系统免受气候变化影响方面面临的挑战可以帮助政策制定者制定以气候正义为中心的更有效的适应战略。