“Global evidence of constraints and limits to human #adaptation” — by Thomas, A., et al. readcube.com/articles/10.10…
“We conduct a systematic review of 1,682 academic studies on human adaptation responses to identify patterns in constraints and limits to adaptation for different regions, sectors, hazards, adaptation response types, and actors.”
“we find that most literature identifies constraints to adaptation but that there is limited literature focused on limits to adaptation.”
“Technological, infrastructural, and ecosystem-based adaptation suggest more evidence of constraints and hard limits than other types of responses.”
“These findings provide early signposts for boundaries of human adaptation and are of high relevance for guiding proactive adaptation financing and governance from local to global scales.”
“We also find that roughly one in four studies discussing limits identify hard limits— where no further adaptation actions would be possible.”
“we find important patterns and nuances including geographical differences, the need to overcome a wide spectrum of constraints, and specific challenges at the local scale.”
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