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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Learning from successes and failures

Pacific Islands are already responding to the adverse effects of climate change, but it is unclear to what extent these responses effectively and sustainably improve local resilience. New research seeks to understand how local beneficiaries evaluate adaptation projects and what this teaches us for future adaptation.

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Klöck, C. Learning from successes and failures. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 601–602 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0816-y

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